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Is portability to pre-standard compiler an issue when considering addition to boost library
by Axter 22 Oct '05

22 Oct '05

If code is proposed to be added to the boost library, and it can not compile on non-compliant (pre-standard) compiler, like VC++ 6.0, would that be a major factor for rejection? I have classes that are fully compliant to the C++ standard, but will not compile on VC++ 6.0, because 6.0 doesn't fully support template logic. Is this a factor in consideration for code addition to the boost library?

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Fw: [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Support Requests-1334003 ] 100s of 'template with C linkage' errors
by Peter Dimov 22 Oct '05

22 Oct '05

Forwarding for archival purposes :-) Michael Hopkins wrote: > On 21/10/05 21:44, "Peter Dimov" <pdimov(a)mmltd.net> wrote: > >> I have no access to Mac OS X, but according to this post: >> >> http://www.pixelglow.com/lists/archive/macstl-dev/2005-February/000015.html >> >> this might be caused by the fact that your Boost headers are in >> /usr/include, because GCC has some heuristic that automatically >> encloses system headers in extern "C" blocks. >> >> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/gcc-4.0.0/cpp/Syste… >> eaders.html >> >> > Thanks for this Peter. Putting Boost in /opt/local/include/ has > solved the problem. I wonder if this should be mentioned somewhere > in the darwin Boost docs to stop other people going around the same > loop? > > Michael > > > > > > Web: http://www.hopkins-research.com/ > Phone: +44 (O)781 3467 381

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really dumb bjam (v1) question.
by Robert Ramey 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

I want to suppress certain warnings that the GCC compiler generates for serialization tests. This entail adding some switches to the gcc command line. So in my Jamfile I make the following modification: rule run-template ( test-name : sources * : requirements * ) { return [ run <lib>../../test/build/boost_test_exec_monitor $(sources) : # command : # input files : # requirements std::locale-support toolset::require-boost-spirit-support <borland*><*><cxxflags>"-w-8080 -w-8071 -w-8057 -w-8062 -w-8008 -w-0018 -w-8066" <gcc*><*><cxxflags>"-Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy" $(requirements) : # test name $(test-name) : # default-build debug ] ; } That is I added the line <gcc... This doesn't seem to produce the desired effect. That is, I don't see the new -W switches on the gcc command line. Any help would be appreicated. Robert Ramey

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How should we deal with access to zero pointers?
by Asger Mangaard 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

When writing code that *could* access a zero pointer, should one do the following: 1. Nothing 2. assert 3. Exception. In that case which one? My guess would be 1 since an access violation exception will be thrown any way (on VC++ at least), but now I'm not sure? Regards, Asger Mangaard

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Re: [boost] [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Support Requests-1334003 ] 100s of'template with C linkage' errors
by Peter Dimov 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

Michael Hopkins wrote: > On 21/10/05 17:26, "Peter Dimov" <pdimov(a)mmltd.net> wrote: > >> SourceForge.net wrote: >> >>>> I am trying Boost 1.33 on Mac OS X 10.4.2 with XCode >>>> 2.1 and compiling the smart pointer test program. I >>>> get hundreds of "error: template with C linkage" errors >>>> within many of the gcc includes. This happens whether >>>> I am using gcc 3.3 or 4.0. >>>> >>>> More detail available if necessary - please contact me >>>> on michael.hopkins(a)hopkins-research.com. >> >> Yes, I think that we do need more detail, but first please make sure >> that you are compiling as C++ and not as C. :-) >> >> > Peter > > I can see why you would think I was doing that, but I¹m sharing a > project directory with all my C++ code and the compiler output > certainly looks like C++. I suspect that something within the Boost > headers is making the compiler Othink in C rather than C++¹. > > I have attached the smart pointer test program and the full compiler > output from XCode when I try to build using Apple GCC4.0 and Apple > GCC3.3. There is a lot of info here so I have zipped them. > > I completely cleaned the projects before I started the builds. I > thought that maybe some combination of the compiler settings is > causing the problem but the same issue occurs whether I use the > ODevelopment¹ or ODeployment¹ settings which are very different. > > Let me know if you need anything else. I have no access to Mac OS X, but according to this post: http://www.pixelglow.com/lists/archive/macstl-dev/2005-February/000015.html this might be caused by the fact that your Boost headers are in /usr/include, because GCC has some heuristic that automatically encloses system headers in extern "C" blocks. http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/gcc-4.0.0/cpp/Syste…

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Alternative solution to intermediate results problem of expression templates.
by Korcan Hussein 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

Hi I'm not sure if this has already been explored or even in current use but I think I may have come up with an alternative solution to the type deduction of intermediate results from expression templates. Instead of using automatic type erasing technique, take the compile-time parse tree of an intermediate expression and create an exact runtime replica of the expression tree using recursive variant types (using Boost.Variant in C++). The creation of the expression tree can be completely automated. I have tried this myself with promising results. The only (minor) downside is in order to avoid redundant copies of operands the types of the operands must be given but not the structure of the compile-time expression tree itself. Leaf nodes of the recursive variant hold constant references to there elements. I've done quick profile of this against the traditional eager evaluation of overloaded operators and it still is more efficient but tree creation does cost in time slightly. If people are interested I can post code the code for this.

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Math lib docs
by John Maddock 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

Hubert, Daryle, I'm trying to figure out how to integrate the docs for the few new additions to Boost.Math that come with the TR1 library into the existing documentation. The new docs use quickbook, and the options appear to be: 1) Leave the existing docs as they are, the minor problem with this is that my addition ends up with it's own library entry under doc/html/index.html, while the rest of you get left out of there as you do now :-( 2) Use quickbook to create a new front page for the Math lib, but otherwise leave the html as it is. The doc/html/index.html would now look right, but the existing html docs would be second-class citizens in the BoostBook generated TOC for the Math lib: they would get a main entry, but no sub-entries, and just a forwarding link to the existing html. 3) Convert the existing docs to quickbook: it's a bit tedious, but surprisingly easy to do, and once you get the hang of it, easier to maintain than html: no honestly it is, not having to quote "<>&" etc code snippets is worth the change alone IMO. I don't mind making the initial changeover, but thereafter you guys would have to be happy maintaining the quickbook source. The main advantages are a coherent look to the docs, automatic TOC, optional PDF generation and so on. There's the potential to integrate the docs for the new complex number inverse trig special functions, with the existing docs for the scalar versions as well, but I haven't looked into that yet. Thoughts? Thanks, John.

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(Nuisance) Warnings
by David Abrahams 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

Warnings present a difficult conundrum for Boost. I wonder if there's any way we can come up with a coherent policy, so individual library developers don't have to think through all the issues individually and our users develop consistent expectations. Here's what I know: * Some warnings that are just a nuisance, especially for templated code. For example, I am getting a warning from vc-8 that the implicit assignment operator of a particular class template instantiation couldn't be generated. I expect the availability of implicit assignment in that case to depend on the template parameter. In this case, any class template that can take reference arguments that become members of the class is susceptible. * It's impolite to unconditionally disable warnings that people may count on in their own code. The above is a nuisance for me, but it might be crucial for someone developing ordinary classes. * Some popular compilers (GCC) don't have #pragmas that let us turn off warnings in particular regions of code. On those compilers, there is sometimes no workaround in code; suppressing the warning must be done on the compiler's command-line. We can do it in Boost.Build, but of course that won't help people who are using other build systems. And for those that _are_ using Boost.Build, suppressing warnings at that point can be just as impolite as doing it in code. * Even when in-code workarounds are possible, they're often ugly, and since the workarounds (e.g. #pragmas) can be different for every compiler, they really pile up. So, ideas, anyone? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

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Boost regression notification (2005-10-21 [RC_1_33_0])
by Douglas Gregor 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

Boost regression test failures ------------------------------ Report time: 2005-10-21T14:27:09Z This report lists all regression test failures on release platforms. Detailed report: http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-RC_1_33_0/developer/i… 28 failures in 4 libraries: parameter (2) python (5) range (3) serialization (18) |parameter| tutorial: borland-5_6_4 gcc-2.95.3-linux |python| builtin_converters: mingw-3_4_2 try: gcc-3.2.3-linux gcc-3.3.6-linux gcc-3.4.4-linux gcc-4.0.1-linux |range| array: vc-6_5 vc-6_5-stlport vc-7_0 |serialization| test_demo_xml_load: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin intel-win32-8_1 test_demo_xml_load_dll: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_shared_ptr_132_text_warchive: intel-win32-8_1 test_shared_ptr_binary_archive: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_binary_archive_dll: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_text_archive: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_text_archive_dll: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_text_warchive: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_text_warchive_dll: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_xml_archive: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_xml_archive_dll: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_xml_warchive: borland-5_6_4 test_shared_ptr_xml_warchive_dll: borland-5_6_4

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Boost regression notification (2005-10-21 [HEAD])
by Douglas Gregor 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

Boost regression test failures ------------------------------ Report time: 2005-10-21T05:00:17Z This report lists all regression test failures on release platforms. Detailed report: http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-HEAD/developer/issues… 410 failures in 12 libraries: concept_check (13) graph (2) mpl (1) parameter (3) python (2) serialization (36) spirit (8) thread (4) tuple (1) type_traits (311) typeof (21) xpressive (8) |concept_check| stl_concept_covering: cw-9_4 gcc-2.95.3-linux gcc-2.95.3-stlport-4.6.2-linux gcc-3.3.6-linux gcc-3.4.4-linux gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin intel-win32-9_0 intel-win32-9_0 mingw-3_4_2 msvc vc-7_1 |graph| graphviz_test: vc-7_1 layout_test: intel-win32-9_0 |mpl| size_t: gcc-4_0-darwin |parameter| efficiency: msvc sfinae: msvc tutorial: gcc-2.95.3-linux |python| builtin_converters: intel-win32-9_0 exec: intel-win32-9_0 |serialization| test_class_info_load_binary_archive: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_binary_archive_dll: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_text_archive: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_text_archive_dll: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_text_warchive: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_text_warchive_dll: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_xml_archive: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_xml_archive_dll: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_xml_warchive: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_class_info_load_xml_warchive_dll: gcc-3_3-darwin gcc-3_4_3-sunos gcc-4_0-darwin test_const_save_fail1: msvc test_const_save_fail2: msvc test_const_save_fail3: msvc test_map_binary_archive_dll: msvc test_map_text_archive_dll: msvc test_map_text_warchive_dll: msvc |spirit| action_tests_debug: gcc-3_4_3-sunos distinct_tests_debug: gcc-3_4_3-sunos escape_char_parser_tests_debug: gcc-3_4_3-sunos grammar_def_test_debug: gcc-3_4_3-sunos switch_problem_debug: gcc-3_4_3-sunos 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