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Cross Builder, v1.0
by John Torjo 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Dear boosters, I thought this might be of interested in this, even if it's Windows-only for now. I'm happy to announce the first version of "Cross Builder": http://www.torjo.com/cb/ In short, Cross Builder allows you to build C++ projects very easy. In addition to that, it allows you to modify various compiler settings in a simple and straightforward way. Cross Builder's purpose is to make it as easy as possible for you to build your projects with *any* C++ compiler. Or, put in other words, *one click*. Compiler settings apply hierarchically. This is a very powerful mechanism, and once you see it at work, you'll simply love it! When you modify a setting, you modify it for: * a HDD directory or file * a configuration (such as "Debug", "Release", etc.) * a compiler (such as "All compilers", "MSVC" (all MS compilers), "VC 7.1", etc) From then on, this setting will apply to all: * it sub-configurations * its sub-compilers * its HDD sub-directories ...until it's overridden. Screenshots and possibility to download: http://www.torjo.com/cb/ As a side-node, in the near future, I will also post the source-code for the first version of CB. Feedback is welcome. Best, John -- John Torjo, Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal -- "Win32 GUI Generics" -- generics & GUI do mix, after all -- http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/ -- http://www.torjo.com/cb/ - Click, Build, Run!

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program_options & VC6: internal compiler error?
by Olaf van der Spek 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Hi, I was trying to use the program_options library and used the following example. However, I got an internal compiler error. I reduced the example to this minimum. The library build fine, so I assume it's compatible with VC6. What went wrong? Code: #include "stdafx.h" #include <boost/program_options.hpp> #include <iostream> int main(int ac, char* av[]) { boost::program_options::variables_map vm; std::cout << vm["compression"].as<int>(); // line 8 return 0; } Output: Configuration: Program Options Test - Win32 Release Compiling... StdAfx.cpp Compiling... Program Options Test.cpp C:\VC\temp\Program Options Test\Program Options Test.cpp(8) : error C2679: binary '<<' : no operator defined which takes a right-hand operand of type '' (or there is no acceptable conversion) C:\VC\temp\Program Options Test\Program Options Test.cpp(8) : error C2062: type 'int' unexpected Error executing cl.exe. Program Options Test.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s) Configuration: Program Options Test - Win32 Debug Compiling... Program Options Test.cpp C:\VC\temp\Program Options Test\Program Options Test.cpp(8) : fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'msc1.cpp', line 1794) Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++ Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information Error executing cl.exe. Program Options Test.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) -- Olaf van der Spek http://xccu.sf.net/

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Re: Nasty bug in Boost 1.32.0 bind]
by Peter Dimov 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Sean Parent wrote: > On Dec 6, 2004, at 12:10 PM, Peter Dimov wrote: >> >> This is not a bug. Bind was deliberately changed to return by value >> because of a bug report similar to the following: >> >> pair_t make_pair( int, int ); >> >> bind( &pair_t::first, bind( make_pair, 10, 20 ) )(); >> >> The inner bind returns by value (because make_pair returns a value) >> and the outer bind returns a reference to a temporary. >> >> A similar, but rare, situation can arise when bind is invoked on an >> rvalue: >> >> pair_t const make_pair(); >> >> bind( &pair_t::first, _1 )( make_pair() ); >> >> I'm more interested in the actual code that was broken by this >> change, because the assert() above was never required to pass. >> By-value or by-reference was (and probably still is) an open >> question. Of course I should have gotten it right in the first place. > > The documentation explicitly states that it will return a const > reference: > ----- >> bind(&X::f, args) >> >> is equivalent to >> >> bind<R>(mem_fn(&X::f), args) >> >> where R is the return type of X::f (for member functions) or a const >> reference to the type of the member (for data members.) > ----- Yes, you are right. I missed that. > The actual failure was in conjunction with boost::function() where it > fails silently because of a cast to result type inside boost function. > Here is a snippet that was my first attempt at isolating the problem: > > ---- > #include <boost/bind.hpp> > #include <boost/function.hpp> > #include <utility> > #include <cassert> > > int main() > { > typedef std::pair<int, int> pair_t; > > pair_t pair(10, 20); > > boost::function<const int&(const pair_t&)> > function(boost::bind(&pair_t::first, _1)); > > const int& x = function(pair); > > assert(&pair.first == &x); > > return 0; > } I get warning C4172 from VC++ 7.1, "returning address of local variable or temporary", on this example (in function_template.hpp:111). The example can be further simplified to: #include <boost/function.hpp> int f() { return 5; } int main() { boost::function<int const & ()> g( f ); int const & r = g(); } which produces the same warning. A static_assert in boost::function would probably help on compilers that don't emit a warning. [...] >> The explicit version: >> >> const int& x = boost::bind<int&>(&pair_t::first, _1)(pair); >> >> should work on conforming compilers. > > Good to know - I will review my code and try to be explicit where > possible - however, I use bind() a lot within templates and rely on it > not making an additional (often expensive) copy of my members. I don't > think there there is a correct answer for the default behavior > (between returning a const& and a value) but the docs need to be > consistent - and a change of this nature needs to be called out in > the release notes. Yes, you are right. I underestimated the impact of this change; the new behavior was supposed to eliminate this sort of bug, not introduce it. Breaking existing code is never pleasant. The change has been in the CVS for some time, but unfortunately most real-world testing occurs on the actual releases.

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Cross Builder and pkg-config discussions
by David Abrahams 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

These discussions should probably move to the Boost.Build mailing list now. They've drifted a little far from library development issues. http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#jamboost -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com

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[PATCH]Enhancing any_cast
by Mikhail Glushenkov 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

This is an enhanced version of Unai Uribarri's patch (see http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg42284.php ). Adds support for the following syntax: boost::any a = 7; int& i = any_cast<int&>(a); Current syntax for reference extraction is int& i = *any_cast<int>(&a); Old syntax is preserved. On compilers without support for partial template specialization users are required to provide explicit specializations of boost::remove_reference for their classes (usually via BOOST_BROKEN_COMPILER_TYPE_TRAITS_SPECIALIZATION) if they want to use the new syntax. Patch was tested on msvc 6 and 7.1, intel 8.1 and gcc 3.3.1. If this patch will be accepted, I'll write tests/update documentation. --- any.hpp Thu Sep 16 11:23:30 2004 +++ new_any.hpp Fri Dec 10 19:47:45 2004 @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ #include "boost/config.hpp" #include <boost/throw_exception.hpp> +#include <boost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp> + +#ifdef BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION +#include <boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp> +#include <boost/static_assert.hpp> +#endif namespace boost { @@ -168,12 +174,39 @@ } template<typename ValueType> - ValueType any_cast(const any & operand) + const ValueType any_cast(const any & operand) { - const ValueType * result = any_cast<ValueType>(&operand); + #ifdef BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION + // Please use BOOST_BROKEN_COMPILER_TYPE_TRAITS_SPECIALIZATION macro + // to generate specialization of remove_reference for your class + // See type traits library documentation for details + BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!::boost::is_reference< + boost::remove_reference<ValueType>::type >::value); + + #endif //BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION + + typedef typename boost::remove_reference<ValueType>::type Type; + const Type * result = any_cast<Type>(&operand); if(!result) boost::throw_exception(bad_any_cast()); return *result; + } + + template<typename ValueType> + ValueType any_cast(any & operand) + { + #ifdef BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION + // Please use BOOST_BROKEN_COMPILER_TYPE_TRAITS_SPECIALIZATION macro + // to generate specialization of remove_reference for your class + // See type traits library documentation for details + BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!::boost::is_reference< + boost::remove_reference<ValueType>::type >::value); + + #endif //BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION + + typedef typename boost::remove_reference<ValueType>::type Type; + Type * result = any_cast<Type>(&operand); + if(!result) + boost::throw_exception(bad_any_cast()); + return *result; } }

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RE: [boost] Re: Re: feature wish for boost 1.32.1 or 1.33.0: pkg- config support
by Stefan Seefeld 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

> From: Neal D. Becker [mailto:ndbecker2@verizon.net] > So, do you mean you want to use pkg-config to record the > settings that were > used to build boost? If so, I misunderstood. This might be useful. Indeed, that's how pkg-config is used. However, as a full-blown boost build process will result in quite a number of different configurations, the pkg-config approach would need to reflect that. For example, boost would need to generate one pkg-config script for each configuration that has been built. Regards, Stefan

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Web typography
by David Abrahams 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

While Rene was wrangling fonts I forgot that I went through this whole process with Bill Venners of Artima. We ended up with a very different answer, because Bill abhors the idea of specifying a font size; he wants to respect peoples' preferences. I would appreciate it if everybody would check out: http://www.artima.com/cppsource/metafunctions.html and see how it compares with Rene's page at http://redshift-software.com/~grafik/boost/index.htm on your sundry browsers. I don't have an idea of which one is better, but we should at least get the benefit of that research. Thanks, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com

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RE: [boost] Re: Cross Builder, v1.0
by Ferdinand Prantl 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Hi Hajo, > From: Hajo Kirchhoff > > I am trying to decide on a build tool for the Lit Window > Library and am considering bjam, cmake, bakefile and would > just like to get an opinion about your tool before delving > deeper into it. BTW, I need linux support as well as VC6++ > and .NET project creation, meaning the tool should create > .NET project/solution files rather than acting as a build tool. I wanted the same - just generate makefiles/projects. I use tmake (1.11 with some tweaks of me) from Trolltech (predecessor of qmake written in Perl). It generates makefiles/projects from templates and creates them for a platform from a couple of lines in a file.pro. You must run the build afterwards manually. Doxygen uses tmake, for example and Qt uses qmake, which has the same principle and configuration. The discussion gets a little off-topic... ;-) Ferda

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Front page, one last time.
by Rene Rivera 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Boosters, OK, I haven't heard anything in the way of further comment on the new front page design. I've put in a version of the current logo while we work that out. And done some minor cleanup of the css and xhtml: http://redshift-software.com/~grafik/boost/index.htm Boost C++ Libraries If there aren't any serious objections, I'll go ahead and commit this to CVS. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com - 102708583/icq

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RE: [boost] Re: Re: rational with finite precision
by Michiel Salters 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: boost-bounces(a)lists.boost.org > [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Garland > Sent: zondag 12 december 2004 22:48 > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Re: Re: rational with finite precision ... > Finally, it would be nice if someone would actually submit > infinite precision number types ... Are you aware of N1692? There will probably be two follow-ups to it, one (N1718) by the same author who will be proposing a rational class as well, and one by me ( currently still in MSWord form, and I'm waiting for a number) which proposes standardese for an <integer> header/class. Regards, Michiel Salters This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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