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Boost.MPI compilation problems with MPICH2
by Aydın Buluç 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi all, I was a happy user of Boost.MPI that was working together with the underlying OpenMPI. However, MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE support of OpenMPI is quite clumsy and it hangs frequently (OpenMPI developers call this as being "lightly tested"). So, I installed MPICH2 that claims to supports thread-safe MPI. At the same time, I didn't want to remove my working OpenMPI implementation and my old Boost libraries built on top of that. Therefore, I rebuilt Boost (--with-mpi) using the new mpicxx of MPICH (so that it finds the correct MPICH2 directories, etc) on a different location . Everything went ok during compilation and installation. However, I have compilation errors when trying to run any mpi program. For example, with the test suite provided by Boost.MPI itself, I get errors like (this is for all_gather.cpp specifically but I get similar ones with every other test): ------------------------------------- /tmp/ccbyPLBK.o: In function `void boost::mpi::detail::all_gather_impl<int>(boost::mpi::communicator const&, int const*, int, int*, mpl_::bool_<true>)':all_gather_test.cpp:(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost3mpi6detail15all_gather_implIiEEvRKNS0_12communicatorEPKT_iPS6_N4mpl_5bool_ILb1EEE[void boost::mpi::detail::all_gather_impl<int>(boost::mpi::communicator const&, int const*, int, int*, mpl_::bool_<true>)]+0x1c): undefined reference to `boost::mpi::communicator::operator int() const' /tmp/ccbyPLBK.o: In function `void boost::mpi::detail::broadcast_impl<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >(boost::mpi::communicator const&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*, int, int, mpl_::bool_<false>)':all_gather_test.cpp:(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost3mpi6detail14broadcast_implISsEEvRKNS0_12communicatorEPT_iiN4mpl_5bool_ILb0EEE[void boost::mpi::detail::broadcast_impl<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >(boost::mpi::communicator const&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*, int, int, mpl_::bool_<false>)]+0x27): undefined reference to `boost::mpi::communicator::operator int() const' ------------------------------------- I "quadruple-checked" to see that the versions of mpicxx/libraries/include directories all belong to the new installation of MPICH2 and not remainders of old OpenMPI installation. Thus, I don't think that is a binary incompatibility issue. MPICH2 implementation works OK alone (without boost) and the old Boost+OpenMPI installation libraries also still work. But the new Boost+MPICH2 libraries... ihhh :( Any suggestions and pointers will be appreciated. Thanks, -- Aydin

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Re: [Boost-users] [mpl] at_c type compiler error
by Robbie Morrison 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Boost-users Digest, Vol 1423, Issue 3 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:06 -0400 Message-ID: <mailman.11.1192723206.19439.boost-users(a)lists.boost.org> ------------------------------------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:03:25 +0200 From: Vinzenz 'evilissimo' Feenstra <evilissimo(a)web.de> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [mpl] at_c type compiler error To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Message-ID: <471775BD.3010403(a)web.de> ------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Weed schrieb: >>> >>> { >>> >>> return t.get<0>(); >>> >>> } >> >> { >> >> return boost::get<0>(t); >> >> } Hi all -- Just to say I encountered what looks to be the same problem. Here is the note I left myself: // can later access the statistics as follows: // // std::tr1::tuple<int, double, double, double, double, double> stats; // stats = myTs.getStats(); // int count; // count = stats.get<0>(); // member function usage (could be buggy) // count = std::tr1::get<0>(stats); // free function usage Also: #include <tr1/tuple> // n-tuples I relealize this is the TR1 version and not the Boost version. Please let me know if some stripped down example code would be useful. My development environment for the record: boost : 1.34.1 (via ./configure; make all; make install) gcc : 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5) os : Ubuntu 6.10, Linux 2.6.17-12-generic (7.04 is current) hardware : Toshiba Tecra A2 330 laptop (purchased Aug-2004) cheers Robbie --- Robbie Morrison PhD student -- policy-oriented energy system simulation Institute for Energy Engineering (IET) Technical University of Berlin (TU-Berlin), Germany [from IMAP client]

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Adjacency matrix problem
by abhishek.v＠tcs.com 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi I m trying to implement adjacency matrix. typedef boost::adjacency_matrix<boost::undirectedS> Graph; Graph(N); Now here can the N be a variable as what i want is create graph by varying the value of N which taken as an input from user. Following is the snippet of my code... int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int SIZE; cout<<"\n Enter the matrix size (nxn) :-"; cin>>SIZE; Graph g(SIZE); .................... ..................... return 0; } And the runtime error is as follows :- Assertion failed: false, file BoostLib/boost_1_34_1/boost/graph/adjacency_matrix.hpp, line 941 Same code works fine in case of adjacency_list but in case of adjacency_matrix it is giving run time error. What could be the reason for this... Thanks Abhishek Vyas Tata Consultancy Services Mailto: abhishek.v(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Outsourcing ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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problem integrating lambda and gsl
by Luke Shulenburger 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

I am writing some code that involves several uses of the gnu scientific library that I am trying to streamline using boost lambda. I am having some newbie problems with some rather lengthy compiler errors. Here's a fairly minimal set description of my problem. First I have a functor class that does some relatively complicated processing: class functor : public std::unary_function<double,double> { public: double operator()(double x) const { // do some work here return something; } } For use with the gsl, I have created a wrapper to make this linto something that can be handled by the gsl routines: template<class func> double gslfunc(double x, void* p) { func* f = reinterpret_cast<functor*>(p); return (*f)(p); } I now have the following function that allows me to use gsl routines: template<class func> double myRoutine(func& f) { gsl_function F; F.function = &gslfunc<functor>; F.params = reinterpret_cast<void*>(&f); // call some gsl routines with the gsl_function return something; } I can now use gsl routines on the above functor with no difficulty. What I would like to be able to do is use lambda expressions to make slight modifications to the underlying functor, for example take the following code snippet: functor f; myRoutine(bind(f,_1)+1); However, this dies a horrible death upon compilation complaining that there is no available conversion from the type that is generated by bind(f,_1)+1 to void*. I suspect that there is no way to get a pointer to a lambda'd function and that this is causing my problem. Am I correct? I would happy to provide any more details about what I am doing or the gsl bindings if that would be helpful. Thanks for your consideration. Luke Shulenburger (shulenbu(a)uiuc.edu)

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boost::format: get expected number of arguments
by Ruben Lopez 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi, I am using boost::format in my project, and I would need to know what is the exact number of arguments expected, because the format is written by the end-user, and the program has no way to know it. I have seen that the format class actually has some attributes with this value, but I couldn't see any public methods to get them. Is there any way of getting the expected number of arguments? Thanks in advance.

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which libs to link to for serialization?
by Mark Wyszomierski 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

Hi, I have an installer for win32 which installs the boost libraries. I'm trying to link to the serialization libraries, and several copies have been created in the boost/lib folder: libboost_serialization-vc80-mt-1_33_1.lib libboost_serialization-vc80-mt-gd-1_33_1.lib libboost_serialization-vc80-mt-s-1_33_1.lib libboost_serialization-vc80-mt-sgd-1_33_1.lib Which version should be linked to when? Right now I'm using a trial and error method to see which one my win32 apps can link to without linking errors. Thanks, Mark

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Parag is your Yaar! :)
by Parag 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

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[date_time] Error including posix_time headers using VC80
by Wilson Barbosa 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hi there, I've got the following error messages when including posix_time.h or posix_time_types.h on a project: ------ Build started: Project: ics99200, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... controle_proc_ora.cpp c:\arquivos de programas\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\rpcndr.h(147) : error C2632: 'char' followed by 'int' is illegal c:\arquivos de programas\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\rpcndr.h(147) : warning C4091: 'typedef ' : ignored on left of 'unsigned char' when no variable is declared c:\arquivos de programas\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\wtypes.h(1075) : error C2371: 'BOOLEAN' : redefinition; different basic types c:\arquivos de programas\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winnt.h(770) : see declaration of 'BOOLEAN' I'm using Visual C++ 8.0 compiler (VS2005 Pro), MS-Windows XP Pro SP2 and the default options on the Boost build. Does anybody have a clue of what is (exactly) happening here and about any solution/workaround for this? TIA, WB::

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[Graph] edge list cache
by Krishna Roskin 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hello all, I'm working on implicitly defined graphs using the graph boost library. The out_edges function (for example) generates the list of out edges on the fly and returns a shared_container_iterator. Creating this list takes a non-trivial amount of time and so I'd like to cache the result of out_edges so that future calls don't duplicate. But I'm not sure how to do this and still fit within the "BGL way." My first instinct was to add the cache as a member of the graph. But this means that out_edges has to take a non-const reference so that it can update the graph and this causes problems for filtered_graph and reverse_graph. Right now I'm toying with making my cache global and keyed to the address of the graph but this seems inelegant. Anyone have any suggestions? -krish

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[general] bash script to filter compiler output
by Robbie Morrison 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hi all Postings here often comment on the amount of compiler output generated when using Boost libraries. I found the following script quite useful when trying to track down both bad practice and real errors in my own code. It works something like this: $ callfilter -6 make This script filters the compiler output based on the options -0 thru -7. Option -- has no effect and is provided for typing convenience. Options -5 and -6 are typically the most useful. Some comments at the start of the script provide more information. I find g++ -Weffc++ often rather helpful, but its use definitely requires some form of output screening. Here is the usage message for this script: usage: callfilter [-01234567] <call> modified call with output filtering callfilter -- <call> straight call (provided for convenience) callfilter --help|-h display usage message and quit purpose: append selected filters to build calls to suppress Boost library output additive: 0 2>&1 1 | grep -v 'boost::' | grep -v 'std::tr1::' 2 | grep -v '/include/boost-1_34_1/' | grep -v '/include/c++/4.1.2/tr1/' 4 | grep -v 'instantiated from' examples: $ callfilter -- make $ callfilter -7 g++ -Wall -Weffc++ usingboost.cc -o usingboost If anyone has improvements, let me know. I will endeavor to incorporate these and then repost in a couple of weeks. cheers Robbie Morrison --- [from IMAP client] #! /bin/bash # Copyright: (c) 2007 Robbie Morrison. All rights reserved. # License: Unrestricted reuse in any form, for any purpose. # Version: $Id: callfilter,v 1.7 2007/10/19 11:26:41 robbie Exp $ # Purpose: take a command-line build call and append some # selected 'grep' filters to reduce the amount of output # displayed. A build call could be just 'make' or perhaps # g++ with a string of arguments. The individual filters # are intended to suppress the screenfulls of warnings # generated by Boost library headers, while leaving the # compiler messages that relate more directly to your code. # The ability to mix different combinations of filters is # often useful. The UNIX 'grep' utility does the filtering # and -v is the 'invert-match' option. This script can be # particularly valuable in combination with the '-Weffc++' # option for g++. In fact, the script was developed # because of a comment suggesting such an approach on the # g++ manpage. # # See also: for a more sophisticated approach, # refer to: http://www.bdsoft.com/tools/stlfilt.html # define some suitable filters -- please modify to suit your needs FILTER_0="2>&1" # useful when capturing output FILTER_1="| grep -v 'boost::' | grep -v 'std::tr1::'" FILTER_2="| grep -v '/include/boost-1_34_1/' | grep -v '/include/c++/4.1.2/tr1/'" FILTER_4="| grep -v 'instantiated from'" # preamble SCRIPT=$(basename "$0") # for console reporting # script exit codes E_SUCCESS=0 E_USAGE=2 E_NO_GREP=3 # functions function display_help # using simple echo statements { echo echo " usage: $SCRIPT [-01234567] <call> modified call with output filtering" echo " $SCRIPT -- <call> straight call (provided for convenience)" echo " $SCRIPT --help|-h display usage message and quit" echo " purpose: append selected filters to build calls to suppress Boost library output" echo " additive: 0 $FILTER_0" echo " 1 $FILTER_1" echo " 2 $FILTER_2" echo " 4 $FILTER_4" echo " examples: \$ $SCRIPT -- make" echo " \$ $SCRIPT -7 g++ -Wall -Weffc++ usingboost.cc -o usingboost" echo } function make_filter # with conventional rather than bitwise arithmetic { local base=4 # option range is from 0 to (2 ** base - 1) local num=${opt#-} # strip leading - while [ $base -gt 0 ] do if [ $num -ge $base ] then let "num = num % base" # remainder operator case "$base" in 1) filter="$FILTER_1 $filter" ;; 2) filter="$FILTER_2 $filter" ;; 4) filter="$FILTER_4 $filter" ;; esac fi let "base = base / 2" # divide by two done filter="$FILTER_0 $filter" } # process our part of the command-line case "$1" in --help|--hel|--he|--h|-help|-hel|-he|-h|-\?) display_help exit $E_SUCCESS ;; -[0-7]) opt="$1" shift make_filter ;; --) shift ;; "") echo "$SCRIPT: try --help for usage" exit $E_USAGE ;; esac # confirm that grep is present on the system if [ ! $(which grep) ] then echo "$SCRIPT: required utility not found: grep" echo "$SCRIPT: unable to continue" exit $E_NO_GREP fi # active code echo "$SCRIPT: call : $*" echo "$SCRIPT: filter : $filter" eval "$* $filter" # actual call # housekeeping exit $E_SUCCESS # end of file

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[tuple] easy way to bind to get
by Chris Weed 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi, I would like to bind to the boost::get<N> function for use by transform iterator. This is the pseudo code if get worked like a simple function. std::vector<tuple<int,int,float> > v(2); v[0] = tuple<int,int,float>(2,2,2.2f); v[1] = tuple<int,int,float>(3,3,3.3f); std::accumulate( boost::make_transform_iterator( v.begin(), boost::lambda::bind(&boost::get<1>,_1)), boost::make_transform_iterator( v.end(), boost::lambda::bind(&boost::get<1>,_1)), 0); I find bind is difficult to use for functions that deduce template arguments from function arguments. I thought if I changed boost::get<1> -> boost::get<1,tuple<int,int,float> > That didn't work either. Digging through tuple.hpp makes my head spin. Is there an easy way to do this. Thanks, Chris

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Warning binding member functions returning template types on MSVC80
by Josef Grahn 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi, Visual Studio 2005 gives me warning C4180 ("qualifier applied to function type has no meaning; ignored") when binding member functions that has a templatized type as return type with boost::bind, but I can't see any reason why it should. The following example reproduces the warning: #include <boost/bind.hpp> template <typename T> struct Foo {}; struct Bar { Foo<void> f() { return Foo<void>(); } int g() { return 0; } }; Foo<void> f() { return Foo<void>(); } int main(int argc, const char **argv) { Bar b; boost::bind(&Bar::f, &b); // Warning C4180 (see below) boost::bind(&Bar::g, &b); // No warning boost::bind(f); // No warning return 0; } So far as I have tested, the program appears to function properly. The full warning is as follows (paths shortened): C:\...\boost/bind.hpp(1575) : warning C4180: qualifier applied to function type has no meaning; ignored C:\...\boost/bind.hpp(1609) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::_bi::add_cref<Pm,I>' being compiled with [ Pm=Foo<void> (__thiscall Bar::* )(void), I=1 ] ..\..\..\src\main.cpp(14) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::_bi::dm_result<Pm,A1>' being compiled with [ Pm=Foo<void> (__thiscall Bar::* )(void), A1=Bar * ] GCC 4.1.2 on Linux compiles the code without warnings. Any insights are greatly appreciated! Best regards, Josef Grahn

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BGL: Bundled Properties with pointer type
by Benoît Dagon 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi all, It's my first time submitting a question on a newsgroup so pardon me if I'm wrong in my way of doing. I have a graph of type BoostGraph_t defined like typedef boost::adjacency_list <vecS, vecS, undirectedS, NodeProperty*, EdgeProperty*> BoostGraph_t; with vertex and edge properties types defined as pointer on the following stuctures struct EdgeProperty { long m_id; double m_length; }; struct NodeProperty { long m_id; }; I'm now trying to use the dijkstra_shortest_paths() function with the edge length as parameter for the weigh_map function argument. But the call to the following function get(&EdgeProperty::m_length, m_graph); returns me the following errors ****** e:\Boost\boost\graph\properties.hpp(337) : error C2825: 'Bundle::*': cannot form a qualified name e:\Boost\boost\graph\properties.hpp(337) : error C2226: syntax error : unexpected type 'Graph' e:\Boost\boost\graph\properties.hpp(337) : error C2334: unexpected token(s) preceding ':'; skipping apparent function body e:\Boost\boost\graph\properties.hpp(342) : error C2825: 'Bundle::*': cannot form a qualified name e:\Boost\boost\graph\properties.hpp(342) : error C2657: '`global namespace'::*' found at the start of a statement (did you forget to specify a type?) e:\Boost\boost\graph\properties.hpp(342) : error C2653: 'operator``global namespace''' : is not a class or namespace name e:\Boost\boost\graph\properties.hpp(342) : error C2501: 'boost::bundle_property_map<Graph,Descriptor,Bundle,T>::pm' : missing storage-class or type specifiers with [ Graph=boost::adjacency_list<boost::vecS,boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS,NodeProperty *,EdgeProperty *>, Descriptor=boost::property_map<boost::adjacency_list<boost::vecS, boost::vecS,boost::undirectedS,NodeProperty *,EdgeProperty *>, double EdgeProperty::* >::descriptor, Bundle=boost::property_map<boost::adjacency_list<boost::vecS, boost::vecS,boost::undirectedS,NodeProperty *,EdgeProperty *>, double EdgeProperty::* >::actual_bundle, T=double ] ****** I know it's working correctly if I use NodeProperty and EdgeProperty for graph template arguments instead of pointers. But I would like to know if it's possible to do it in that way and how would be the correct syntax for the get() to work properly. Many thanks in advance for your help! ~Benoît

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Re: [Boost-users] [fusion] subset view
by dan marsden 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

>I would like to make a subset view of the element in a tuple. It >would, for example, give me a view into the first, third, and fifth >element of the tuple. It isn't clear how to do this with the available >views. You could do the following (untested): * Use zip to zip an mpl range of numeric indexes to your sequence * Use filter to extract the positions you want, based on the indices zipped on above * Use transform to remove the position labels so the sequence elements are just your desired data. The above works only if you need const access, as the algorithms return views to const data. If you need non-const data, you can use the corresponding views. The above is somewhat awkward, if there is some criteria other than position index that can be used to extract your elements, you may be able to do a lot better. Or you could choose different data structures to start off with, for example if you really have 2 subsets of elements, sub0 and sub1, and you know they're separate, store them in 2 fusion containers, and when you need to work on the whole, use fusion::join to glue them together. HTH Cheers Dan ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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sorting an ublas matrix by a certain column
by Alexander Schmolck 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi, If I have a boost::numeric::ublas::vector<double> v, I can use the STL's sort and boost::lambda. sort(v.begin(), v.end(), _1<_2); How do I do the same with matrix<double>, using, say column 3 as sort key (i.e. I want to reorder the rows in the matrix by their 3rd entry)? sort(m.begin1(), m.end1(), _1[3]<_2[3]); won't do the trick, and I really have a hard time figuring out what does. In case it's not clear what I want, here's an example: [0,0,1,4 0,0,2,3 0,0,3,2 0,0,4,1] => [0,0,4,1 0,0,3,2 0,0,2,3 0,0,1,4] cheers, 'as

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How well does Boost support cross-compilation?
by n.torrey.pines＠gmail.com 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

I'm dreaming of compiling MinGW, OS X (Intel and PowerPC) and Linux x86 versions of my program in one go, perhaps on Linux. The program uses little other than several Boost libraries. Is this a possible and reliable usage scenario? This doesn't seem like a particularly original idea, so I'm sure others explored it. Are there any how-to's? I couldn't find any.

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Boost Regex use of &*string.begin()
by Sudarshan Gaikaiwari 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi The boost regex library makes liberal use of &*string.begin() For example ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string result(++bytes, '\0'); bytes = ::LCMapStringW( id, // locale identifier LCMAP_SORTKEY, // mapping transformation type p1, // source string static_cast<int>(p2 - p1), // number of characters in source string reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(&*result.begin()), // destination buffer *of bytes* bytes // size of destination buffer ); -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is this construct safe? Are its semantics specified by the standard? regards Sudarshan -- Sudarshan Gaikaiwari www.sudarshan.org sudarshan(a)acm.org

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[xpressive] crash again :(
by Ovanes Markarian 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Well, sorry I did not check mails before. Actually, I should have thought about it, that token_iterator applies a transformation on each iteration. Many thanks. It was already late in the night, when I faced this. Sorry for disturbing your sister's wedding. Hope you will enjoy it! Best wishes to your sister and her husband! With Kind Regards, Ovanes On 10/18/07, Eric Niebler <eric(a)boost-consulting.com> wrote: > > Eric Niebler wrote: > > Eric Niebler wrote: > >> Ovanes Markarian wrote: > >>> Hello Eric, > >>> > >>> sorry for bothering. I use xpressive in the following context: > >> <snip> > >> > >> I can't get your code to compile. Please send a minimal and complete > >> source file that demonstrates the problem. > > > > After fiddling with your code a bit, I got it to compile, but I'm not > > seeing any assertions, exceptions or crashes. What version are you > using? > > Me again. I realized I wasn't seeing the problem because I hadn't put > any strings in the vector over which you were iterating. When I do, I > can reproduce the assert. This is not a bug in xpressive, it is a bug in > your code. The problem is here: > > std::tr1::bind(&apply_regex, sem_separated, td::tr1::placeholders::_1) > > In this call to bind, you pass sem_separated to bind() *by value*. You > return a regex_token_iterator, which holds a reference to the > (temporary) regex object. When the temporary regex object goes away, the > regex_token_iterators are left holding dangling references. > > The lifetime of a regex_token_iterator cannot exceed the lifetime of the > regex it holds. > > If you change the code to ... > > std::tr1::bind(&apply_regex, std::tr1::ref(sem_separated), > td::tr1::placeholders::_1) > > ... it works just fine. > > HTH, > > -- > Eric Niebler > Boost Consulting > www.boost-consulting.com > _______________________________________________ > Boost-users mailing list > Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users >

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Feature request for serialization
by Robert Bielik 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

It would be nice to be able to specify a callback that can notify how far a serialization (at loading) has come. I have a structure that can take a LONG time to load, and it would be good to be able to present a progress bar for the user. /R

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visual studio 2005/2008: example runs in debug-mode, does not run in release mode
by Vincent Vega 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi there! - used the BoostPro Binary Installer for Visual C++ to obtain boost 1.34.1 - downloaded the following example for maximum_cardinality_matching: http://www.boost.org/libs/graph/example/matching_example.cpp - created an project using VS2005 as well as VS2008 Got the following problem (using both studios): - everythings fine while using the debug-mode - project runs but produces wrong results when in release-mode Anybody has an idea what causes my problem? Thanks in advance Dirk -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser

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[xpressive] crash again :(
by Ovanes Markarian 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hello Eric, sorry for bothering. I use xpressive in the following context: typedef x::sregex regex_type; const regex_type non_semicolon = ~x::as_xpr(';'); const regex_type sem_separated = *non_semicolon; typedef boost::iterator_range<x::sregex_token_iterator> regex_tokens; typedef ::std::vector<regex_tokens> regex_transformed_collection; inline regex_tokens apply_regex(regex_type const& re, std::string const& item) { typedef x::sregex_token_iterator sre_iter; return boost::make_iterator_range(sre_iter(item.begin(), item.end(), re), sre_iter()); } // usage: std::vector<std::string> v; //vector is filled with strings of type: some_part;some_other_part typedef regex_transformed_coll::const_iterator re_citer; regex_transformed_collection sep_strings; ::std::transform ( v.begin(), v.end(), ::std::back_inserter(sep_strings) , ::std::tr1::bind(&apply_regex, sem_separated, tr1::placeholders::_1) ); //v is in the same scope and valid for(re_citer curr=sep_strings.begin(), end=sep_strings.end(); curr!=end; ++curr) { regex_tokens const& toks = *curr; std::string source = toks.front(); //this line is fine and returns me the first part of a string... // all subsequent line will raise an assertion std::string includes = *++toks.begin(); size_t sz = toks.size(); } Is there smth. I did not take in account? This code crashes in: regex_token_iterator.hpp: regex_token_iterator<BidiIter> &operator ++() { ->>HERE>> this->fork_(); // un-share the implementation And is caused by regex_token_iterator_impl ctor. I know this code is not very efficient, since it iterates through the collection of strings twice instead of doing smth. within one run, but it is just an example. Many thanks, Ovanes

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Scalability test overBGL
by abhishek.v＠tcs.com 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi.. I m performing scalability test over BGL . Means i m checking out how big a graph can be constructed using BGL. For the moment i m considering complete graph. I m able to construct a complete graph with 3000 vertices but beyond that it crashes. Anybody who has done scalability test over BGL Kindly help. As this can be treated as a benchmark for BGL and then we can improve on this in near future... Following is my code.. #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> #include<vector> #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <boost\config.hpp> #include <boost\graph\adjacency_list.hpp> #include<boost\property_map.hpp> #include<vector> #include<string> #include<algorithm> using namespace std; using namespace boost; typedef unsigned long long ullong; typedef adjacency_list < vecS, vecS, undirectedS, property < vertex_name_t, std::string >, property < edge_name_t, std::string ,property < edge_weight_t, int > > > Graph; Graph g; typedef graph_traits < Graph >::vertex_descriptor Vertex; std::vector<vector<int> > adj_matrix; fstream file_op("C:\\Scalability\\output\\debug.out",ios::out); int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int SIZE; cout<<"\n Enter the matrix size"; cin>>SIZE; cout<<"\n The matrix is "<<SIZE<<"x"<<SIZE; Vertex u; for(int i=0;i<SIZE;i++) { u=add_vertex(g); } for(ullong i=0;i<SIZE;i++) { for(ullong j=0;j<SIZE;j++) { if(i!=j) { add_edge(i,j,g); } } } file_op<<"\n Number of vertices in the graph "<<num_vertices(g); long double nume=num_edges(g); file_op<<"\n Number of edges in the graph "<<nume; system("PAUSE"); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } Thanks Abhishek Vyas Tata Consultancy Services Mailto: abhishek.v(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Outsourcing ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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[BGL, Serialization] Serialization of vertex|edege properties
by David Angelo 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi folks, I am using the BGL and now I want to serialize the graph. Serialization of the vertices and edges works fine, but how do I serialize the vertex|edge properties? My properties and graph definition are the following: <code> struct vertex_cId_t { typedef vertex_property_tag kind; }; struct vertex_cType_t { typedef vertex_property_tag kind; }; struct vertex_cShape_t { typedef vertex_property_tag kind; }; struct edge_cType_t { typedef vertex_property_tag kind; }; struct edge_cColor_t { typedef vertex_property_tag kind; }; namespace boost { BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(vertex, cId); BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(vertex, cType); BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(vertex, cShape); BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(edge, cType); BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(edge, cColor); } typedef property<vertex_cId_t, std::string> CVertexId; typedef property<vertex_cShape_t, std::string, CVertexId> CVertexShape; typedef property<vertex_cType_t, int, CVertexShape> CVertexAttribute; typedef property<edge_cColor_t, string> CEdgeColor; typedef property<edge_cType_t, int, CEdgeColor> CEdgeAttribute; typedef adjacency_list<vecS, vecS, undirectedS, CVertexAttribute, CEdgeAttribute> Graph; </code> How must the serialize functions for CVertexAttribute and CEdgeAttribute look like? Thanks in advance. David

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Re: [Boost-users] [serialization]-- (corrected) serialize binary data to a memory buffer?
by Rich Peters 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

I have been having some issues trying to get this relatively simple binary memory based serialization to work. If I use a byte type below, I get errors with not finding a matching ctor: If I use a char, it compiles and thows an exception in binary_iarchive_impl.hpp at line 52: this->basic_binary_iarchive<Archive>::init(); which appears to be related to char string processing. can anyone help me sort this out? thanks Rich ====================== #include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/iostreams/device/array.hpp> #include <boost/iostreams/stream_buffer.hpp> #include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp> .... std::vector<byte> store(1000, 0x00) ; // std::vector<char> store(1000, 0x00) ; // other test boost::iostreams::stream <boost::iostreams::array > theStream(&store[0], &store[0]+store.size()) ; // save data to archive { boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa(theStream); oa & theInfo; // archive closed when destructors are called } c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1\boost\iostreams\stream.hpp(112) : error C2665: 'boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::__ctor' : none of the 5 overloads can convert parameter 1 from type 'unsigned char *__w64 const ' with [ Ch=char ] and [ Ch=char ] c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1\boost\iostreams\device\array.hpp(90): could be 'boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::basic_array(boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::char_type *,boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::char_type *)' with [ Ch=char ] c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1\boost\iostreams\device\array.hpp(90): or 'boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::basic_array(boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::char_type *,size_t)' with [ Ch=char ] c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1\boost\iostreams\device\array.hpp(90): or 'boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::basic_array(const boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::char_type *,const boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::char_type *)' with [ Ch=char ] c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1\boost\iostreams\device\array.hpp(90): or 'boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::basic_array(const boost::iostreams::basic_array<Ch>::char_type *,size_t)' with [ Ch=char ] while trying to match the argument list '(unsigned char *__w64 const , unsigned char *__w64 const )' c:\Dev\Shared-ADL Integration\UnitTest\BoostSerialization\BoostSerialization\Serialize.h(194) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::iostreams::stream<Device>::stream<std::allocator<_Ty>::value_type*__w64 ,std::allocator<_Ty>::value_type*__w64 >(const U0 & ,const U1 & )' being compiled with [ Device=boost::iostreams::array, _Ty=unsigned char, U0=std::allocator<unsigned char>::value_type *__w64 , U1=std::allocator<unsigned char>::value_type *__w64 ] thanks Rich Matthias Troyer wrote: You can use the Boost IOstreams library to create an iostream using a memory buffer and use that with the binary archives Matthias

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[mpl] at_c type compiler error
by Chris Weed 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi, I can't figure out why the following code generates a compile error with gcc 3.4: #include <boost/mpl/vector_c.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/at.hpp> #include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp> template<typename E,typename T> typename boost::tuples::element<boost::mpl::at_c<E,0>::type::value,T>::type foo(E e,T t) { return t.get<0>(); } int main() { typedef boost::mpl::vector_c<int,0,1> elements; boost::tuple<int> t(1); foo(elements(),t); } main.cpp: In function `typename boost::tuples::element< boost::mpl::at_c<E,0l>::#`typename_type' not supported by pp_cxx_unqualified_id#::value, T>::type foo(E, T)': main.cpp:10: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token main.cpp: In function `typename boost::tuples::element< boost::mpl::at_c<E,0l>::#`typename_type' not supported by pp_cxx_unqualified_id#::value, T>::type foo(E, T) [with E = boost::mpl::vector_c<int, 0l, 1l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l, 2147483647l>, T = boost::tuples::tuple<int, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type>]': main.cpp:17: instantiated from here main.cpp:10: error: invalid use of member (did you forget the `&' ?)

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