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shmem on multi-user machine
by Steven Wooding 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi Ion, I've noticed that the "file" /dev/shmem/sem.boost_shmem_shm_global_mutex keeps hanging around after my program finishes. This file has write permission only for the user that created it. When different user comes along a runs another program that uses shmem, it seg faults on sem_wait(), probably due to the file permissions. Should this global mutex be cleaned up after use? Or could the permissions be changed somehow to let other use it (though probably not a good idea if user A and user B run a shmem based program at the same time). Thanks for your advice. Cheers, Steve.

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[Filesystem] Drive letter in argument for boost::filesystem::path
by Maarten Nieber 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Dear boost users, can anybody explain how to pass a filename containing a (windows) drive letter into a boost::filesystem::path? For instance, if the path should point to c:\test.txt (on a Windows system), what is the portable filename that I should pass to the boost::filesystem::path constructor? Thanks in advance! Maarten __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Portability of boost libs for "universal linux binary?"
by Zachary Mark 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Details: I work on a project where one of the eventual goals is to have one binary for a given architecture that runs on multiple Linux distributions. This goal is currently accomplished by both Sun's Java VM as well as the cmake project ( http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Index.html ). We are in the process of evaluating how this goal is impacted by third party dependencies. We currently use the following boost libs: thread, program_options, regex, date_time, and filesystem. I strongly suspect that the thread lib is going to be the biggest cause of grief towards accomplishing this goal (mostly due to the inability to static link it). Are the other (non thread) boost libs statically linkable? Thanks in advance. -- Zach

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zlib memory leaks [RC_1_34_0]
by Thomas Pintaric 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

I noticed that /boost/boost/iostreams/filter/zlib.hpp (Revision 1.25.2.1) from the RC_1_33_0 branch, for which the zlib memory leaks were fixed, still needs to be merged with the MAIN branch.

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boost-python Newbie tutorial needed.
by chun ping wang 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Hmm k i have a simple question, how would I build boost.python given this following information. I am using dev-cpp and its install in "c:\dev-cpp" folder. IN it contains the mingw32 sub directory My project folder is "c:\cs classes\cs386\c++". In it contains FiniteAutomta.cpp which maps to python module... my boost folder is "C:\boost_1_33_1" in it contains the bjam.exe file. PYTHON_ROOT = "C:\python24" Thanks for the help. I look at the tutorial but is confused on how I can build my project.

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[boost.python] void pointer argument problem
by michael_gruner＠arcor.de 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Hello, I'm trying to use boost.python to wrap a C function that takes a pointer on a void pointer as an argument. But I'm going wrong to use the example from the FAQ. Could anyone help me on this? my code looks like this: struct void_; BOOST_PYTHON_OPAQUE_SPECIALIZED_TYPE_ID(void_); int myfunc(char * mychar, void ** mypointer); int myfunc_wrp(char * mychar, void_ ** mypointer){ return myfunc(mychar,(void ** ) mypointer); } ... BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(mymodule){ def("myfunc", &myfunc_wrp); } later in python I do: import mymodule mystring = " " mypointerobject = 0 mymodule.myfunc(mystring,mypointerobject) and get: Boost.Python.ArgumentError: Python argument types in mymodule.myfunc(str, int) did not match C++ signature: myfunc(char *, struct void_ * *) Are there any advices to solve this problem? thank you for your answers. Kind regards, Michael

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using filesystem library
by Fred J. 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

hi this is given me some error I cannot locate a fix. thanks **************** code **************** #include <iostream> #include <string> #include "boost/filesystem/operations.hpp" // includes boost/filesystem/path.hpp #include "boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp" namespace fs = boost::filesystem; using namespace std; int main(){ fs::path full_path("../data"); if (exists(full_path)) cout << "yes" << endl; } //there exists data directory in the parent of the current directory. **************** error **************** $ make g++ -gdwarf-2 -c -o try.o try.cpp g++ -Wall -gdwarf-2 -o proj try.o try.o: In function `main': /home/fred/myPrograms/backtest/try/try.cpp:11: undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::path(char const*)' /home/fred/myPrograms/backtest/try/try.cpp:12: undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::exists(boost::filesystem::path const&)' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [proj] Error 1 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[regex] compile issue
by Thomas Matelich 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Finally got around to upgrading to 1.33.1 on HP 11i, g++ 4.1.1. in v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp, the compiler was not happy with the WCHAR_MIN == 0 and WCHAR_MAX <= USHRT_MAX checks. This appears to be due to their definition: #define WCHAR_MIN (wchar_t)0 #define WCHAR_MAX (wchar_t)UINT_MAX I tried a few things I could think of, but ended up undef'ing and redefining them without the (wchar_t). Tom Matelich

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Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Signals example/doc_view application question
by Wu Yinghui, Freddie 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

[snip] > The View abstract base class requires concrete bases to provide a > concrete implementation of the refresh() member function matching the > slot signature required. > > class View > { > public: > virtual void refresh(bool) const = 0; > // ... > }; > > Here's my problem. If I change the signal to take no args using the > preferred or portable syntax I get compilation errors: > > class Document > { > public: > typedef boost::signal< void () > signal_t; > // ... > > void append(const char* s) > { > m_text += s; > m_sig(true); You should use m_sig(); instead! > } > // ... > }; > > class View > { > public: > virtual void refresh() const = 0; > // ... > }; > > Compilation output (msvc-7.1): > > Compiling... > SignalTest.cpp > c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\bind.hpp(63) : error C2825: > 'F::result_type': cannot form a qualified name > c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\bind\bind_template.hpp(15) : > see reference to class template instantiation > 'boost::_bi::result_traits<R,F>' being compiled > with > [ > R=boost::_bi::unspecified, > F=void (__thiscall View::* )(void) const > ] > c:\development\SignalTest\SignalTest.cpp(49) : see reference to > class template instantiation 'boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>' being compiled > with > [ > R=boost::_bi::unspecified, > F=void (__thiscall View::* )(void) const, > L=boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<View > *,boost::arg<1>>::B1,boost::_bi::list_av_2<View *,boost::arg<1>>::B2> > ] > c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\bind.hpp(63) : error C2039: > 'result_type' : is not a member of 'operator``global namespace''' > c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\bind.hpp(63) : error C2146: syntax > error : missing ';' before identifier 'type' > c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\bind.hpp(63) : error C2955: > 'boost::_bi::type' : use of class template requires template argument list > c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\bind.hpp(112) : see > declaration of 'boost::_bi::type' > c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\bind.hpp(63) : fatal error C1903: > unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation Cheers, Freddie

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Testing Program Output
by Paulo J. Matos 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

Hi all, Is there support in Boost for testing program output, which depends exclusively in its arguments? Briefly, my program is not-interactive and its result (to stdout) depends uniquely on its input argument. Is there anything in Boost that can help me test my program this way? I've been using the Unit Testing Framework for unit tests and for the tests I've mentioned I've only found dejagnu up until now. Another solution would be bash-scripts that would run the program and check output, but that's not nice enough for me. Anything in Boost I might use? If not, are there any other suggestions? Cheers, -- Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at sat inesc-id pt Web: http://sat.inesc-id.pt/~pocm Computer and Software Engineering INESC-ID - SAT Group

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