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[Boost.Python] newbie: Lifetime of objects
by Sergey Sikorskiy 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

Hello everyone. I'm trying to map into python classes shown below. class A { friend class B; public: ~A(void) {} private: A(B& b) : m_B(&b) { } B* m_B; }; class B { friend class C; public: ~B(void) {} A* make_a(void) { return new A(*this); } private: B(C& c) : m_C(&c) { } C* m_C; }; class C { public: ~C(void) {} B* make_b(void) { return new B(*this); } }; C* make_c() { return new C(); } Objects are supposed to be created in the order C, B, A and destroyed in the order A, B, C. I do not want to map constructors of A, B and C. I can see three ways to do what I want: 1) class_<A>("A", no_init); class_<B>("B", no_init) .def("make_a", &B::make_a, return_internal_reference<>()) ; class_<C>("C", no_init) .def("make_b", &C::make_b, return_internal_reference<>()) ; def("make_c", make_c, return_value_policy<manage_new_object>()); 2) class_<A>("A", no_init); class_<B>("B", no_init) .def("make_a", &B::make_a, return_value_policy<manage_new_object>()) ; class_<C>("C", no_init) .def("make_b", &C::make_b, return_value_policy<manage_new_object>()) ; def("make_c", make_c, return_value_policy<manage_new_object>()); 3) class_<A, shared_ptr<A>, noncopyable>("A", no_init); class_<B, shared_ptr<B>, noncopyable>("B", no_init) .def("make_a", &B::make_a, return_value_policy<manage_new_object>()) ; class_<C, shared_ptr<C>, noncopyable>("C", no_init) .def("make_b", &C::make_b, return_value_policy<manage_new_object>()) ; def("make_c", make_c, return_value_policy<manage_new_object>()); C::make_b and B::make_a are supposed to return shared_ptr<B> and shared_ptr<A> respectively in this case. After debugging this code I've got strange results: - In case 1 objects aren't get deleted at all; - In case 2 objects are get deleted in wrong order; - In case 3 objects are get deleted in wrong order; Cases 2 and three seem to be identical to me. The only difference I can see is that in case 3 I should manage objects lifetime by myself from C++ code. In opposite, in case 2 objects lifetime will be managed by python. I couldn't get an answer to my problem neither from documentation nor from Boost.Python tests nor from Google. Any explanations or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -- Sergey Sikorskiy

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Re: [Boost-users] Boost-users Digest, Vol 760, Issue 2
by Ryan McGann 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

On Dec 19, 2005, at 9:00 AM, boost-users-request(a)lists.boost.org wrote: >> 1) The build.sh file for the boost bjam tool in the 1.33.0 and 1.33.1 >> release seems to have DOS line endings. I know there are prebuilt >> binaries of bjam up on the Web, but our build system builds it >> manually, and it choked on Darwin because sh didn't like the DOS line >> endings. I resaved the file with Unix line endings and it built fine. > > Did you download the tar.gz distribution? That should have Unix line > endings throughout where as the .zip file has DOS line endings > throughout > (intensionally). Well our build system uses whichever archive is checked in. I imagine the PC folks downloaded the .zip version. I can check in a different version for the Unix folks. >> 2) I get errors for multiply defined symbols for the placeholder >> symbols declared in boost/bind/placeholders.hpp. Every file that >> #include <boost/bind.hpp> contains actual instances of _1, _2, etc. >> Changing the declarations of these in boost/bind.hpp to static (I >> added a __APPLE__ to the #ifdef in the middle of the file) fixes this >> issue, but then I get warnings for unused static symbols if I don't >> use the placeholder objects. This issue in particular is quite >> annoying. > > What compiler are you using? The first #if says: > > #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__GNUC__) > > isn't this the branch that gets taken? Hm in my boost/placeholders.hpp, I see #if defined(__BORLANDC__) ... #elif defined(BOOST_MSVC) || (defined(__DECCXX_VER) && __DECCXX_VER <= 60590031) || defined(__MWERKS__) ... #else ... #endif I don't have a _GCC__ anywhere in there. This is from 1.33.1 (which I just newly expanded from the .tar.gz, not the .zip). If I add a defined(__GCC__) to the first or second set of #ifdefs, it works fine. >> 3) The header in boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers/cstdio >> does not match up with the cstdio file included with the Mac OS X dev >> tools. >> In particular it is missing a using ::snprintf, which causes problems >> because this cstdio file is being included BEFORE the Mac OS X >> version of the same file, and other C++ header files rely on >> std::snprtinf being declared. I fixed this at first by deleting the >> boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers folder, but then ending up just >> deleting that single file so that OS X always used the built-in >> header file. > > Why are those headers getting included? They were intended for use > only > with certain broken compilers that didn't have the c-prefixed std lib > headers. They're known not to work with several std conforming > compilers > (but shouldn't be included for these anyway). I'm not sure why they're being included. I'm guessing it's because we pass -I<path to boost> to GCC, which causes it to search inside of that directory before the standard directories get searched. I'll have to investigate that further. Thanks, Ryan

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[Graph] Maximum common subgraph
by Andreas Sæbjørnsen 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

Hi, Lately I have been looking for a good C/C++ implementation of an algorithm for finding the maximum common subgraph in Boost::Graph. The algorithms I have looked for is mainly Bron-Kerbosch and the MCS algorithm, but I am very open for alternatives. The implementation must be able to handle directed graphs containing self-loops (it is possible to have two edges at the same time between two nodes i->j, j->i). Do you know of any implementation? Thanks Andreas Saebjornsen

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Bjam problems with intel compiler on Windows when building Boost1.3.2
by Miller, Peter 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

Hi, list members. I am trying to build Boost (1_32_0) using intel/Windows compiler, but no dice. Following the steps in the "Getting started" guide, I chose to set up the environment variables, i.e. approach 2.1 So I pull up a command window, navigate to the intel directory, and run iclvars to establish the intel directory is in the PATH. It adds a bunch of items to the path, so it seems that worked. Then, I navigate to boost\boost_1_32_0\boost\1_32_0 where bjam.exe lives. I use it as-received, as it seemed there was no point in building it locally. Invocation to make Boost libraries I used was: bjam "-sTOOLS=intel-win32" install What I get is odd: first, a notice: skipping Boost.Python library build due to missing or incorrect configuration couldn't find python.h in "c:/tools/python/include" THis is puzzling to me: there is no Python setup on this machine - and why should Boost (a c++ package) be looking to create Python libraries? anyhow, there is a bit more info about various PYTHON_xxxx variables that I could set to configure the python installation. Then, it gets into the c++ compilation, and all these fail. The invocation that is shown in the command window is (for example): vc-C++ bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\libboost_date_time.lib\intel-win32 \debug\runtime-link-static\greg_month.obj '/Zm800' is not recognized as an internal or external comand, operable program or batch file. /Zm800 -nologo /EHsc -c -DBOOST_DATE_TIME_STATIC_LINK .Z7 etc. To me (who doesn't understand bjam), it seems that bjam has invoked the VC compiler rather than the intel compiler (which has an invocation of icl, IIRC). Anyhow, it looks like the compiler is hollering about the /Zm800 option, which is not a legal option for the intel compiler, though it is for VS 7.1. This error then repeats several hundred times, once for each file for which compilation is attempted. I suspect there is some very simple thing I am overlooking, but I've tried to follow every step in the "Getting Started" guide. Does anyone suggestions on what is wrong here? I'm stumped, and would appreciate any help or thoughts on how to chase this further. Thanks! Peter

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boost and VC++ toolkit 2003
by Raphael Bousquet 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

I was wondering the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 was going to be a future platform for boost. I believe no port is necessary just the appropriate bjam configuration. I have tried using the "vc-7_1" option but even though most of the libraries are created, when you try to use them, files such as msvcptr.lib are requested (though this does not generate any error during the compilation)... Maybe there is a workaround already? If anyone has any experience with that... The best link I have found so far is: http://groups.google.com/group/boost-list/browse_thread/thread/d9e9ba8e6c9c5 fa0/7a963d8e2eee9a4d?lnk=st&q=vc%2B%2B+toolkit+boost&rnum=1&hl=en#7a963d8e2e ee9a4d Thanks

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Problem with program_options.
by Simen Kvaal 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Dear all, I have problems with the program_options library. I am using boost 1.33.1 and gcc 3.2.3, and I notice that there are others with the same problem. However, I cannot find a reference to with a solution anywhere. Stated simply: My programs (even the example programs included with boost 1.33.1) using program_options do not link! For example (gcc 3.2.3): $ g++ -o first.x first.cpp /tmp/ccM0BLhg.o(.text+0x4a): In function `main': : undefined reference to `boost::program_options::options_description::options_description(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, unsigned int)' [ ... and a dozen more similar errors ... ] (As far as I can see, all header files in boost/program_options/ are included in boost/program_options.hpp.) I would appreciate any help with this. Regards, Simen Kvaal. -- ---- Simen Kvaal -- Ph.D student --------+------------------------- Centre of Mathematics for Applications | cell: +47 90199552 Room 1039, N.H.Abel's House, UiO | office: +47 22855681 http://folk.uio.no/simenkva/ | simen.kvaal(a)cma.uio.no

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iostreams: example code of walk into zip file's filename/subdir
by David Xiao 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Hi Friends: I am looking for a piece of code which can: input a .zip file name and provide a callback facility which allow me walking in file structure, as well as survive from corrupted zip file. I had read the example code and test code of zlib part in boost::iostreams, it extract data like this: //-- copy from iostreams/filter/test.hpp --// template<typename OutputFilter, typename InputFilter> bool test_filter_pair( OutputFilter out, InputFilter in, const std::string& data, mpl::true_ ) { for ( int inc = default_increment; inc <= default_increment * 40; inc += default_increment ) { array_source src(data.data(), data.data() + data.size()); std::string temp; std::string dest; iostreams::copy(src, compose(out, non_blocking_sink(temp, inc))); iostreams::copy( compose(in, non_blocking_source(temp, inc)), iostreams::back_inserter(dest) ); if (dest != data) return false; } return true; } I think it is not gentle because it try catch all data into memory. So there must be some better way to do? Rgds, David Xiao

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date_time: convert to and from a timeval
by Thomas Lemaire 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Dear list, I would like to convert ptime and time_duration to and from the standard timeval type. So that I can use all the operators available for ptime and time_duration I found that this topic has already been discussed here: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2003/06/49197.php The conclusion was: "" Ok will do. I'll add some protections or rounding for when durations support higher than microsecond resolution. I'll let you know when this gets added. Thx, Jeff "" This message was sent on 2003-06-23. I cannot find any thing related to timeval in the doc of boost 1.33. Did I miss something ? Also doc about xtime in boost.threads does not help that much... http://www.boost.org/doc/html/xtime.html cheers, -- thomas

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[serialization] assert when serializing polymorphic type to XML (Visual Studio 8)
by Terence Wilson 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

I have condensed a short example which is appended to this message. The code tries to write then read a polymorphic class via a base pointer. The assertion I am seeing is assert(NULL != bpos_ptr); in oserializer.hpp. The documentation indicates that the problem is likely a lack of registration of the class, however, I have done this. Interestingly the code only fails for XML archive type. // BoostPolymorphicSerialize.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application. // #include <stdio.h> #include <tchar.h> #include <iomanip> #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <boost/archive/tmpdir.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/base_object.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/utility.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/list.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/export.hpp> #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp> #include <boost/shared_array.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp> #include "boost/archive/xml_iarchive.hpp" #include "boost/archive/xml_oarchive.hpp" class CMyBaseClass { public: CMyBaseClass(void):m_BaseValue(0){} public: virtual ~CMyBaseClass(void){} int m_BaseValue; friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* file_version */) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(m_BaseValue); } }; class CMyDerivedClass : public CMyBaseClass { public: CMyDerivedClass(void):m_DerivedValue(1){} public: ~CMyDerivedClass(void){} int m_DerivedValue; friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* file_version */) { BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(CMyBaseClass); ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(m_DerivedValue); } }; BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT_GUID(CMyBaseClass, "CMyBaseClass") BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT_GUID(CMyDerivedClass, "CMyDerivedClass") int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { const CMyBaseClass* const pMyBaseClass=new CMyDerivedClass(); const std::string fileName("c:\\docs\\BoostSerializeTest.xml"); CMyBaseClass* pMyBaseClass2=0; try { { std::ofstream ofs(fileName.c_str()); assert(ofs.good()); boost::archive::xml_oarchive oa(ofs); //boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs); oa << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(pMyBaseClass); } { std::ifstream ifs(fileName.c_str()); assert(ifs.good()); boost::archive::xml_iarchive ia(ifs); //boost::archive::text_iarchive ia(ifs); ia >> BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(pMyBaseClass2); } } catch(std::exception& e) { std::cout << e.what() << std::endl; } delete pMyBaseClass; delete pMyBaseClass2; return 0; }

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Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Program_options] Is there a way to havealloptions specifiedwith a single dash instead of double?
by Guy Peled 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Okay, I finally found out the missing part. In case someone else is looking for the same info, here's my finding: There's additional flags that can be used to control this behavior, specifically the command_line_style::style_t::allow_long_disguise is the one that will make single dash options work exactly like double-dash. Here's an example : namespace po = boost::program_options; po::command_line_style::style_t style = po::command_line_style::style_t( po::command_line_style::unix_style | po::command_line_style::case_insensitive | po::command_line_style::allow_long_disguise ); string inputFilename; string statelessTeslaMethodsFilename; string strConfigFile; po::options_description desc2; desc2.add_options() ( "config-file", po::value< std::string >( & strConfigFile )->default_value( "jaja" ) ); po::variables_map vm2; po::store(po::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc2, style ), vm2); po::notify(vm2); Enjoy, Guy. ________________________________ From: Guy Peled Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:15 AM To: 'boost-users(a)lists.boost.org' Subject: RE: [Boost-users] [Boost.Program_options] Is there a way to havealloptions specifiedwith a single dash instead of double? Hmmm...I must be missing something very obvious. Trying your example, I still don't seem to be able to use -config-file, but only --config-file. Here's my code snippet: string strConfigFile; po::options_description desc2; desc2.add_options() ( "config-file", po::value< std::string >( & strConfigFile )->default_value( "jaja" ) ); po::variables_map vm2; po::store(po::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc2), vm2); po::notify(vm2); And this is accepted fine: --config-file foo While this throws an 'unkown option -c': -config-file foo Any insights into what may be causing such a difference in behaviot? Thanks Guy, ________________________________ From: boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Alexandre Gacon Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:46 AM To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Program_options] Is there a way to havealloptions specifiedwith a single dash instead of double? No, all the args start with a single '-'. For example, with the following code: po::options_description desc; desc.add_options() ( "config-file", po::value< std::string >( & strConfigFile )->default_value( defaultConfigFilePath.native_file_string() ) ); I am able to call my program with a -config-file my_config_file.cfg command line. Alexandre ________________________________ De : boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] De la part de Guy Peled Envoyé : jeudi 5 janvier 2006 17:21 À : boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Objet : [Boost-users] [Boost.Program_options] Is there a way to have alloptions specifiedwith a single dash instead of double? I'm interested in switching over the command line processing of an existing tool to use program_options. However, all of the args are of the format '-foo -bar -whatever 1' etc. As far as I can tell from the docs it seems like by default the program_options library assumes args all start with a '--' or have single character short names that start with a single dash. Is there a way to coerce it into the behavior I'm looking for? Thanks for any tips! Guy. _________________________________________________________________ Guy Peled Email gpeled(a)nvidia.com 3D/Tools Architect 408-486-2505 nVIDIA 2701 San Tomas Expressway www.nvidia.com <file:///\\www.nvidia.com> Santa Clara, CA 95050 _________________________________________________________________

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