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Boost.Test and Threads
by p.klotz＠icoserve.com 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Hi After our migration from Boost 1.30.2 to Boost 1.31.0 several multithreaded tests no longer work stable. We tracked it down to the macros BOOST_UT_LOG_BEGIN and BOOST_UT_LOG_END. When one protects this macro calls with a mutex, the tests work stable again. After the investigation we found 'Support for the testing of multithreaded programs.' on the open issues list of Boost.Test. Does this mean that Boost.Test is not thread-safe at all? Do we misuse Boost.Test by calling things like BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL, BOOST_CHECK and BOOST_REQUIRE concurrently from different threads? Any clarification on this topic is welcome. Best regards, Peter.

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newbie doubts in compilation process
by Gustavo Sánchez 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Hi all, I am newbie in Boost libraries, and I'm specially interested in Graph Library (BGL). I'm working with VC++ 6.0 and I have a couple of questions about usign the library under this SDK. Of course I've read the Boost documentation and I know VC++ 6 doesn't pass the regresion test but I'm doubty about the compilation process. Those are the steps I followed: 1.- I did the outlined comands in getting started cd boost_1_31_0 bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" install As result I obtained in drive C: a boost dir with "include" and "libs" subdirs and boost_date_time-vc6-mt-1_31.dll boost_date_time-vc6-mt-gd-1_31.dll boost_filesystem-vc6-mt-1_31.dll boost_filesystem-vc6-mt-gd-1_31.dll boost_regex-vc6-mt-1_31.dll boost_regex-vc6-mt-gd-1_31.dll boost_signals-vc6-mt-1_31.dll boost_signals-vc6-mt-gd-1_31.dll boost_thread-vc6-mt-gd-1_31.dll and the related .lib files. Why aren't there any .dll file of the others libraries(graph, math, type_traits...)??? 2.- I executed bjam in directory: BOOST_ROOT\libs\graph\test and what I obtained was empty directories like BOOST_ROOT\bin\boost\libs\graph\test\vector_graph_cc.test\msvc\debug just one for every test source. I supose that is due to VC++ 6.0 is not able to compile the BGL, is that the reason??? I get something similar if I executed bjam in directory: BOOST_ROOT\libs\graph\examples 3. I did that ---> A full set of tests and status tables can be run thusly on a Windows system: cd %BOOST_ROOT%\status bjam --dump-tests test >bjam.log 2>&1 start notepad bjam.log (this is just a cut of the full file ilustrating the output related to graph library) boost-test(COMPILE) "property_iter" : "libs\graph\test\property_iter.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "copy" : "libs\graph\test\copy.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "vector_graph_cc" : "libs\graph\test\vector_graph_cc.cpp" boost-test(RUN) "isomorphism" : "libs\graph\test\isomorphism.cpp" boost-test(RUN) "subgraph" : "libs\graph\test\subgraph.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "reverse_graph_cc" : "libs\graph\test\reverse_graph_cc.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "graph_concepts" : "libs\graph\test\graph_concepts.cpp" boost-test(RUN) "graph" : "libs\graph\test\graph.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "filtered_graph_cc" : "libs\graph\test\filtered_graph_cc.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "edge_list_cc" : "libs\graph\test\edge_list_cc.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "dijkstra_cc" : "libs\graph\test\dijkstra_cc.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "dfs_cc" : "libs\graph\test\dfs_cc.cpp" boost-test(RUN) "dfs" : "libs\graph\test\dfs.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "bfs_cc" : "libs\graph\test\bfs_cc.cpp" boost-test(RUN) "bfs" : "libs\graph\test\bfs.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "adj_matrix_cc" : "libs\graph\test\adj_matrix_cc.cpp" boost-test(COMPILE) "adj_list_cc" : "libs\graph\test\adj_list_cc.cpp" boost-test(RUN) "transitive_closure_test" : "libs\graph\test\transitive_closure_test.cpp" What is quite surprising to me because it's suposed VC++ can't compile all BGL, http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/cs-win32.html. Some explanation about this ??? Thanks a lot ...(I continue diving in ) --------------------------------- Antivirus Filtros antispam 6 MB gratis ¿Todavía no tienes un correo inteligente?

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boost::lambda and MinGW on Windows
by Vladimir Suhoy 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

I have troubles compiling boost::lambda with MinGW on windows MinGW: 2.0.0-3 (yeah, I know its old) gcc: 3.2 (mingw special 20020817-1) The compiler thinks that types in boost/lambda/construct.hpp in boost::detail::destructor are undefined.. However when I put #include <boost/type_traits/remove_cv.hpp> #include <boost/type_traits/is_pointer.hpp> lines in boost/lambda/construct.hpp - then it works. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

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RE: [Boost-users] newbie doubts in compilation process
by Ben Hutchings 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Gustavo Sánchez <gustsanc(a)yahoo.es> wrote: [snip] 1.- I did the outlined comands in getting started cd boost_1_31_0 bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" install As result I obtained in drive C: a boost dir with "include" and "libs" subdirs and [snip list of DLLs] and the related .lib files. Why aren't there any .dll file of the others libraries(graph, math, type_traits...)??? All their source code is included in header files as inline functions or function templates. Whatever code you use from them will automatically be compiled into your executable. I can't answer your other questions. Ben.

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RE: [Boost-users] Re: about license
by Ben Hutchings 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Darryl Green <Darryl.Green(a)unitab.com.au> wrote: > Cross posted from boost-users... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Abrahams [mailto:dave@boost-consulting.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 11:43 AM > > Marleny Rafferty <marleny(a)rafferty.net> writes: > > > > > Hi- > > > > > > I am considering using boost in my applications, but I have a > > > question about the boost license at > > > http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt . It says (edited) > > > "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to ... use [and] > > > reproduce ... the Software". > > > > > > It also says that any derivative works must also have the same > > > license grant. > > > > > > If my application uses boost libraries unchanged, is it > > > considered a derivative work? > > > > Yes. > > Really? The ligitimacy of this stance seems questionable (but ianal > etc). Further I did not see it as being part of the objectives for the > license. Quite the opposite in fact. (Disclaimer: IANAL, and any reputable lawyer would take plenty of time to provide you with considered advice.) My understanding is that executable or object code is a derivative work of all the source code that it is built from. So any executable that uses a library is a derivative work of that library. (There is a question as to whether this applies to header files that only define named constants and structure layouts, but little question that it applies to inline and statically-linked function definitions. The FSF asserts that using dynamically-linked function definitions also creates a derivative work.) Your source code, however, does not become a derivative work of a library that it depends on, unless you copy part or all of the library's source code into it.

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shared_ptr/shared_array Question
by voodoo4 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

I downloaded yesterday the boost libraries (mainly for the memory libs) and to tell the truth i'm impressed with pool and smart pointers. Especially the boost smart pointers will save me from months of coding! However i have a question about smart pointers. Let's say i have these objects(the code is just an example): class Slave { Slave(); ~Slave(); }; class Master { Master(); Master(int size); ~Master(); Slave *sl; }; I want "sl" to be an array of Slaves on the free store but the sized will be determined in the constructor. With normal pointers i would write: Master::Master(int val) { sl=new Slave[val]; } Master::~Master() { delete sl; } How can i achieve the same with boost smart pointers? I've read the manual three or four times but i still don't get how to work this out. Does this have something to do with the empty ptr? I believe solution is in front of my eyes but i'm too blind(as usual) to see it...

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Boost regex_replace vc6 ATL LNK1120
by Robert McKinnon 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

All, I am trying to incorporate the boost::regex into an ATL project that I am working on. Everything seems to work well until I try to use the regex_replace function. When I compile I get the following error: ===== Creating library Debug/yetan.lib and object Debug/yetan.exp test.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl boost::throw_exception(class exception const &)" (?throw_exception@boost@@YAXABVexception@@@Z) Debug/yetan.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals Error executing link.exe. ====== I have created Non-ATL projects and everything seems to work fine. Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Rob

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disabling the building of debug libraries
by Philipp Thomas 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

For a Linux build, I would like to only build the static and shared libraries and omit the debug versions. What's the easiest way to achieve this? Philipp -- Philipp Thomas <pth(a)suse.de> SUSE LINUX AG, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuremberg, Germany

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Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr/shared_array Question
by cyril.godart＠bnpparibas.com 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Hi, I suggest the following code: class Master { typedef boost::smart_ptr<Slave> slave_ptr_t; typedef boost::smart_ptr<const Slave> slave_cst_ptr_t; typedef std::vector<slave_ptr_t> vec_slaves_t; typedef std::vector<slave_cst_ptr_t> vec_cst_slaves_t;//defining this one is good practice as you'll see later Master(); Master(size_t i) { slaves_.resize(i);// assume slave has an empty ctor defined. } vec_cst_slaves_t slaves() //something like const vec_cst_slaves_t& slaves() const should work { return slaves_; //nice casting that I failed to notice until someone in this list mentioned it to me }; vec_slaves_t slaves_; }; As you rightly guessed, a big advantage of this approach is that the plumbing of copy-assigment dtor and so on reduces drastically. I find it extremely convenient, even though there is a performance hit. Regards, Cyril Godart. Internet goochrules@hotmail.com@lists.boost.org - 25/02/2004 21:09 Please respond to boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Sent by: boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org To: boost-users cc: Subject: Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr/shared_array Question On Feb 25, 2004, at 12:27 PM, voodoo4 wrote: > I downloaded yesterday the boost libraries (mainly for the memory > libs) and > to tell the truth i'm impressed with pool and smart pointers. > Especially the boost smart pointers will save me from months of coding! > However i have a question about smart pointers. > > Let's say i have these objects(the code is just an example): > > class Slave > { > Slave(); > ~Slave(); > }; > > class Master > { > Master(); > Master(int size); > ~Master(); > > Slave *sl; > }; > > I want "sl" to be an array of Slaves on the free store but the sized > will be > determined in the constructor. > > With normal pointers i would write: > > Master::Master(int val) > { > sl=new Slave[val]; > } > > Master::~Master() > { > delete sl; > } > > > How can i achieve the same with boost smart pointers? I have no idea (see below). > I've read the manual three or four times but i still don't get how to > work > this out. > Does this have something to do with the empty ptr? > I believe solution is in front of my eyes but i'm too blind(as usual) > to see > it... > I don't think you're using the right tool for the job. From what I know, smart pointers should be used when you have one object, here you (potentially) have many. I think what you really want to do here is to use a container class like stl::list or stl::vector to contain your slave objects. If you still want to use smart pointers, I guess you could use a list of smart pointers, but there's really no point for that if your slave class is properly coded (for instance, has a ctor, copy ctor, virtual dtor, and operator=). --MP _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. --------------------------------------------- Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes (ci-apres le "message") sont etablis a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires et sont confidentiels. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire et d'en avertir immediatement l'expediteur. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. L'internet ne permettant pas d'assurer l'integrite de ce message, BNP PARIBAS (et ses filiales) decline(nt) toute responsabilite au titre de ce message, dans l'hypothese ou il aurait ete modifie.

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RE: [Boost-users] Re: about license
by Darryl Green 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Cross posted from boost-users... > -----Original Message----- > From: David Abrahams [mailto:dave@boost-consulting.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 11:43 AM > Marleny Rafferty <marleny(a)rafferty.net> writes: > > > Hi- > > > > I am considering using boost in my applications, but I have > a question > > about the boost license at > http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt . It > > says (edited) > "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to ... > > use [and] reproduce ... the Software". > > > > It also says that any derivative works must also have the > same license > > grant. > > > > If my application uses boost libraries unchanged, is it considered a > > derivative work? > > Yes. Really? The ligitimacy of this stance seems questionable (but ianal etc). Further I did not see it as being part of the objectives for the license. Quite the opposite in fact. > > > If so, does that mean that if I distribute my compiled software, I > > must allow free of charge use and distribution? > > No, the license gives an explicit exemption for compiled code > (emphasis mine): [let me just re-insert some additioanl context here] ! The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement ! ... ! must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and > > all derivative works of the Software, UNLESS SUCH COPIES OR DERIVATIVE > WORKS ARE SOLELY IN THE FORM OF MACHINE-EXECUTABLE OBJECT > CODE GENERATED BY > A SOURCE LANGUAGE PROCESSOR. > I took this to mean that nobody can delete/change the copyright/license in the sources if they copy or produce a derivative work but that there is no need to include the license in a binary distribution. It did not occur to me that leaving the license in place somehow forms a viral attachment to other source in a source distribution. It potentially makes this license incompatible with the intent of other (open and closed) source licenses eg. // some_gpled_source_file.cpp // this file is distributed under the gpl // changed some stuff so we use boost libs #include <some_boost_lib> // oops - now it is some boost/gpl hybrid?????? I thought avoiding this sort of thing was precisely why the boost license was developed. I also thought this interpretation of "derived work" was somewhat contentious anyway. In a commercial context, this interpretation appears to make this license hopeless - anyone obtaining a copy of source code which uses boost (which you appear to be claiming is automatically a derivative work), appears to be free to do what they like with it. It is hardly reasonable that this occur if a company distributes source code with some particular intent/license for its use. That is even without considering the issue of copies obtained without the company/authors permission, whether the copy was obtained accidentally or criminally, and then redistributed. I'm keen to stop people copying my commercial executables, but I'm a lot more keen to stop them running off with the source code! A bit of digging through the archives finds http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1686928 Which seems to explain why I thought the intent was what I understood it to be. Whatever the conclusion I think this needs to be in the FAQ. Regards Darryl Green. ########################################################################## This e-mail is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this message. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses. ##########################################################################

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