March 2020 - Boost - lists.boost.org

[lightweight_test] cpp_main convention
by Mateusz Loskot 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

Hi, I noticed this as popular convention across Boost libraries (e.g. endian) to deal with test cases that may throw or leak exceptions: int cpp_main( int argc, char* argv[] ) { test(); return ::boost::report_errors(); } int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) { try { return cpp_main( argc, argv ); } catch( std::exception const & x ) { BOOST_ERROR( x.what() ); return boost::report_errors(); } } Is there any reason to prefer that one over this one? int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) { try { test(); } catch( std::exception const & x ) { BOOST_ERROR( x.what() ); } return boost::report_errors(); } Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

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Preliminary release schedule for 1.73.0
by Marshall Clow 25 Mar '20

25 Mar '20

We missed the start of the release cycle for 1.73.0. Bad release managers. No biscuit. Here's my preliminary schedule for the 1.73.0 release: 25-Mar Boost 1.73.0 closed for new libraries and breaking changes 1-Apr Boost 1.73.0 closed for major changes 8-Apr Boost 1.73.0 closed for beta ASAP Boost 1.73.0 beta 22-Apr Boost 1.73.0 closed for release ASAP Boost 1.73.0 release "ASAP", in this list, means "As soon as possible after the preceding milestone" Please let me know if you see any problems with this. -- Marshall

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Strange failure in regression matrix
by Alexander Grund 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Hi, I got a failure of Boost.Nowide develop (and master) for msvc-14.0 in the regression matrix although that configuration is tested as far as I can tell. Furthermore there isn't any indication WHAT failed, see https://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-09… Am I missing anything or is this a quirk of the regression tester? Thanks, Alex

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Bug in Boost.Asio strand(strand<OtherExecutor>&& other)
by Niklas Gürtler 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Hello, there is a bug in the Boost.Asio strand::strand(strand<OtherExecutor>&& other) move constructor as it tries to do an invalid cast on the wrong object. A friend declaration is also required to access the private members of the other strand. I submitted a PR https://github.com/boostorg/asio/pull/333 to address this issue. Regards, Niklas

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[gsoc] Example of exceptional project proposal
by Mateusz Loskot 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

...as it is not Dear students, if you aim to submit proposals like this, then please don't bother polluting the GSoC space with such rubbish. Please, let's display some minimum of professionalism and respect to each other. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

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[GSoC 2020] Proposal Review
by Ayush Bansal 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Hi Boost Community, I have prepared a draft of my Proposal for Boost.GIL's Project on Implementation of Image Processing Algorithms. I'd love to hear your comments on the same. Link to Proposal - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JwHOxS6DG0c0GgvBnpSmvxz1PtgMMlrga9FJOyO… Please let me know you reviews :) Thank you and Regards Ayush Bansal Fifth Year Undergraduate Student Department of Computer Science and Engineering IIT Kharagpur LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayush-bansal-b0727a116/>

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[Optional] Merge to master
by Alexander Grund 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Hi, can Boost.Optional be merged to master? There is even a CI failure on develop with a PR fixing this. So would be great if those could be merged shortly. Thanks

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[config] Merging 'develop' to 'master' before the 1.73 release
by Edward Diener 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Are the changes in config's 'develop' branch going to be merged to the 'master' branch before the 1.73 release ? The reason I ask is that a config 'develop' PR which I authored is a dependancy of the tti library, ans I can not merge the 'develop' changes of tti into 'master' unless those config changes also are merged to 'master'.

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Re: [boost] Looking for Boost.uBlas data frames project GSoC mentors
by Tom Kwok 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Hi CB, Thank you for your suggestions. I will continue with my proposal and start solving the competency test. David as of now still has not replied though. So I might need to request for mentorship for Boost uBlas data frame GSoC project here. Is anyone interested in offering mentorship and reviewing my proposal and questions? Best regards, Tom > On 19 Mar 2020, at 3:00 PM, boost-request(a)lists.boost.org wrote: > > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:26:43 +0100 > From: Cem Bassoy <cem.bassoy(a)gmail.com <mailto:cem.bassoy@gmail.com>> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org <mailto:boost@lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] Looking for Boost.uBlas data frames project GSoC > mentors > Message-ID: > <CADrR+Fv8r8GrNFs-w_bvy2VBmDP6w0w+FOOOeDh0Rax02-gBEw(a)mail.gmail.com <mailto:CADrR+Fv8r8GrNFs-w_bvy2VBmDP6w0w+FOOOeDh0Rax02-gBEw@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Tom, > > probably David will be the only mentor for the data frame project. I > suggest that you continue with your proposal and solve the competency test. > You can find the data frame code at > https://github.com/BoostGSoC19/data_frame <https://github.com/BoostGSoC19/data_frame> > > Last year I mentored two great students for the Tensor project > <https://github.com/BoostGSoC19/tensor/wiki <https://github.com/BoostGSoC19/tensor/wiki>>. This year I can only mentor > one student. > > Good luck, > CB

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[GSOC] [boost.multiprecision] Regarding test cases.
by Abhay Yadav 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Hello, In the project of Multiprecision Big Number Types I have completed programming competency test but I want to know how test cases for higher precision will be generated? Is there any platform where we can compare desired output with my output? It will be more helpful.for me for proceeding in this project.. Thank you Regards, Abhay Singh Yadav

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