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spirit framework...
by Michael Burbidge 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

I understand that the spirit compiler framework has been accepted as part of boost. Does anyone know when it will be part of the standard boost distribution. I'm finding that spirit 1.5.1 generally works on Mac OS X using CodeWarrior, but that I'm experiencing runtime assertions running some of the examples. In particular the ast_xml example. Thanks, Michael-

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Problem with tuples::ignore
by Tom Matelich 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

I'm sure I've seen posts about this, but have been unable to track it down... Apparently gcc 3.2 only uses the cpp file name to "anonymize" anonymous namespaces. My problem is that Application A links libs B and C, which both have files named foo.cpp. These foo.cpp's both include boost/tuples/details/tuple_basic.hpp, thus causing duplicate symbols of tuples::{anonymous}::ignore. Obviously I can work around this by renaming the cpp files, but I thought I'd see if there was a quicker solution. Thanks Tom pardon the disclaimer... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this message and/or attachment(s) may contain confidential information of Zetec, Inc. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by return email. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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uBLAS: reference to container data & iteratordeclaration
by speedsnaii <speedsnaii＠yahoo.de> 08 Mar '03

08 Mar '03

Hi, *) First question: I am trying to get a reference to data of a container in the following way: matrix<double> m(3,3); vector<double>& v(m.column(2)); But this seems not to be possible. Is there a way to achieve this behaviour? What I basically want to achive is having functor object that holds a reference to a row/column of my container matrix. >From my questions about argument types I know that m.column(2) is a kind of an expression. How can I get the underlying reference to data if there even is one? *) Second question: matrix<double> m(10,3); ... fill the matrix ... matrix<double>::iterator it; // wrong this does not work!! for (it = m.column(2).begin(); it != m.colum(2).end(); ++it) { cout << *it << " " << foo(*it) << endl; } How would I declare my iterator? I understand when I use std::library-algorithms the automatic template parameter defer will give me the correct type from begin(). But in my case how should I declare the iterator? Thank you for help. Roland

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thread problems with Java JNI
by justin_michel 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

A simple test program using boost::thread works fine, but when I try to use boost::thread in a DLL library which is called from a Java thread, the thread blocks forever in the constructor for boost::thread. Looking at the source code for boost::thread, I see that it blocks on a condition waiting for the thread to start. Maybe the thread never starts? So. I modified my code to use _beginthreadex() directly to start my worker thread. I hoped to at least get a better idea of what was going wrong, but the code worked flawlessly. Are there known problems with using boost::thread from a DLL? Any other ideas? Thanks, Justin Michel

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boost-build path discrepancies
by Michael Hunley 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

As per my recent post "Installing boost libs for dependant apps," I recently used the boost-build system for my own apps make setup. I found it to be very powerful and useful (more than I could use to begin with). I used the version 1 build system becuase it looked like it would be easier to get up and running, but plan to migrate to v2 soon since it is more powerful and I much prefer the dependency handling of adding sub-projects by name, not path to a Jamfile. But I need to learn it first. I did this on RedHat 8.0 using gcc 3.2.2 with a cut of the Boost CVS from 2/6/2003 on the Boost-Build v1.30.0. I copied most of the main files (features.jam, boost-build.jam, etc) from the main boost build setup in BOOST_ROOT and BOOST_ROOT/tools/build. I ran into two issues with pathing and another with the LinkLibraries rule. I tried a couple of approaches to including externally built libraries to my build hierarchy (several sub-project libs and one app). When I tried LinkLibraries it didn't complain, but the library never got added to my link action in the NEEDLIBS variable. I tried tracing it down and added Echo actions to the LinkLibraries to see what it was adding, which was nothing, but I could have mis-understood the NEEDLIBS on $(<) expression. Regardless, they did not appear in the list of libs passed to the linker. I then tried the <libraryfile> feature in my requirements section. That worked fine. So, is LinkLibraries deprecated (the docs did not mention it that I could find)? I had it first in my list, before my exe target, but in the same file. Was it supposed to go after? I liked LinkLibraries better than the <libraryfile> since it would do the name mangling for me (prefix="lib", suffix=".so" under gcc). The other problem I ran into revolved around use of relative paths and I believe my results are counter to what the documentation claims. First, when I added dependant libraries as source entries in my exe target the docs claim I can make those paths absolute. My setup is a little out of the norm in that my app is at the leaf node of the directory tree, so the relative path to the main lib it needed was $(DOTDOT). However, I have several libs common to other apps, but in the same boost build hierarchy, so those are relative to $(BOOST_ROOT). When I tried having a source line: <lib>$(BOOST_ROOT)/Common/CommonLib from within my Jamfile located at $(BOOST_ROOT)/ServerLib/Server The output when I tried bjam was: (|ServerLib|Server|home|michael|Proj|Common) not found (I am only sure of the folder part of that, the exact error syntax may be slightly off). I had to specify the paths as: $(DOTDOT)/$(DOTDOT)/Common/CommonLib In the second case, it was relative pathing that wouldn't work. I specified most of the common features and settings using template targets that I then imported into each Jamfile (Very nice feature). The one of concern was located in the $(BOOST_ROOT)/ServerLib folder. In the $(BOOST_ROOT)/ServerLib/Server/Jamfile I added a requirement: <include>$(DOTDOT) To get back to ServerLib which it depends on. I swear that worked the first time I got it built, but last night when I did a rebuild all (bjam -a) it failed and claimed it could not find include files. I ended up having to change it to absolute pathing to work. Are the docs wrong on the two pathing issues? Is there something I could be setting up wrong to get the behavior I saw? thanks. michael

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installing boost libs for dependant apps
by Michael Hunley 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

I just completed porting our server from XP to Linux, which uses Boost::Thread for the threading library. I found it was infinitely more convenient to publish the libs in their various formats (variant|sub-variant) into a common, top-level folder under BOOST_ROOT. This made it much more managable to both link it into my application (without having to grist the folder name) and add the proper path to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var so it could find the shared libraries when I ran. I don't know if there is a prescribed way of doing this already in place, but I did not see anything in the build documentation (like bjam "Install [folder]" or some such). I ended up modifying the BOOST_ROOT/Jamfile to have a stage target that published all the threading libs to BOOST_ROOT/bin with proper suffixes for the variants I cared about (debug and release for the moment). I still had to append the proper suffixes in my own Jamfile (I used BJam for my make as well), but it was a heck of a lot better than a 10 deep folder hierarchy. I have a couple of question and two requests. For reference I am using a cut from CVS around 2/6/2003. How are others doing this sort of thing that are using Boost? Is there a common way to do what I did by doctoring the Jamfile that is less invasive (so I don't have to repeat in the future when I get releases from CVS)? I am new to Linux & Boost, so may not know how I should be getting at these things. My request, if the answers to the above don't address them, is that some form of install or publish to a common location be added to the boost build. If I were more intimately familiar with Boost and the build system (and the various installation platforms) I would volunteer to help, but... My second request may also already be possible, but my limited experiment and reading made it seem not. I'd like to be able to declare a sub-project that points to a whole other boost-build.jam hierarchy; e.g. I want to make Boost a sub-project of mine. This seems much more plausible and likely in the new versoin 2 format where the dependency declarations are more straight-forward (by name, not explicit path). I await your feedback. Thanks. michael

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boost::signals build and C++Builder 6 Pro in 1.29.0
by Russell Hind 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

I have built the boost::signals library with C++Builder 6 Pro Update 4 and am running into problems: a) We tend to use double word alignment, not quad word (which is the default in C++Builder). It appears that the libraries are built with quad word, but the headers don't enforce this, so when I change the options to double word (in our project) and try to construct a signal with boost::signal0<void> s; I get an access violation when constructing a signal (from line 266 of shared_count.hpp) The call stack is 00417F3F __internal_malloc 00417DD8 __internal_malloc 00417539 ___org_malloc 00416EA2 ___org_new 004076E1 boost::detail::shared_count::shared_count(this=:0012FBB4, p=:007F3928, d={ }, =:007F3928) 004063E3 boost::shared_ptr<boost::signals::detail::signal_base_impl>::shared_ptr<boost::signals::detail::signal_base_impl>(this=:0012FBB0, p=:007F3928) 0040546D boost::shared_ptr<boost::signals::detail::signal_base_impl>::reset<boost::signals::detail::signal_base_impl>(this=:0012FF70, p=:007F3928) 00403F51 boost::signals::detail::signal_base::signal_base(this=:0012FF70, comp=:0012FC24) 0040232E boost::signal0<void, boost::last_value<void>, int, _STL::less<int>, boost::function0<void, boost::empty_function_policy, boost::empty_function_mixin, _STL::allocator<boost::function_base> > >::signal0<void, boost::last_value<void>, int, _STL::less<int>, boost::function0<void, boost::empty_function_policy, boost::empty_function_mixin, _STL::allocator<boost::function_base> > >(this=:0012FF70, c=:0012FC7C, comp=:0012FC74) 00401BF3 main(argc=1, argv=:007F21E4) 00420862 __startup b) If I do use quad word alignment, then the object constructs correctly, but when I connect a method to it with void VoidFunc(void) { } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { boost::signal0<void> s; s.connect(&VoidFunc); } the program hangs. Turning on CodeGuard shows a similar problem to that above. The object was allocated with a size of 12 bytes, but code is trying to access byte 16 in the object (I guess this is a similar alignment problem). The callstack is 0041E44E boost::counted_base::dispose(this=:00C04360) 00427203 boost::signals::detail::signal_base_impl::connect_slot 00404741 boost::signal0<void, boost::last_value<void>, int, _STL::less<int>, boost::function0<void, boost::empty_function_policy, boost::empty_function_mixin, _STL::allocator<boost::function_base> > >::connect(this=:0012FF60, in_slot=:0012FDA8) 004026C5 main(argc=1, argv=:00C021E4) 00433802 __startup It says the this pointer block is only 12 bytes long, but the code is trying to access byte 16. Do (or should) all the bost headers force alignment before all structures/classes and then restore the alignment afterwards? Currently, I have to link directly with the signals source code to get use the library. Has anything to do with this been changed in the builds of 1.30.0? Thanks Russell

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Using Unit Tests w/Codewarrior Pro 8.3
by paul_snively <paul_snively＠yahoo.com> 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

Folks, I'd like to be able to run a boost unit test, e.g. is_convertible_test.cpp, as kind of a one-shot apart from having to deal with the rest of boost. So I read the documentation on the unit test framework, and it seems like this should be relatively straightforward. I've created a Carbon Console project in Codewarrior, which contains the following files: is_convertible_test.cpp init.cpp (from type_traits/test) unit_test_main.cpp unit_test_suite.cpp unit_test_result.cpp unit_test_log.cpp unit_test_monitor.cpp execution_monitor.cpp unit_test_parameters.cpp test_tools.cpp This all compiles and links file, which is a relief in and of itself. :-) However, when I simply run the app, I get "*** No errors detected". If I remove is_convertible_test.cpp and rebuild and run again, I get the same result. :-) So my suspicion is that I need to do more to let the framework know that it needs to run is_convertible_test.cpp. Can someone please clue me in as to what that is, in minimal terms? Thanks!

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shared_ptr 1.27 w/gcc 2.96 (VxWorks)
by Brian 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

We are using boost 1.27 (I know, I know) with the real-time operating system VxWorks, which ships with its own "special" version of gcc 2.96 (not that same as Red Hats - I know, I know). Today I finally got around to providing a version of atomic_count.hpp for VxWorks. I had to play some games with #defines to get BOOST_HAS_THREADS and all the other things set up right before my implementation would get chosen. Once that was squared away, I put a cout in the constructor of my atomic_count class just be sure it was all working. I then stamped down a shared_ptr<int> and much to my surprise: no text output. I traced it back to the constructor for counted_base_impl (a templated class). That constructor was being called, but it inherits from counted_base, and that constructor was just not getting called! I searched your bug list on source forge but found no mention of this. But then again, its not really a boost bug! I then took a look at boost 1.29 and noticed that lots of things had been reworked in this area, so now looks like the reason to start using 1.29. I'm afraid I am stuck with VxWorks and that compiler though... So I'm just throwing this out in case anyone is remotely in the same situation as we are. I will start using 1.29 and see what happens. Hopefully its not too hard to customize the OS specific part in 1.29. I also suggest a note get added to the shared_ptr documentation about this OS specific mutex stuff thats going on. I got curious about how that was done and decided to look. Had I not done this, my shared_ptr's reference count would not have been thread safe and I wouldn't have known this. Also, is there a "what has changed in this new version of boost" file somewhere? Thanks again everyone. BN

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Re: [Boost-Users] Unable to BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY
by Administrator 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

Martin, I did a simple search through the Boost website, and on http://www.boost.org/libs/graph/doc/using_adjacency_list.htm, I found this: You can also use enum's instead of struct's to create tag types. Create an enum type for each property. The first part of the name of the enum type must be edge, vertex, or graph followed by an underscore, with a _t at the end. Inside the enum, define a value with the same name minus the _t. Then invoke the BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY macro. enum edge_myflow_t { edge_myflow }; enum edge_mycapacity_t { edge_mycapacity }; namespace boost { BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(edge, myflow); BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(edge, mycapacity); } compared to: > namespace boost{ > enum vertex_xx_t { vertex_xx = 1111}; > BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(vertex,vertex_xx); > } which means it should be: > enum vertex_xx_t { vertex_xx = 1111}; > namespace boost{ > BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(vertex,xx); > } Dale

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