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lexical_cast problem with Unicode
by Stefan Felkel 27 Jul '03

27 Jul '03

I have problems compiling the following piece of code under Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 with UNICODE defined. The compiler complains about a missing operator<<. What can I do in order to get this programme compiled ? #include <iostream> #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp> int main( int argc, char * argv [] ) { std::wcout << boost::lexical_cast<std::wstring>( std::wstring( L"test" ) ).c_str() << L"\n"; return 0; } c:\programme\boost_1_30_0\boost\lexical_cast.hpp(148): error C2679: binary '<<': no operator defined which takes a right-hand operand of type 'const wstring' (or there is no acceptable conversion) c:\programme\boost_1_30_0\boost\lexical_cast.hpp(146): while compiling class-template member function 'bool boost::detail::lexical_stream<wstring,wstring>::operator <<(const wstring &)' Thanks in advance, Stefan

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Announce: Advanced Los Angeles C++ Users Group
by Jon Stewart 27 Jul '03

27 Jul '03

Hi! A small group of like-minded C++ programmers in Pasadena, CA has been meeting regularly for the past few months. The group's name is ALACPP, for Advanced Los Angeles C++, and we're interested in teaching ourselves more about generic programming and other advanced C++ techniques. Obviously, we're Boost users! We read books together and have weekly lunch meetings to discuss them; we just finished _Modern C++ Design_ and are moving on to Herb Sutter's _Exceptional C++_. We're also organizing periodic evening meetings, to explore specific topics in depth. If you'd like to give a relevant presentation to the group, please contact me! If you're in the Los Angeles area, I invite you to check out the group. Our meager website can be found here: http://www.alacpp.org and you can sign up for our mailing list here: http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/alacpp Thanks! Jon -- Jon Stewart stew1(a)ellipsis.cx

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Newbie shared_ptr in a container question.
by Joshua 27 Jul '03

27 Jul '03

I've been reading through posts on here and in the docs but I think I may have missed something. Heres what I am trying to do: lets say I have a class Foo* and I'm trying to use it in a std::vector<shared_ptr<Foo> >. I can add them all day long and it works fine. The problem is that when I try to remove the shared_ptr from the vector. I expected it to delete the memory for the Foo* then delete itself (to completely free the memory that the shared_ptr used and the memory that the Foo was using. I think this is not happening though since the destructor is not being called when the elements are removed from the vector. Heres how I am currently inserting the shared_ptr's into the vector (yes I know this is the wrong way now that I've read a few of the posts here): typedef std::vector<boost::shared_ptr<Foo> > FooVector; FooVector Foobar; Foo* blah = new Foo(); boost::shared_ptr<Foo> * NewPointer = new boost::shared_ptr<Foo>(blah); Foobar.insert(*NewPointer); //Yes I know this looks horrible. And its probably wrong. When I call Foobar.erase() I thought that the shared_ptr would be removed and the memory freed (and Foo's destructor called). I tried it like this : FooVector::iterator CurrentFoo = Foobar.begin(); Foobar.erase(CurrentFoo); That did remove the shared_ptr but the Foo* did not seem to get deallocated, its destructor was never called. Some of the posts seem to indicate that this is a very bad way to let shared_ptr manager the memory, is there a better way to do what I want to do using shared_ptr or is shared_ptr the wrong tool to use?

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Building Thread Tests on Red Hat 9.0
by Paul Grenyer 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

Hi All I'm trying the boost threading library for the first time. I've successfully built the threading library itself and now I want to build the tests. I've followed the instructions, but the build seems to hang at this point: execute-test ../../../libs/thread/test/bin/test_once.test/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynamic/threading-multi/test_once.run Is this normal? I've left it for a few minutes to see if I was just being impatient, but it doesn't continue. Also, I've been looking for some code examples in the documentation on the website, I seem to remember there being some when I looked at potentially using the threads on Windows about 18 months ago, but I can't find them now. Any pointers greatly appreciated. -- Regards Paul Paul Grenyer Email: pjgrenyer(a)iee.org Web: www.paulgrenyer.co.uk EvaneScence: http://www.evanescence.com

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Newbie: boost::filesystem::fstream base class undefined error
by sea2stl 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

I am using VC++6 SP5, STLPort 4.5.3, boost 1.30.0. I am tring to use boost::filesystem::fstream objects in conjuction with boost::filesystem::path objects. When I create an ifstream object, the compiler gives the following message: error C2504: 'basic_ifstream<char,class _STL::char_traits<char> >' : base class undefined. Above error takes me to ln 47 in fstream.hpp. Similar problem with ofstream. Any suggestions? Thanks, Aaron Laws

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RE: [Boost-Users] Newbie missing a header for boost_date_time?
by Jeff Garland 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

Dick B. wrote: > I'm pretty sure the headers are being found. If I replace posix_time.hpp > with posix_time_types.hpp, the error and many of the warnings disappear. > In other words... Ok. > #include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp> > //#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> > #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp> > > avoids the error message. This is because commenting out 'posix_time.hpp' eliminates the I/O code from the library. This is the part that uses lexical_cast which is where the error is occuring. > ...which refers to lexical_cast.hpp > > template<typename Target, typename Source> > class lexical_stream > { > bool operator<<(const Source &input) > { > here ===> return stream << input; <==== here > } > } > > So I assume there's a header somewhere that defines the '<<' operator > referred to. I don't know if this is related to my use of VC7.1 or not. > I'm trying to find someone around here with VC7 to build boost_1_30_0 and > see if that makes a difference. No luck so far. I'm starting to think this may be related to the 1_30_0 lexical cast problem. Can you upgrade lexical_cast.hpp from cvs? You can download it from here: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi- bin/viewcvs.cgi/boost/boost/boost/lexical_cast.hpp Jeff

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Need help with BOOST unit test framework!
by rudugani 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

hi, Essentially what I'm trying to do(the code is attached below) , is pass a base class member pointer (member function should automatically be visible in the derived class) , to the BOOST framework. However, since the member function is statically not visible in the derived class, a compile time error is generated . I'm *thinking* that some kind of casting operation is required but not very sure how! could anybody enlighten me as to how to get the code snippet below running? Thanks! CODE: #include <iostream.h> /*-------------------- BOOST FRAMEWORK --------------------- */ #include <test/included/unit_test_framework.hpp> using boost::unit_test_framework::test_suite; class baseTrailTest{ public: baseTrailTest(){}; ~baseTrailTest(){}; protected : void trail(){ cout << " trail!!!! " << endl; } }; class TrailTest: public baseTrailTest{ }; struct trail_test_suite : public test_suite { trail_test_suite() : test_suite("trail_test_suite") { // add member function test cases to a test suite boost::shared_ptr<TrailTest> instance(new TrailTest); add( BOOST_CLASS_TEST_CASE( &TrailTest::trail ,instance ), 0 ); } }; test_suite* init_unit_test_suite( int argc, char * argv[] ) { std::auto_ptr<test_suite> test( BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "example" ) ); /*if( argc < 2 ) return (test_suite*)0;*/ test->add( new trail_test_suite); return test.release(); }

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using the signals lib
by Roel Vanhout 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

Hello all, I'm sorry if this is a faq (it almost has to be) but I couldn't find anything in the signals documentation nor in the general build instruction. I've build the signals library using jam as described in the build instructions, I've added the resulting library to my linker list but then I get the errors below about several symbols being multiply defined. I'm using MSVC 7.0 (Visual Studio .Net, not .Net 2003). What do I do wrong? Thanks. cheers, roel ------ Build started: Project: boost_signaltest, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Linking... msvcprt.lib(MSVCP70.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@ABV01@@Z) already defined in boost_signaltest.obj msvcprt.lib(MSVCP70.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >(void)" (??1?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@XZ) already defined in boost_signaltest.obj msvcprt.lib(MSVCP70.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >(char const *)" (??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@PBD@Z) already defined in boost_signaltest.obj MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR70.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall exception::exception(void)" (??0exception@@QAE@XZ) already defined in LIBCD.lib(stdexcpt.obj) MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR70.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: virtual __thiscall exception::~exception(void)" (??1exception@@UAE@XZ) already defined in LIBCD.lib(stdexcpt.obj) MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR70.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall exception::exception(class exception const &)" (??0exception@@QAE@ABV0@@Z) already defined in LIBCD.lib(stdexcpt.obj) MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR70.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: int __thiscall type_info::operator==(class type_info const &)const " (??8type_info@@QBEHABV0@@Z) already defined in LIBCD.lib(typinfo.obj) MSVCRT.lib(ti_inst.obj) : error LNK2005: "private: __thiscall type_info::type_info(class type_info const &)" (??0type_info@@AAE@ABV0@@Z) already defined in LIBCD.lib(typinfo.obj) MSVCRT.lib(ti_inst.obj) : error LNK2005: "private: class type_info & __thiscall type_info::operator=(class type_info const &)" (??4type_info@@AAEAAV0@ABV0@@Z) already defined in LIBCD.lib(typinfo.obj) LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library Debug/boost_signaltest.exe : fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found Build log was saved at "file://c:\test\boost_signaltest\boost_signaltest\Debug\BuildLog.htm" boost_signaltest - 10 error(s), 1 warning(s) ---------------------- Done ---------------------- Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped -- Roel Vanhout - Programmer/Systems Administrator RIKS BV Papenstraat 8 - 6211 LG Maastricht Tel +31 (0)43 388 3708 - Fax +31 (0)43 325 3155

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RE: [Boost-Users] Newbie missing a header for boost_date_time?
by dick.bridges＠tais.com 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

<previous> > I must be missing one or more headers but I can't figure it out. Can > someone help get me pointed in the right direction? > ...lots of compiler stuff omitted... My guess is that you don't have the boost root directory in your include path options. This would be the boost\boost_1_30_0 directory.... HTH, Jeff </previous> I'm pretty sure the headers are being found. If I replace posix_time.hpp with posix_time_types.hpp, the error and many of the warnings disappear. In other words... #include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp> //#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp> avoids the error message. Changing it back to: #include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp> #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> //#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp> results in... <error> c:\boost\boost_1_30_0\boost\lexical_cast.hpp(147) : error C2679: binary ' <<' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'const boost::token_iterator_generator<TokenizerFunc,Iterator,Type>::value_type' (or there is no acceptable conversion) with [ TokenizerFunc=boost::char_delimiters_separator<char>, Iterator=std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator, Type=std::string ] c:\boost\boost_1_30_0\boost\lexical_cast.hpp(146) : while compiling class-template member function 'bool boost::detail::lexical_stream<Target,Source>::operator <<(const Source &)' with [ Target=unsigned short, Source=boost::token_iterator_generator<boost::char_delimiters_separator<char>,std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,std::string>::value_type ] c:\boost\boost_1_30_0\boost\lexical_cast.hpp(189) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::detail::lexical_stream<Target,Source>' being compiled with [ Target=unsigned short, Source=boost::token_iterator_generator<boost::char_delimiters_separator<char>,std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,std::string>::value_type ] c:\boost\boost_1_30_0\boost\date_time\time_parsing.hpp(30) : see reference to function template instantiation 'Target boost::lexical_cast<unsigned short,boost::token_iterator_generator<TokenizerFunc,Iterator,Type>::value_type>(Source)' being compiled with [ Target=unsigned short, TokenizerFunc=boost::char_delimiters_separator<char>, Iterator=std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator, Type=std::string, Source=boost::token_iterator_generator<boost::char_delimiters_separator<char>,std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,std::string>::value_type ] c: \boost\boost_1_30_0\boost\date_time\posix_time\time_parsers.hpp(18) : see reference to function template instantiation 'time_duration boost::date_time::parse_delimited_time_duration<boost::posix_time::time_duration>(const std::string &)' being compiled with [ time_duration=boost::posix_time::time_duration ] </error> ...which refers to lexical_cast.hpp template<typename Target, typename Source> class lexical_stream { bool operator<<(const Source &input) { here ===> return stream << input; <==== here } } So I assume there's a header somewhere that defines the '<<' operator referred to. I don't know if this is related to my use of VC7.1 or not. I'm trying to find someone around here with VC7 to build boost_1_30_0 and see if that makes a difference. No luck so far.

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[uBLAS] Constructing from std::vector
by Alex Henderson 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Hi, I'm starting to play with the uBLAS library. So far so good... I'd like to be able to construct a ublas::vector from a std::vector. I can't seem to find how to do this. Do I have to go through std::copy or something equivalent or is there a constructor I've missed? If it doesn't exist, is there a reason why not? Perhaps there are some holes in my understanding. Thanks, Alex

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