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Re: [Boost-users] Getting Environment Variables
by Merrill Cornish 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Sebastian, boost::nothing sounds interesting, but I've never run across it before. Where is it defined? Merrill

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[Review][fixed_string] : First Example
by nitin motgi 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hi Reece, When I started of with the first example in the documentation I found that there some issues in compilation. All those issues are due to the two phase argument lookup problem that I have seen the second time today :-). Once I fixed it I was able to get a clean compile. Attached are the diff of modified files. 1. basic_string_impl.hpp.diff and 2. and fixed_string.hpp.diff The Compiler that I am using is $ g++ -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/specs Configured with: /gcc/gcc-3.4.4/gcc-3.4.4-1/configure --verbose --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,d,f77,java,objc --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --without-x --enable-libgcj --disable-java-awt --with-system-zlib --enable-interpreter --disable-libgcj-debug --enable-threads=posix --enable-java-gc=boehm --disable-win32-registry --enable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-hash-synchronization --enable-libstdcxx-debug : (reconfigured) Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.4 (cygming special) (gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125) Thank you, -- Nitin Motgi NITIN . DOT. MOTGI .AT. GMAIL .DOT. COM

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[Review] Formal review of Fixed Strings library starts today
by Hartmut Kaiser 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hi all, The review of the proposed Boost Fixed Strings library written by Reece Dunn starts today (January 19th, 2006) and ends January 28th, 2006. You can download the library here: http://tinyurl.com/czrh9 --------------------------------------------------- About the library: The fixed_strings library is a buffer-overrun safe version of using fixed-size character array data buffers. It provides integration with the C API allowing strcpy, et. al. to be used safely for a fixed string and provides a basic_string interface allowing easy migration to C++ strings. There is also a formatter function object allowing (w)sprintf to be used in a single line! Example: boost::fixed_string< 5 > hi; strcpy( hi, "Hello World" ); hi.push_back( '!' ); std::cout << hi << std::endl; std::cout << boost::formatter( "Meine %s Welt!", "kleine" ) << std::endl; output: Hello Meine kleine Welt! --------------------------------------------------- Please always state in your review, whether you think the library should be accepted as a Boost library! Additionally please consider giving feedback on the following general topics: - What is your evaluation of the design? - What is your evaluation of the implementation? - What is your evaluation of the documentation? - What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library? - Did you try to use the library? With what compiler? Did you have any problems? - How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick reading? In-depth study? - Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain? Regards Hartmut Review Manager

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STL port link error
by Sliwa, Przemyslaw (London) 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hi, I have compiled the boost library for VC7.1 with STL_PORT using the following command line arguments: bjam -"sTOOLS=vc-7_1-stlport" --prefix=C:\Boost\temp install Everything went fine after I have exported the STLPORT_PATH. I create a simple project, code is generated for dynamic runtime lib with the multithreaded option. I can easily compile the example program from http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/example/simple_ls.cpp The compile options are /O2 /I "c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_DEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "HAVE_STLPORT" /D "_STLP_DEBUG" /D "_MBCS" /FD /EHsc /MDd /GS /GR /YX"stdafx.h" /Fp"Release/Threading.pch" /Fo"Release/" /Fd"Release/vc70.pdb" /W3 /nologo /c /Wp64 /Zi /TP and the linker is invoked with /VERBOSE:LIB /OUT:"Release/Threading.exe" /INCREMENTAL /NOLOGO /LIBPATH:"c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport\..\..\lib" /LIBPATH:"C:\vendor_libs\VC71\lib\boost\VC7_STLPORT" /DEBUG /PDB:"Release/Threading.pdb" /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /OPT:NOREF /OPT:NOICF /MACHINE:X86 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib The link error I am getting is: Linking... Searching libraries Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\kernel32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\user32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\gdi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\winspool.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\comdlg32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\advapi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\shell32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\ole32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\oleaut32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\uuid.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbc32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbccp32.lib: Searching c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport\..\..\lib\stlport_vc71_stldebug.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\msvcprtd.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\MSVCRTD.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\OLDNAMES.lib: Searching C:\vendor_libs\VC71\lib\boost\VC7_STLPORT\libboost_filesystem-vc71-mt-gd p-1_33_1.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\kernel32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\user32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\gdi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\winspool.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\comdlg32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\advapi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\shell32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\ole32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\oleaut32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\uuid.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbc32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbccp32.lib: Searching c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport\..\..\lib\stlport_vc71_stldebug.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\msvcprtd.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\MSVCRTD.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\OLDNAMES.lib: Searching C:\vendor_libs\VC71\lib\boost\VC7_STLPORT\libboost_filesystem-vc71-mt-gd p-1_33_1.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\kernel32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\user32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\gdi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\winspool.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\comdlg32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\advapi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\shell32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\ole32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\oleaut32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\uuid.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbc32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbccp32.lib: Searching c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport\..\..\lib\stlport_vc71_stldebug.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\msvcprtd.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\MSVCRTD.lib: Finished searching libraries Searching libraries Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\kernel32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\user32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\gdi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\winspool.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\comdlg32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\advapi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\shell32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\ole32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\oleaut32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\uuid.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbc32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbccp32.lib: Searching c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport\..\..\lib\stlport_vc71_stldebug.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\msvcprtd.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\MSVCRTD.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\OLDNAMES.lib: Searching C:\vendor_libs\VC71\lib\boost\VC7_STLPORT\libboost_filesystem-vc71-mt-gd p-1_33_1.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\kernel32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\user32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\gdi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\winspool.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\comdlg32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\advapi32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\shell32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\ole32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\oleaut32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\uuid.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbc32.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\odbccp32.lib: Searching c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport\..\..\lib\stlport_vc71_stldebug.lib: Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\msvcprtd.lib: Finished searching libraries main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::leaf(void)const " (?leaf@path@filesystem@boost@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@DV?$char_traits@D@_ST L@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@XZ) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::native_directory_string(void)const " (?native_directory_string@path@filesystem@boost@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@DV ?$char_traits@D@_STL@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@XZ) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::native_file_string(void)const " (?native_file_string@path@filesystem@boost@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@DV?$cha r_traits@D@_STL@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@XZ) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::path(char const *,bool (__cdecl*)(class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > const &))" (??0path@filesystem@boost@@QAE@PBDP6A_NABV?$basic_string@DV?$char_traits @D@_STL@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@@Z@Z) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl boost::filesystem::native(class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > const &)" (?native@filesystem@boost@@YA_NABV?$basic_string@DV?$char_traits@D@_STL@ @V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@@Z) referenced in function _main Release/Threading.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 5 unresolved externals Build log was saved at "file://h:\Visual Studio Projects\Threading\Threading\Release\BuildLog.htm" Threading - 6 error(s), 0 warning(s) ---------------------- Done ---------------------- Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped This does not happen if I compile and link the program without STL_PORT with proper boost complied bundle. Can anyone help me with this issiue? Thanks Pshemek Kind regards Pshemek Przemyslaw Sliwa Global Foreign Exchange FX Risk Engine Development Merrill Lynch ( +44 (0)20 7995 4182 ) +44 (0)79 6325 2319 * Email: przemyslaw_sliwa(a)ml.com -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ --------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Boost-users] STL-PORT and VC 7.1
by Sliwa, Przemyslaw (London) 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hi, This is the program taken from the tutorial I am trying to compile/link: http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/example/simple_ls.cpp The compile options are /O2 /I "c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport" /I "C:\cfxa_build\include" /I "c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include" /I "c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stingray\Grid" /I "c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stingray\Toolkit" /I "c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stingray\Foundation" /I "c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stingray" /I "C:\GDA\include" /D "ACL_STATIC_LINK" /D "ACL_STLPORT" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC" /D "WIN32" /D "HAVE_STLPORT" /D "HAVE_GDA" /D "_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501" /D "WINVER=0x0501" /D "_STLP_DEBUG" /D "_MBCS" /FD /EHsc /MDd /GS /GR /YX"stdafx.h" /Fp"Release/Threading.pch" /Fo"Release/" /Fd"Release/vc70.pdb" /W3 /nologo /c /Wp64 /Zi /TP And the link does: /OUT:"Release/Threading.exe" /INCREMENTAL /NOLOGO /LIBPATH:"c:\vendor_libs\VC71\include\stlport\..\..\lib" /LIBPATH:"c:\vendor_libs\VC71\lib" /LIBPATH:"C:\GDA\lib" /LIBPATH:"C:\cfxa_build\lib\HAVE_GDA_debug" /LIBPATH:"c:\vendor_libs\VC71\lib\boost\VC7_STLPORT" /DEBUG /PDB:"Release/Threading.pdb" /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /OPT:NOREF /OPT:NOICF /MACHINE:X86 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib It seems the library can be found, however after this I am getting the following error: Linking... main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::leaf(void)const " (?leaf@path@filesystem@boost@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@DV?$char_traits@D@_ST L@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@XZ) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::native_directory_string(void)const " (?native_directory_string@path@filesystem@boost@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@DV ?$char_traits@D@_STL@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@XZ) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::native_file_string(void)const " (?native_file_string@path@filesystem@boost@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@DV?$cha r_traits@D@_STL@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@XZ) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall boost::filesystem::path::path(char const *,bool (__cdecl*)(class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > const &))" (??0path@filesystem@boost@@QAE@PBDP6A_NABV?$basic_string@DV?$char_traits @D@_STL@@V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@@Z@Z) referenced in function _main main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl boost::filesystem::native(class _STL::basic_string<char,class _STL::char_traits<char>,class _STL::allocator<char> > const &)" (?native@filesystem@boost@@YA_NABV?$basic_string@DV?$char_traits@D@_STL@ @V?$allocator@D@2@@_STL@@@Z) referenced in function _main Release/Threading.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 5 unresolved externals Many thinks for help, No idea what is wrong!!! Pshemek Kind regards Pshemek Przemyslaw Sliwa Global Foreign Exchange FX Risk Engine Development Merrill Lynch ( +44 (0)20 7995 4182 ) +44 (0)79 6325 2319 * Email: przemyslaw_sliwa(a)ml.com -----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Rene Rivera Sent: 19 January 2006 16:25 To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] STL-PORT and VC 7.1 Sliwa, Przemyslaw (London) wrote: > Can anyone help me with this issue. Not without more detail. Like the errors you are getting and how your are building. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - Grafik/jabber.org _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ --------------------------------------------------------

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Boost Review Wizard's Report: January 2006
by Ronald Garcia 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Review Wizard Status Report for January 2006 Tom Brinkman Ronald Garcia 1) News 2) Review Managers Needed 3) Review Queue 4) Libraries Under Development //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1) News //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Happy New Year! Here are some statistics regarding Boost Library reviews in 2005: - 12 Libraries were reviewed - 8 Libraries were accepted - 1 Library (Function Types) was accepted pending a mini-review - 2 Libraries were rejected - 1 Library has yet to receive a final verdict (ASIO) Policy Pointer has been removed from the review queue because the author has stated that it is not quite ready. We need review managers. Please take a look at the list of libraries in need of managers and check out their descriptions. If you can serve as review manager for any of them, send one of us an email. Note: If you have any suggestions about how we could improve the Review Wizard's status report, please email "reportbase at gmail dot com" and "garcia at cs dot indiana dot edu". //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2) Review Managers Needed //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// There are a few libraries in the review queue in need of review managers. If you would like to volunteer to be a review manager, please contact Ron or Tom. The following libraries still require review managers: Fusion Shmem Pimpl Pointer Type Traits (modification) Function Types //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 3) Review Queue //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Fixed Strings - January 19 2006 - January 28 2006 Intrusive Containers Function Types (mini-re-review) Shmem Fusion Pimpl Pointer Type Traits (modification) Fixed Strings Author - Reece Dunn Review Manager - Harmut Kaiser Download: Boost Sandbox (http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/) under fixed_string Description: The fixed string library provides buffer overrun protection for static sized strings (char s[ n ]). It provides a C-style string interface for compatibility with C code (for example, porting a C program to C++). There is also a std::string-style interface using a class based on flex_string by Andre Alexandrescu with a few limitations due to the non-resizable nature of the class. Intrusive Containers Author - Olaf Krzikalla Review Manager - to be determined Download: http://people.freenet.de/turtle++/intrusive.zip Description: While intrusive containers were and are widely used in C, they became more and more forgotten in the C++-world due to the presence of the standard containers, which don't support intrusive techniques. Boost.Intrusive not only reintroduces this technique to C++, but also encapsulates the implementation in STL-like interfaces. Hence anyone familiar with standard containers can use intrusive containers with ease. Function Types (mini-re-review) Author - Tobias Schwinger Review Manager - to be determined Download: http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/ Description: This library provides a metaprogramming facility to classify, decompose and synthesize function-, function pointer-, function reference- and member function pointer types. For the purpose of this documentation, these types are collectively referred to as function types (this differs from the standard definition and redefines the term from a programmer's perspective to refer to the most common types that involve functions). The classes introduced by this library shall conform to the concepts of the Boost Metaprogramming library (MPL). The Function Types library enables the user to: * test an arbitrary type for being a function type of specified kind, * inspect properties of function types, * view and modify sub types of an encapsulated function type with MPL Sequence operations, and * synthesize function types. This library supports variadic functions and can be configured to support non-default calling conventions. Shmem Author - Ion Gaztanaga Review Manager - to be determined Download: Boost Sandbox Vault -> Memory (http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/index.php? direction=0&order=&directory=Memory) http://ice.prohosting.com/newfunk/boost/libs/shmem/doc/html/index.html Description: Shmem offers tools to simplify shared memory usage in applications. These include shared memory creation/destruction and synchronization objects. It also implements dynamic allocation of portions of a shared memory segment and an easy way to construct C++ objects in shared memory. Apart from this, Shmem implements a wide range of STL-like containers and allocators that can be safely placed in shared memory, helpful to implement complex shared memory data-bases and other efficient inter-process communications. Fusion Author - Joel de Guzman Review Manager - to be determined Download: http://spirit.sourceforge.net/dl_more/fusion_v2/ Description: Fusion is a library of heterogenous containers and views and algorithms. A set of heterogenous containers (vector, list, set and map) is provided out of the box along with view classes that present various composable views over the data. The containers and views follow a common sequence concept with an underlying iterator concept that binds it all together, suitably making the algorithms fully generic over all sequence types. The architecture is somewhat modeled after MPL which in turn is modeled after STL. It is code-named "fusion" because the library is the "fusion" of compile time metaprogramming with runtime programming. Pimpl Pointer Author - Asger Mangaard Review Manager - to be determined Download: Boost Sandbox (http://boost-consulting.com/vault/) under pimpl_ptr. Description: The pimpl idiom is widely used to reduce compile times and disable code coupling. It does so by moving private parts of a class from the .hpp file to the .cpp file. However, it's implementation can be tricky, and with many pitfalls (especially regarding memory management). The pimpl_ptr library is a single header file, implementing a special policy based smart pointer to greately ease the implementation of the pimpl idiom. Type_Traits (modification) Author - Alexander Nasonov Review Manager - To be determined Download : You can download it from http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917.tar.gz or browse it online http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917/ Description: Proposal to add promote, integral_promotion and floating_point_promotion class templates to type_traits library. Alexander tried it on different compilers with various success: GNU/Linux (gentoo-hardened): gcc 3.3 and 3.4, Intel 7, 8 and 9 Windows: VC7 free compiler Sparc Solaris: Sun C++ 5.3 and 5.7 See comments at the beginning of promote_enum_test.cpp for what is broken. http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917/libs/ type_traits/test/promote_enum_test.cpp Alexander requests a fast-track review. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 4) Libraries under development //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Property Tree Author - Marcin Kalicinski Download: Boost Sandbox Vault (http://boost-consulting.com/vault/) property_tree_rev3.zip Please let us know of any libraries you are currently developing that you intend to submit for review. Tom Brinkman Ronald Garcia Boost Review Wizards

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Re: [Boost-users] How can I uninstall Boost library?
by Merrill Cornish 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

There's not much uninstalling to do. Simply delete the directory created by build. Merrill

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STL-PORT and VC 7.1
by Sliwa, Przemyslaw (London) 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

All, I have a project generated as multithreaded DLL in VC++ 7.1. I have to use STL-PORT together with boos. When I compile the boost libs there is no single dll library generated by bjam. None of the compiled libraries links properly with my solution. Can anyone help me with this issue. Thanks a lot Pshemek Przemyslaw Sliwa Global Foreign Exchange FX Risk Engine Development Merrill Lynch ( +44 (0)20 7995 4182 ) +44 (0)79 6325 2319 * Email: przemyslaw_sliwa(a)ml.com -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ --------------------------------------------------------

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[quickbook] two links side by side
by Andy Little 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hi. I'm not sure if this is correct list for quickbook matters. When using two links side by side eg [link x] [link y] in the qbk source, the resulting html puts no space between the two links. Is there a way around this? Quickbook is great BTW ! regards Andy Little

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boost program_options: change program options
by Daniel Weiss 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hi Is there any possibility to posteriorily change the values stored in the options map read from the config file? I.e.: I have assigned the following option: ( "AutomZoneDetect", po::value<std::string>() ->default_value( "off" ), "To detect zones automatically" ); Now I would like to e.g. set this option to "on" at some point in my code... Greets, Dan! -- Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! Satte Provisionen f�r GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner

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