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Serializing containers of movable but noncopyable types
by Daniel Mitchell 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

While attempting to serialize a std::vector<T>, where T is a movable but noncopyable type, I was getting blown up by the call to s.push_back() on line 65 of collections_load_imp.hpp (Boost 1.53.0). In my local copy of that header I changed s.push_back(t.reference()) to s.push_back(std::move(t.reference())). Is this a safe change? Is there a better way to handle this case?

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[enable_shared_from_this] Disappeared
by Michael Powell 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

Hello, Where did it go from 1.53? We have not upgraded our compiler environment at all, so we are still depending on boost::enable_shared_from_this, however, this seems to have been dropped for std::enable_shared_from_this, which we do not have. Sounds like a bug report? Regards, Michael Powell

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Random generators for Monte Carlo simulations
by Frédéric Bron 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

Hi, A collegue of mine performs Monte Carlo simulations. I made him switch with success to boost::random a few years ago. He recently found the following reference: http://www.agner.org/random and http://www.agner.org/random/ran-instructions.pdf The author proposes generators that are not implemented in boost called "Mother of All", "SFMT" and a special one that is a combination of two different generators (SFMT and Mother of All). Has anybody already done that using boost::random? Regards, Frédéric

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Re: [Boost-users] [boost] Boost 1.54.0 released!
by John Maddock 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

The PDF build of the boost documentation (for those libraries that support it) is now at https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-docs/1.54.0/. Please let me know if there are any SNAFU's. Regards, John.

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[zlib] Which version to use
by Michael Powell 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

Hello, Some of the build depends on zlib being readily available. For 1.53, I was building against zlib 1.2.7. Is that sufficient for 1.54? There is a zlib 1.2.8 available; worth upgrading to? Yes, no, possibly so? Thank you... Regards, Michael Powell

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Do correct instructions for MinGW install exist?
by Kirk Joppy 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

Dear Boost users, I have recently been trying to install boost 1.53 for use with MinGW. I followed the instructions here http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#prep… to the letter with resulting failure. I then noticed that when running b2 install --prefix=G:\boost_1_53_0\my-build from G:\boost_1_53_0\tools\build\v2 as per the instructions, the first few lines of output read warning: No toolsets are configured warning: Configuring default toolset "msvc" warning: If the defrault is wrong, your build may not work correctly warning: Use the "toolset=xxxxx" option to override our guess warning: For more configuration options, please consult <webpage> I have consulted the recommended web page and I think I have gotten a working install. However, given that the instructions as written are incorrect I would like to ask 1. Is there a correct, definitive source of instructions for installing boost (with MinGW)? 2. Should the documentation be corrected? I think this error is important given that the section I was working from is specifically indicated to pertain to non-MSVC builds. 3. I have found several conflicting sources of information regarding how to build boost for use with static linking. StackOverflow, for example, has several posts about this, none of which agree with each other. Is there are definitive, correct source of this information? If not I suppose I will post to this mailing list asking about it. Thank you for your consideration. Regards, kjoppy

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Boost.Test on Windows x64
by User 8583 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

Hello, I am trying to use Boost.Test 1.53 on a Windows 7 x64 platform and VS2012. I compiled the libraries using .\b2 variant=release link=static threading=multi runtime-link=shared toolset=msvc-11.0 address-model=64 Linking the libraries with my (x64) test program produces the following error: libboost_unit_test_framework-vc110-mt-gd-1_53.lib(unit_test_suite.obj) : fatal error LNK1112: module machine type 'X86' conflicts with target machine type 'x64' I am surprised as I have used the boost serialization library compiled with the same command line in x64 programs without such error. Any help appreciated, Bob

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basic_socket.hpp line 1421
by Christopher Pisz 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

I am migrating a project from VS 2008 to Vs 2012 and in the process updated boost from 1.40 to 1.53. After days and weeks of project settings, editing third party source (not boost), playing with configurations, etc. I got a build! Unfortunately one of the unit tests has an unhandled exception. I debugged down into code that was foreign to me and see that someone was calling shutdown on a boost socket. Maybe they called it at the wrong time or already shut it down, or something. It isn't my code. However, this looks very suspicious to me: in boost's header basic_socket.hpp: void shutdown(shutdown_type what) { boost::system::error_code ec; this->get_service().shutdown(this->get_implementation(), what, ec); boost::asio::detail::throw_error(ec, "shutdown"); } I don't see how this would not throw? It looks like it _always_ throws? What's the deal here?

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Re: [Boost-users] [program_options] copy option_description from one options_description to another
by Ghyslain Leclerc 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

On 2013-06-30, at 17:57 , Juraj Ivan?i? <juraj.ivancic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > There is an 'add' overload which accepts shared_ptr. This one does not > add grouping. I hadn't noticed that. My bad. This is exactly what I needed. Solved everything for now. I thought knowing what actually solved my problem might be good to share on the mailing list. Hope this is appropriate. Sorry if it isn't. > > you get double delete crash. I hadn't thought of that. Proves I'm a physicist first and a programmer second ! Thanks for your explanation. Hopefully makes me better. Again, thanks for your time. Ghyslain

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Boost 1.54.0 released!
by Marshall Clow 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

Release 1.54.0 of the Boost C++ Libraries is now available. These open-source libraries work well with the C++ Standard Library, and are usable across a broad spectrum of applications. The Boost license encourages both commercial and non-commercial use. This release contains five new libraries and numerous enhancements and bug fixes for existing libraries. New Libraries: Log: Logging library, from Andrey Semashev. TTI: Type Traits Introspection library, from Edward Diener. Type Erasure: Runtime polymorphism based on concepts. For details, including download links, see http://www.boost.org/users/news/version_1.54.0 You can also download directly from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.54.0/ To install this release on your system, see http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/more/getting_started/index.html Thanks, --The Boost release team Beman Dawes Daniel James Eric Niebler Marshall Clow Rene Rivera Vladimir Prus

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