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New to open source
by Pranjal Rai 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Hi, I am new to open source and would like to contribute to it. Can someone please guide me what to do next? Pranjal Rai

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[gsoc15] Queries about enhancement of vector and deque containers
by Sandilya Jandhyala 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Hello Boost, My name is Sandilya Jandhyala. I'm a third year undergraduate student pursuing Computer Science and Engineering at Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore, India. I'm interested in submitting a proposal based on this idea. I have a few queries: 1. The programming test is to 'write a small vector-like container'. But this is somewhat vague, since it's not clear what is meant by 'small'. Does this mean that I only have to implement a subset of the functionality/member functions of std::vector? If so, which subset? How do I pick and choose? Or do I need to implement all the member functions? It would be helpful if some expected functionality were specified. 2. The entry on the ideas page hasn't specified how to submit the programming test. I'm assuming that I should copy and paste my code into the end of my proposal, as is specified for the other ideas. Is that correct? 3. The test requires that push_back throws when the buffer is full. But does this mean that the capacity is fixed? Can the capacity be increased when elements are added using other methods like insert()? 4. Though I'm comfortable with C++, I'm not at all familiar with unit testing or documentation tools. I'm willing to learn though. I've found that there are a large number of unit testing frameworks available for C++, and it's difficult to choose. Would you recommend any framework over another for this project/programming test? 5. I would like to begin researching possible improvements/additions to the vector and deque classes. What would be a good place to start? Should I look at the standard libraries of other languages? Could you point me to some resources I could study? Thank you for reading my queries. Any other tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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[gsoc15] Boost will be a mentoring org for 2015
by Niall Douglas 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Dear Boost. I am very pleased to report that Boost has been accepted as a GSoC org for 2015. Student applications begin on Monday March 16th, in just under two weeks, and last ten days until Friday March 27th. If you haven't added your proposal ideas to https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2015, now is the time to do so. If you would like to add your name to the ten other mentors who have made themselves available this summer, please do get in contact. Niall and Boris --- Boost C++ Libraries Google Summer of Code 2015 admin https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2015

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GSOC 2015 guideline
by Vaneet yadav 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

hi all, I am Vaneet singh yadav student of IIT Guwahati (INDIA) , i am interested in working Boost.uBLAS a library for matrix computations in GSOC 2015 .can any help me how to start thanks a lot

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GSoC 2015
by Ágota Horváth 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Hello, I'm Ágota Horváth from Hungary, a second year BSc student. I'm learning computer engineering and I'm really interested in choosing one of Boost C++ Libraries projects this year. Especially, I'd like to participate in the Enhanced vector and deque containers project because I have learned C++ at the university and I'd like to extend my knoledge about libraries and it would be a great experience to me if I could do that while working on a real project. However, this is the first year when I'd like to take part is GSoC, so I don't really know who I should turn to in order to get more information about this project, the proposal and how to get in touch with my would-be mentor. I'd also like to know what skills are needed for this project so that I can prepare before the coding starts. I would really appreciate if you could help me with that. Thank you, Ágota Horváth

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[context] b2 fails to build libraries if --with-context is set
by Antony Polukhin 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Hi, Issue with failing boost build are reported here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27342524/buidling-boost-error-name-clash… and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28398390/boost-build-breaks-name-clash-f… This seems like a critical bug! -- Best regards, Antony Polukhin

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[build] b2 headers broken?
by Eric Niebler 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

I just updated to the latest develop. I ran bootstrap, then nuked my boost directory and reran b2 headers. Worked fine. Then I changed directory to libs/proto/test and ran ../../../b2 mem_ptr to run a test. Here's what I get: f:\modular-boost\libs\proto\test>..\..\..\b2 mem_ptr Performing configuration checks - symlinks supported : no - junctions supported : yes - hardlinks supported : yes ...patience... ...patience... ...found 4951 targets... ...updating 441 targets... common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\proto common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\proto\test common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\proto\test\mem_ptr.test common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\proto\test\mem_ptr.test\msvc-12.0 common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\proto\test\mem_ptr.test\msvc-12.0\debug common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\proto\test\mem_ptr.test\msvc-12.0\debug\link-static common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\proto\test\mem_ptr.test\msvc-12.0\debug\link-static\threading-multi link.rm ..\..\..\boost\mpl common.mkdir ..\..\..\boost\mpl link.hardlink ..\..\..\boost\mpl\print.hpp Hardlink created for ..\..\..\boost\mpl\print.hpp <<===>> ..\..\mpl\include\boost\mpl\print.hpp <snip> link.rm ..\..\..\boost\numeric\conversion link.hardlink ..\..\..\boost\numeric\conversion\conversion_traits.hpp The system cannot find the path specified. if exist "..\..\..\boost\numeric\conversion\conversion_traits.hpp" del "..\..\..\boost\numeric\conversion\conversion _traits.hpp" mklink /H "..\..\..\boost\numeric\conversion\conversion_traits.hpp" "..\..\numeric\conversion\include\boost\numeric\ conversion\conversion_traits.hpp" ...failed link.hardlink ..\..\..\boost\numeric\conversion\conversion_traits.hpp... link.hardlink ..\..\..\boost\numeric\conversion\int_float_mixture_enum.hpp The system cannot find the path specified. For some reason, b2 thinks it needs to rerun b2 headers, but it does a crap job of it and dies. What's going on? Eric

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[date_time] Merge to release?
by Daniel James 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

There are some outstanding changes on date_time's develop branch which seem safe to me. If there are no objections I'll merge them soon. Daniel

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Re: [boost] [Boost-interest] Biicode dependendy manager with Boost support
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Le 20/02/15 20:54, JOAQUIN M. LOPEZ MUÑOZ a écrit : > Hi, > > The folks at biicode (biicode.com) a C/C++ dependency manager, have just > announced support for Boost: > > http://blog.biicode.com/dependency-management-boost-libraries/#more-2086 > > Biicode allows for easy multiplatform component tracking and builiding > thanks to their file-based dependency detection and CMake autogeneration > magic. Now, these capabilities can be used to make it easier to work with > Boost libraries. > Thanks Joaquin for the announce. I was wondering if we couldn't use it as a starting point of our modularization activity. Some questions: * Is the file-based dependency manager what Boost is looking for its own module dependencies detection? * Could an author state explicitly its dependencies on other libraries (versions)? * It Biicode open source? * How its CMake autogeneration and bjam interact? Best, Vicente

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VMD library accepted
by Steven Watanabe 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

AMDG The VMD library submitted by Edward Diener is ACCEPTED into Boost. I apologize for the long delay for this announcement. Thanks to everyone who participated in the formal review * Nial Douglass * Bjorn Reese * Rodrigo Madera * Zhou Zhenghui * Matt Calabrese * Paul Mensonides Reviews for the library were generally positive. The library was considered to be a useful set of tools for macro programmers. Paul expressed concern about the way the the library handles v-sequences and v-identifiers. After some discussion, Edward has agreed that the interface could be significantly improved. Work Items: * Add examples and improved motivation in the documentation * Update the v-identifier/v-sequence interface based on Paul's comments * Fix inaccurate statements about Boost.Preprocessor per Paul In Christ, Steven Watanabe

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