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A new home for Boost releases
by Marshall Clow 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

We’ve been using BinTray to host our releases for a few years, and it’s worked well for us However, JFrog is shutting down BinTray soon (at the end of this month). We have moved all the releases that were hosted on BinTray over to JFrog Artifactory. They are at https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release <https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release> For example, instead of: https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.74.0/source/boost_1_74_0.tar.gz <https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.74.0/source/boost_1_74_0.tar.gz> You should now use: https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.74.0/source/boost_1_74… <https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.74.0/source/boost_1_74…> I’ll be updating the web site soon, but if you have automation that relies on BinTray, you should update it to use the new home. — Marshall P.S. The “nightly” snapshots will live there too, as soon as we get that set up.

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[GSoC][GSoC21] Proposal for new quad-double type in Boost.Multiprecision
by Fahad Syed 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Greetings, My name is Syed Fahad, and I am a Electrical Engineering undergraduate student at National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. I have outlined a proposal for implementation of a new quad-double type based on David Bailey’s QD package. So the plan outline is to initially implement quad-double and double-double types as a wrapper around the QD packages qd_real and dd_real classes, and write the testing and benchmarking routines. Eventually, write a generic multiple-double class from scratch using the same algorithms as QD, and remove dependency on external libraries wherever possible. I would be very interested in feedback, questions, and comments. I am looking for supervisors/mentors to undertake this project as part of GSoC 2021. Apologies for the apparently late proposal submission. The link to my proposal is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10_y6bMk8YkBXXZk5iZr4zJafBwsmJI910Tl K8mDYa80/edit?usp=sharing Best, Syed Fahad.

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Multiprecision
by shady mohamed 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

I need to understand the competency test of multiprecision project

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boost root include folder
by Alexander Grund 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Hi all, I wanted to propose moving the top-level include folder "boost" (basically a symlink to all libs/*/include/boost headers) into a subfolder "include" and add (only) that to `-I` by the root Jamfile. See https://github.com/boostorg/boost/issues/501 In short: The current practice of adding the project root folder to the include paths leads to compilers picking up non-header files, like <version>, which has led to trouble in other projects already. (Not a problem with Boost yet AFAIK, so this is a general observation) Boost should be a good example, and NOT do that too. There might be some fallout outside of Boost for users not using an installed or staged Boost version but rely on the root boost folder, but the fix is trivial and IMO well reasoned. And e.g. CMake (very likely) would already handle that change just fine without modifications. Regards, Alex

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Re: [boost] Vector with compile-time polymorphism
by Ivica B 11 Apr '21

11 Apr '21

Yes, I guess it is very similar (if not the same) to polly_collection, or more specifically to: boost::any_collection. Is there a data structure that is similar to polly_collection but can be sorted? On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 2:47 PM Ivica B via Boost <boost(a)lists.boost.org> wrote: > multivector<rectangle, circle, triangle> mvect; > Each type is held in a separate std::vector for that type. So in the above > case, multivector<rectangle, circle, triangle> consists of three > std::vectors: std::vector<rectangle>, std::vector<circle> and > std::vector<triangle>. > Sounds a bit like https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_75_0/doc/html/poly_collection.html no? --DD

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[GSOC2021][Boost.uBLAS][Draft Proposal]Create new matrix and vector types
by Mr. Cell 11 Apr '21

11 Apr '21

Create new matrix and vector types This is with reference to the communication and as advised by my mentor (Mr. Amit Singh). I am hereby attaching my draft project proposal for boost::uBlas for review and suggestions if any. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SXB9r_3dbgD0kT5xNmFzQ5mD0FuvTO0Y5TOkdyr… Thanks & Regards.

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[release] Boost 1.76.0 Release Candidate 1
by Marshall Clow 11 Apr '21

11 Apr '21

IMPORTANT NOTE: This will be the last RC posted on BinTray! The first release candidates for the 1.76.0 release are now available at: <https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.76.0/source/> The SHA256 checksums are as follows: aaf920e31ae815ff6b55d70a28bb614a6aa6f5cd2f6e4543461d20a4fe39df4e boost_1_76_0_rc1.7z 5dd0c91e1f0f18d452fcaa772d9c30815e449dd4fe99fadf224cca180d98cee3 boost_1_76_0_rc1.zip 5b9844335bc327272030b8050cf417178d26c8abbc64ed7aefc4d818facc1c10 boost_1_76_0_rc1.tar.gz cea1cf7609daf5bb285a625530e8d660dca51816007da7f5eb3f577b685a888d boost_1_76_0_rc1.tar.bz2 As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. -- The Release managers

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The descriptor does not fit into the select call's fd_set
by George Nistor 10 Apr '21

10 Apr '21

Hi all, I am having a problem with the following error message '' The descriptor does not fit into the select call's fd_set" The setup I have is QNX , VSomeIP lib (socket abstractisation lib) , lib Boost 1.61 (a very old version) I get the error in this lib VSomeIp from the bellow boost call. The call to boost::asio::async_write(3 params) gives the above error message. I have tried to see also on QNX with > pidin -p vsomeip fds How many open file descriptor do I have and I got value 123. As far as I know there is a limitation 1024 of open file descriptors. Could you provide some help? Does the latest boost lib solve this particular case? I appreciate any suggestion, Also please say if any info is missing Thanks George Nistor

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Vector with compile-time polymorphism
by Ivica B 09 Apr '21

09 Apr '21

Hi! I am doing a performance C++ work and there is a data structure that we use and I think it is very useful even for the general public. Here is the description: Currently, I call it *multivector* (I know there is a data structure with the same name, this is a temporary name). It works like this: You specify all the types you want to hold in your multivector: multivector<rectangle, circle, triangle> mvect; Each type is held in a separate std::vector for that type. So in the above case, multivector<rectangle, circle, triangle> consists of three std::vectors: std::vector<rectangle>, std::vector<circle> and std::vector<triangle>. Now, the magic happens when we use templates to process all three vectors at once. Imagine there is a function *draw* for all three types. We can do something like this: mvect.for_each([&](auto& shape) { shape.draw(bitmap); }); The above code generates three for_each loops, for rectangle, circle and triangle. Inside the loops it calls the draw method for each type. There is no dispatching inside the loops, and the loops are really easy for the compiler to optimize (due to their simplicity). Prototype implementation: https://github.com/ibogosavljevic/johnysswlab/blob/master/2021-02-virtualfu… Advantages over std::vector<std::variant>>: * Uses less memory (std::variant uses the amount of memory per element that is big enough to store the biggest type) * Is more optimal: each type generates its own processing loop, there is no dispatching code inside the loop. The compilers vectorized these loops easier. Downsides: * You cannot sort the elements in the whole vectors (even though you can sort them in individual containers) * Code bloat (many types can create a lot of code, this is the case with std::vector<std::variant>> too) Please let me know what you think. Ivica

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GSoC proposal review
by Aditya Tiwari 09 Apr '21

09 Apr '21

Hello all, I'm Aditya Tiwari, a GSoC aspirant. I've submitted my proposal for Boost GIL (generic image library) on GSoC's website under boost. I would be grateful if someone review's my proposal and give me suggestions if needed. I've shared the doc link of my proposal with commenter rights. Thanks and Regards, Aditya Tiwari

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