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[Range] Are pull request in github being considered?
by Gonzalo BG 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

There are 3 pull-request in github with zero comments, none closed, and the oldest is 3 months old (one is from me). Are they being considered or should one submit patches for Boost.Range over trac? The FAQ doesn't say anything about the preferred way to submit patches and the modular boost documentation mentions pull-request as valid options, but I would like to be sure that I sent my patch through the preferred channel. Bests, Gonzalo BG

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Standard c++ XML parser API (Boost.XML)
by Saksham Maheshwari 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Hey guys, As part of this year's GSOC, I am interested in developing a Standard c++ XML parser for Boost (Boost.XML project in Ideas Page). What I have encountered till now, there are many libraries which could be used for parsing XML file, but there is no Standard XML API in c++ to do the same, contrary to other languages like Java or python. I think this is an appropriate place to discuss about this API and then develop it. Since a past couple of days, I have been reading and understanding the existing Boost.xml (sandbox project) and Arabica project. What I think now is that there is no need to develop such an API from scratch, it would just be a wastage of our resources, else we could use the existing codes to develop such an API. We can use multiple backends supported in Arabica API and merge it with out existing Boost.XML to make such a standard API, so that it can adapted to a wide range of existing XML libraries. Also, the SAX implementation of Boost.XML has to be changed and it has to be implemented/modified (i.e. reader API), comparing it with Arabica::SAX. DOM API is working very fine. So, according to me, the possible tasks will be 1. To enhance or change the SAX implementation of Boost.XML 2. To provide multiple backends to this API. But for now, I want to know what you guys think about the idea. Thanks, Saksham Maheshwari PS: I want to develop an API, not a library :-)

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GSoC14: Projects currently needing potential mentors
by Niall Douglas 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Dear Boost, The following GSoC 14 project proposals are currently lacking potential mentors. If you'd like to mentor one of these proposals, please go to https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014, register as a mentor using the bottom link and ask the Boost C++ org for a role. 1. Suffix array Data Structure by Prabhat Kumar 2. Path Planner Library by Pritam Khan 3. Boost.Fixed-Point by Nikhar Agrawal Thanks, Niall --- Boost C++ Libraries Google Summer of Code 2014 admin https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2014

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Boost.Odeint Proposal GSoC 2014
by Animesh Gaitonde 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Hi everyone, I have added my proposal on melange.Kindly have a look at it.I will be glad to receive a feedback regarding my proposal Here is a link to my proposal :-https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/student/google/gsoc2014/animesh371/5629499534213120 Let me know if there are any visibility issues. Regards & Thanks Animesh Gaitonde 4th year Undergraduate Bits-Pilani Goa Campus

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[admin] Communicating with other write access contributors to a library
by Edward Diener 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

What is the proper way to communicate with other contributors of a library with write access under modular-boost in GitHub ? Is there a list of all write access members for a particular Boost library ?

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[Parallel Algorithms] Queries regarding the Boost.Thread / Parallel algorithms
by NAVEEN NAMASHIVAYAM 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Hi, I am interested in the implementation of parallel algorithms. From given documentation in http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2012/n3429.pdf I could understand the basic crux of the project. But the part which I was not able to figure from the documentation are these; 1. The type of network layer or the communication layer to be used. Can we make use of GASNet or ARMCI as the communication layer and build of ideas on it? Or do we have any specific library to work on this? 2. And the implementation of parallel_for and parallel_for_each, are we trying to mimic the available functionality from the parallel programming models like OpenMP? How far are these functions different from them. 3. Should we analyze about compiler optimizations. Because once these external parallel libraries are called; this necessarily means all the compiler optimizations within this parallel region should be excluded or else the complexity of the parallel library would be increased. Please confirm whether, my understanding is correct or am i looking at the project in a completely unrelated way. Regards, *NAVEEN* | Mobile: 832-720-2393 | about.me <http://about.me/naveen.namashivayam> |

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Boost.BLAS
by Ashrith H Chinivar 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Hey, This is Ashrith and I have a few queries related to the development of Boost.uBLAS library. I am currently undergoing a course on Linear Algebra and Matrices in my 3rd year of college and I would like to apply this in making kernel subroutines for Basic Linear Algebra under Boost.uBLAS. I hope to contribute by adding matrix multiplication, inversion algorithms and various other operations into the Boost. Please do let me know if I am missing something. I feel I may have over-seen some obvious prerequisites. Thank you, Ashrith

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GSoC 2014: Boost Radix Sort
by Shahamat Mehdi 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

I am very interested in contributing to the radix sort algorithm in this year GSoC. I am currently studying Algorithms course and i have studied the radix sort algorithm and i really want it to be implemented. I want to ask from mentors weather we will be implementing it only on integers? or will it be a template function. I can think of doing it on integers, strings and doubles. But if there are others on which radix sort will perform better than count sort please let me know so that i could start thinking about that too. Thank you Shahamat Mehdi

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setting option specific for compiler in Jamfile
by Oliver Kowalke 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

How can I apply an option in Jamfile which applies only for toolset-version onward? instead of writing: <toolset>gcc-4.7:<cxxflags>-fxyz <toolset>gcc-4.8:<cxxflags>-fxyz <toolset>gcc-4.9:<cxxflags>-fxyz I'd like to have a single line. <toolset>gcc-greater-eqal-4.7:<cxxflags>-fxyz best regards, Oliver

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[git] Super-project workflow
by Brian Ravnsgaard Riis 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

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