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[Boost-bugs] [ boost-Patches-1115576 ] Patch 1.32 IRIX MIPSPro 7.4.1 [Test Bind Program Options]
by SourceForge.net 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Patches item #1115576, was opened at 2005-02-03 17:15 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by hxpro You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=307586&aid=1115576&group_… Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: hxpro (hxpro) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Patch 1.32 IRIX MIPSPro 7.4.1 [Test Bind Program Options] Initial Comment: Some simple fixes to make the build work... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: hxpro (hxpro) Date: 2005-02-07 11:08 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1211438 N.B. The boost bind patch is now in revision 1.40 in CVS see http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/boost/boost/boost/bind.hpp?r1=1.40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=307586&aid=1115576&group_… ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Boost-bugs mailing list Boost-bugs(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-bugs

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Link problems
by Dave 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hello all, I'm trying to use the RegEx library and am running into some link issues. My platform is VC++ 7.1. For my project, I have specified all of the Boost static libs so that anything I need should be available: libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_filesystem-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_prg_exec_monitor-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_program_options-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_regex-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_serialization-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_signals-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_test_exec_monitor-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_thread-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib libboost_wserialization-vc71-mt-sgd-1_32.lib However, I am seeing the following errors: LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'LIBCMTD' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void * __cdecl boost::re_detail::get_mem_block(void)" (?get_mem_block@re_detail@boost@@YAPAXXZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::re_detail::save_state_init::save_state_init(struct boost::re_detail::saved_state * *,struct boost::re_detail::saved_state * *)" (??0save_state_init@re_detail@boost@@QAE@PAPAUsaved_state@12@0@Z) main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl boost::re_detail::put_mem_block(void *)" (?put_mem_block@re_detail@boost@@YAXPAX@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::re_detail::save_state_init::~save_state_init(void)" (??1save_state_init@re_detail@boost@@QAE@XZ) Debug/cookbook_tests.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals What do I need to do to get my program to successfully link? Thanks, Dave

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Initial Subversion/RapidSVN experience
by Beman Dawes 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

I've spent several hours playing with the Subversion Boost repository that Troy Straszheim was kind enough to set up. Here is my initial experience: * The downloads and installation of WxWidgets, Subversion, and RapidSVN went smoothly; everything worked right away the first try. * The initial Boost checkout using RapidSVN worked right away the first try. However, there doesn't seem to be any RapidSVN documentation, so if you aren't already familiar with WinCVS or similar, you might have more trouble. ***** Serious Problem ***** The initial checkout seemed to be working my DSL connection pretty hard, so I started Task Manager and monitored "bytes received". By the time the checkout finished, over 800 megabytes had been received! I tried a completely fresh CVS checkout for comparison; the received byte count was 12.5 megabytes. CVS uses compression (although you have to remember to turn it on); I couldn't find any mention of a compression option in the SVN docs, and a search of RapidSVN menus didn't turn up any way to turn on compression. We would need to solve this problem since 800 megabyte checkouts aren't acceptable for dial-up users. * Boost Subversion updates are much faster than CVS; with CVS it took over 12 minutes this morning, versus a bit more than one minute with Subversion/RapidSVN. * Starting RapidSVN on the Boost SVN working copy is very slow; over 60 seconds if the machine has just been turned on. The disk is being worked hard. 10 seconds if the cache is warm. For comparison, WinCVS starts in a second or so, even on a cold disk cache. * The Subversion revision numbering scheme is so different from CVS that it will take quite a bit of reorientation (at least for me) to learn how to use it. It is very counter-intuitive for me that the previous revision of a file isn't 12345 if the current revision is 12346. I found myself constantly having to run "log" to figure out what the previous revision was. I often look at past revisions, so this is important to me. I suppose there is some way to do this as easily as with CVS, but I haven't figured that out yet. * RapidSVN doesn't save location on exit, so every time you start it up you have to navigate to wherever you want to be. It also crashed on me several times. My sense is it is a nice piece of software, but also very immature as yet. * The branching and tagging approaches seem different; we would have to work out new best practices before switching to SVN. --Beman

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RE: [boost] Re: Microsoft XML serialization patent
by Hurd, Matthew 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

> Jonathan Turkanis wrote: > > Robert Ramey wrote: > >> I just came upon an incredible thing. > >> > >> It seems that microsoft has filed a U.S. Patent Application for XML > >> serialization. I'm sort of dumbfounded at this. Truth be told > >> I've seen > >> a lot of even more ridiculous patents but somehow this strikes closer > >> to home. I'm really at a loss to appreciate the ramifcations of this > >> - if any. It's hard to take it seriously ;-) <quote> [0019] The serialized data of an object may be thought of as a "dehydrated object" where all of the water (object functions in this metaphor) has been squeezed out of the object. This leaves only dry potato flakes (the data). Later, a hungry person wishes to have mashed potatoes (the object with the data), the potato flakes may be rehydrated. To "add water" to a dehydrated object, an empty object is created and the stored data is inserted therein. </quote> Especially as you go down the patent and read the silliness and contextual incoherence ( ;-) ) of the ever broadening clauses. Just highlights the failing of the patent system rather than having any consequence for boost I'd think. Matt. matthurd(a)acm.org IMPORTANT: The information contained in this email and/or its attachments is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by reply and immediately delete this message and all its attachments. Any review, use, reproduction, disclosure or dissemination of this message or any attachment by an unintended recipient is strictly prohibited. Neither this message nor any attachment is intended as or should be construed as an offer, solicitation or recommendation to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument. Neither the sender, his or her employer nor any of their respective affiliates makes any warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of any of the information contained herein or that this message or any of its attachments is free of viruses.

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Microsoft XML serialization patent
by Robert Ramey 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

I just came upon an incredible thing. It seems that microsoft has filed a U.S. Patent Application for XML serialization. I'm sort of dumbfounded at this. Truth be told I've seen a lot of even more ridiculous patents but somehow this strikes closer to home. I'm really at a loss to appreciate the ramifcations of this - if any. Robert Ramey http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p= 1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=20040261020.PGNR.

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RE: [boost] Re: Was [RE: Moving from CVS to Subversion?] Now is "Subversion experiences from the field"
by Brian Braatz 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: boost-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] > On Behalf Of David B. Held > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:50 PM > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: [boost] Re: Was [RE: Moving from CVS to Subversion?] Now is > "Subversion experiences from the field" > > Brian Braatz wrote: > > [...] > > Anyone else have any experience with these two side by side they > > wish to share? > > I've just started using SVN with some Java projects, and I have to > say that the SVN integration with Eclipse is pretty good. I've > never used such intuitive version control anywhere. There's a few > complexities, like trying to merge changes between branches; but for > the vast majority of tasks, it's a pleasure to work with. That said, > I don't know how painful it is to use SVN from the command line, but > TortoiseSVN is about as easy to use from the filesystem as > TortoiseCVS (if not more so). The ability to store filesystem > changes is a big win for SVN, IMO. I just get the impression that > the overall design of SVN is more elegant and robust, since it isn't > a legacy system built up out of a series of hacks. The two-way > diff transfer is also very nice, and the way it handles binaries > makes me confident storing binaries in a repository. I only have > a handful of developers hitting my server, but I haven't heard of > any scalability problems from other SVN projects. > > If it came to a vote, I'd say switch to SVN. > > Dave > [Brian Braatz] If boost goes SVN though, who runs the servers? Does sourceforge do this? We have had more admin with SVN than with CVS. (the Berkley db needs tending to from time to time)

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Re: [boost] Microsoft XML serialization patent
by JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

----- Mensaje original ----- De: Robert Ramey <ramey(a)rrsd.com> Fecha: Domingo, Febrero 6, 2005 11:28 pm Asunto: [boost] Microsoft XML serialization patent > I just came upon an incredible thing. > > It seems that microsoft has filed a U.S. Patent Application for XML > serialization. I'm sort of dumbfounded at this. Truth be told > I've seen > a lot of even more ridiculous patents but somehow this strikes > closer to > home. I'm really at a loss to appreciate the ramifcations of this > - if any. > Hi Robert, You shouldn't let this deprive you of your sleep :) Fact is, the primary reason for big companies patenting everything in sight is just the opposite than many people may think: this is a legal way to protect themselves from rogue firms trying to sue them. By being the first in patenting something, a future contender won't have the opportunity to file his own submission. A patent becomes invalid if somebody proves that the invention was in public use before submission of the patent. In the crazy case MS decided to enforce this serialization apparatus, one can easily claim that the two key ideas (namely XML as a serialization language and object tracking) were publicly used well before Dec 2004. But as I said, I don't really think it is MS' intention to go sue anybody. On a related theme, it is sad that patent offices all over the world will accept just everything submitted to them --from what I've learned about these issues in the past, the only requisite is that the submission is written according to some funky rules: for instance, in Spain you cannot patent an algorithm, but you can embed the algorithm into some kind of hypotethical physical apparatus and that will pass OK :) Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo PS: Off-topic, what happened to that article of yours relating the experiences of a Boost submitter? I really wanted to read it.

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Boost.Instrument library Proosal \ RE: [boost] Profiler Library Proposal
by Brian Braatz 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

Further thoughts added below (which is why I would be responding to my own post :) ) Including additional features \ design ideas to either add to Profiler, or make as a separate library. Additionally some thoughts on boost performance measurement of tests in general by using these ideas. > > -----Original Message----- > > On Behalf Of Martin Slater > > Subject: Re: [boost] Profiler Library Proposal > > > > christopher diggins wrote: > > > > > I have posted preliminary documentation and source code for a > proposal > > > for the boost profiler library at http://www.cdiggins.com/profiler/ > . > > > The code has been successfully compiled on Visual C++ 7.1 but not > > > tested yet. > > > > > > There have been some updates to the code as a result of the > > > suggestions made so far. Any further comments are appreciated. > > > > Being able to generate a heirarchicle recording / output would be very > > useful (the profiler we use at work does this) so you can drill down > > into code areas that are running slow. > > > > cheers > [Brian Braatz] > Sharing some experiences in relation to where this thread looks like it > may go :) > > I am not proposing a library, just sharing with you a library I wrote > and what the results were of building it. > > About a year ago, I played around with some similar concepts. > > I fundamentally wanted to "see what it would look like" if I could > converge > * Design By contract, > * hierarchical logging > * profiling > Both by function and by cross cut concepts from a set of > functions AND the operations IN those functions > * reverse time debugging- > I.e. you can go back in time and see how the call stack > got you to where the error occurred. In addition to the previous call > stacks that are now "gone". > * Thread specific data tracking burned into the design > > By building the library, I got all of the above working. However many > questions remained for me as to if the syntax required was "too much". > This is still an open question in my mind in that I have not personally > decided either way. > > As you will see the "requirements" for a simple function are quite > verbose. > > > What I built: > Simple syntax for both profiling and for logging of the > "context" of a concept. > Ability to grab the callstack of "where" an error occurred and > what the code was doing when it hit an error. > Ability to put the local variables and the parameters into a > call stack > Ability to plug in profiling in such a way as to view a > cross\cut of the performance of a set of operations > Also time profiling was done on EVERYTHING- so with a fancy XSLT > modifer, you can cross cut and get whatever kind of "executive level > analysis" you want on the sheer volumne of data you have > Basically, to the application coders, what this looks like is an > "Eiffel" style programming model in C++, with the behind the scenes > advantage of > Profiling > Call stack tracing > Heirarchcal logging- > With context concepts embedded in the log so you can go > back later and look at a "slice" of the performance of something. I even > built a debugger that let me look at the xml files and do this. > [Brian Braatz] I was thinking about this for the last few hours. Primarily I was thinking about how to get the advantage of the lib I described last post, without having the pain involved in the app code with bulky standards to conform to. One of the problems with profiling is you have to, when you design the library, decide how intrusive to be. When I did my experiment\bunny trail, I found that there are *A LOT* of interesting things that can be done, you just have to have an extremely intrusive library to do that. It should be possible however to do the following. 1- Keep going on the profiler thinking. This is good 2- Build either a separate lib (Boost.Instrument?) or a separate piece of Boost.Profiler which: * Is built on top of Spirit * Is capable of parsing C++ code and re-generating an instrumented version of that * Is HEAVILY policy\trait driven in such a way as people can "decide for themselves" what they want to tweak or add to in the outputted instrumented files ** I.e. by modifying the policies for Boost.Profiler and modifying the policies for Boost.Instrument you can "Have it your way :) " * Is built part and parcel with the profiler libray, since what the Instrument library is doing is delivering code which uses the profiler library Why I think this idea is a good one: * I can go buy Boundschecker. Or some other profiler \ debugger. ** I cannot "dig inside it and change it" (!) ** Too frequently these things give me TOO MUCH information and not the right information I need. If I could modify how they work , then I could tailor it to my own problems. * for boost, this means we could run a instrumented build of all of boost and we could analyze\report on the different performance charaistics of lib\os\compiler combinations Part of this idea is inspired by the signal performance issue Jody Hagins: " Are there any docs which describe the performance of the signal/slot library? I was about to embark on a performance study because I want to use it in a very high performance critical code path, but I thought I'd ask if anyone else may have already done some work in this area. " http://tinyurl.com/5bpzq I am sorry, I have to run, and I have run out of time. There was another issue in regards to signals I recall where there looked like we had some performance issues. I regret I have not yet found that mail in the archive. I would love the regression tests, to also be able to spit out performance issues. This would also help me, as a user of boost, to ascertain for time critical code which compiler I wanted to use and how the boost libraries perform under X environment.

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RE: [boost] Profiler Library Proposal
by Brian Braatz 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: boost-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] > On Behalf Of Martin Slater > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:30 PM > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Profiler Library Proposal > > christopher diggins wrote: > > > I have posted preliminary documentation and source code for a proposal > > for the boost profiler library at http://www.cdiggins.com/profiler/ . > > The code has been successfully compiled on Visual C++ 7.1 but not > > tested yet. > > > > There have been some updates to the code as a result of the > > suggestions made so far. Any further comments are appreciated. > > Being able to generate a heirarchicle recording / output would be very > useful (the profiler we use at work does this) so you can drill down > into code areas that are running slow. > > cheers [Brian Braatz] Sharing some experiences in relation to where this thread looks like it may go :) I am not proposing a library, just sharing with you a library I wrote and what the results were of building it. About a year ago, I played around with some similar concepts. I fundamentally wanted to "see what it would look like" if I could converge * Design By contract, * hierarchical logging * profiling Both by function and by cross cut concepts from a set of functions AND the operations IN those functions * reverse time debugging- I.e. you can go back in time and see how the call stack got you to where the error occurred. In addition to the previous call stacks that are now "gone". * Thread specific data tracking burned into the design By building the library, I got all of the above working. However many questions remained for me as to if the syntax required was "too much". This is still an open question in my mind in that I have not personally decided either way. As you will see the "requirements" for a simple function are quite verbose. What I built: Simple syntax for both profiling and for logging of the "context" of a concept. Ability to grab the callstack of "where" an error occurred and what the code was doing when it hit an error. Ability to put the local variables and the parameters into a call stack Ability to plug in profiling in such a way as to view a cross\cut of the performance of a set of operations Also time profiling was done on EVERYTHING- so with a fancy XSLT modifer, you can cross cut and get whatever kind of "executive level analysis" you want on the sheer volumne of data you have Basically, to the application coders, what this looks like is an "Eiffel" style programming model in C++, with the behind the scenes advantage of Profiling Call stack tracing Heirarchcal logging- With context concepts embedded in the log so you can go back later and look at a "slice" of the performance of something. I even built a debugger that let me look at the xml files and do this. App Code Requirements: The application code must do the following: Have a Root object Get a context object from root Pass the context object into each function with the name ctx This is for both thread reasons and the Use a Eiffel style syntax in the functions What this looks like in app code (sample code below actually works) void MyFunction3(Context ctx,int i,Object *p) { Function ( MyClass, MyFunction3, "Function Used for rotation" ); Parameters Param (i,"Integer for how many times to loop" ); Param (p,"Object to do something with" ); Locals int w = 0; Local(w,"Value for the weather"); int x = 0; Local(x,"Drag Coefficient"); Pre Execute comments << "Func3 is reobooting windows 95" << endl; ctx.SetError(std::string("DATABASE IS MISSING"),FLUID); Post EndFunc } void MyFunction2(Context ctx,int i,Object *p) { Function ( MyClass, MyFunction2, "Function Used for calculation" ); Parameters Param (i,"Integer for how many times to loop" ); Param (p,"Object to do something with" ); Locals int w = 0; Local(w,"Value for the weather"); int x = 0; Local(x,"Drag Coefficient"); Pre Execute comments << "Searching for weapons of mass destruction" << endl; MyFunction3(ctx,i,p); Post EndFunc } void MyFunction1(Context ctx,int i,Object *p) { Function ( MyClass, MyFunction1, "some other Function Used for calculation" ); Parameters Param(i,"Integer for counting") ; Param(p,"Object to destroy" ); Locals int w = 0; Local(w, "Value for the weather"); int x = 0; Local(x, "Drag Coefficient"); Operation (opAddToVector, "Add passed string "); Operation (opFindAllElements, "Find all elements "); Pre ctx.Check( i == 1,"i Must be greater than one ",FLUID); ctx.Check( Valid(p) || IsNull(p) , "p must be a valid object or null", FLUID); Execute { Scope (opAddToVector); comments << "Adding to vector" << endl; { Scope (opFindAllElements); Comments << "Finding all elements" << endl; MyFunction2(ctx,i,p); } } Post EndFunc }

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Re: [boost] class diagrams for template heavy design
by Igor Kholodov 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

Vasco Lohrenscheit wrote: > I'm currently in the situation to document > a heavy templated class design >(generic with templated policies and > partial specializations, but nothing > too exotic like boost::mpl ;-). I always > prefer graphical UML like class > diagrams to describe the basic design. Now I > wonder if there are any good > graphical representations for templated code > but haven't found anything on > this with a quick google search. You may try latst version of doxygen http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ which uses graphviz drawing kit, http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/ Doxygen now supports template partial specialization in produced diagrams the way you expect. Regards, Igor Kholodov cttl(a)users.sourceforge.net http://cttl.sourceforge.net/

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