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Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Problems with serializing a shared_ptr
by Stefan Ulbrich 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hi, thanks a lot for you help. Unfortunately, adding a virtual dummy function to the base class (the only one I can alter directly in the library) didn't resolve the problem. So I don't know (didn't check the beta) if 1.41 will resolve this issue. I tried to track it down deep into the heap allocation but I don't have any experience at all with meta-programming and the MPL and gave up in the end. I found a quick (and dirty) fix, though, that helps in my case. Therefor, I wrote a specialization of boost::archive::details::heap_allocator for the eigen::Matrix<> classes that uses code that was reserved for compiler that didn't support the has_new_operator feature (which is obviously the case). namespace boost { namespace archive { namespace detail { template<typename Scalar, int Rows, int Cols> struct heap_allocator<Eigen::Matrix<Scalar, Rows, Cols> > { typedef Eigen::Matrix<Scalar, Rows, Cols> T; static T * invoke() { return static_cast<T *> (operator new(sizeof (T))); } }; }; }; }; Best regards, Stefan

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Preprocessor Question
by Surya Kiran Gullapalli 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hello all, I'm trying to come up with a solution for the following problem. I've a macro with three arguments, but if the third is not given, it should be assumed as '0'. Something on the lines of default arguments for functions. I'm using VS2005, and g++ 4.4.x so i can use Variadic macros, but I'm unable to come up with a solution. Is there any way i can achieve this using Boost.Preprocessor ? I tried using BOOST_PP_IF but unable to proceed further. Any Ideas ? Surya

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[test] Still SIGCHLD issues?
by Johan Nilsson 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hi, I'm in progress of updating some projects to use Boost 1.40 (upgrading from 1.34.1). Everything now works fine under Windows, but under Linux there are issues with running unit tests that spawns and control child processes. My tests now report fatal errors and stops responding. Searching the archives I see several references to a problem with SIGCHLD, but no fix seems to have been issued. I'm sure there is a valid reason for treating SIGCHLD as errors, but does it really need to be enabled by default? Seems like a regression to me. Is it possible to disable this without patching Boost.Test? I'd really, really, really like to not go that route. Regards / Johan

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Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Problems with serializing a shared_ptr
by Stefan Ulbrich 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Thanks for your answer, Robert. Mi compiler version is: gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465) The error occurs only in the load method of the class and the serialization routines for the matrix class are non-inversive (save seems to work). Do you have any idea what is causing this error? Best, Stefan

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boost_1_40_setup___.exe - failing to download mirror list
by Carlos Tapia 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

I'm trying to run the BoostPro 1.40.0 Installer on an XP machine but I keep getting the following message: Failed to download mirror list, all downloadable content has been disabled.

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program_options: Is there a way to parse an ODBC connect string?
by Eric J. Holtman 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

I'd like to parse an ODBC connect string (or other similarly constructed strings) using program_options. So, I have something like: Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI; now, I could implement the function that converts this to something I can use, like --Data_Source myServerAddress --Initial_Catalog myDataBase --Integrated_Security SSPI but I was wondering since there's already a split_winmain function, is there a function that already does this, before I roll my own?

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[Asio]opening two udp::sockets on different ports
by Ãtienne Lepercq 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

I am not a specialist in TCP/UDP communications, but I am trying to implement some communications using UDP packets (v6). I can't use anything else than UDP v6 due to external constraints. I am using boost 1.37. I tried boost 1.40, same problem (see below) I have implemented a first architecture, working like : - a server listens to UDP packets v6 coming on a port ( let's say 65000). - a client connects to that port by sending a UDP packet. - the server starts a new thread, which listens for udpv6 packets on another port - the client should deconnect and reconnect to that other port. Cleitns starts opening the first socket like that : boost::asio::io_service io_service; udp::endpoint endpoint; udp::socket socket(io_service); udp::resolver::query query(udp::v6(), m_host, m_port); udp::resolver resolver(io_service); endpoint = *resolver.resolve(query); socket.open(udp::v6()); Then a function is called that sends a packet, receive an answer, etc... WORKS ! Then, I would like that socket being closed, and reopened on the same host, but on a different port. Something like this : socket.close(); udp::socket socket(io_service); udp::resolver::query query2(udp::v6(), m_host, NEWPORT); udp::resolver resolver2(io_service); endpoint = *resolver2.resolve(query2); socket.open(udp::v6()); But it fails miserably, throwing exception "Host not found (Authoritative)" on this second attempt. m_host is the ipv6 loopback address, "::1". I tried declaring at the same time, a full new set of io_service, endpoint, socket, query, resolver : the very same thing happens ! That said, there is another thread listening on the NEWPORT for udp v6 packets. I am developping mainly under linux, using lsof lists exactly the right number of ports opened (m_port and NEWPORT are opened for udpv6) So what is incorrect ? I don't really understand the behavior and complexity of io_service, maybe that's the problem ? How can I reopen a second socket on another port ? That port being listed by the system as opened succesfully, I really think the problem lies in that section. Thank you !

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boost-regex: how to compile with mingw?
by Matthias Pospiech 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

I have never worked with boost or the regex libary but need it as a dependency for another project. I could compile the libary for Visual Studio 2005 (VS8), but the docs give not a single hint how to compile with mingw on Windows (here XP). I tried gcc an generic, but that does not work H:\boost_1_40_0\libs\regex\build>mingw32-make -fgcc.mak gcc.mak:37: "Building Boost.Regex without ICU / Unicode support:" gcc.mak:38: "Hint: set ICU_PATH on the nmake command line to point " gcc.mak:39: "to your ICU installation if you have one." mkdir -p gcc mkdir -p gcc/boost_regex-gcc-1_40 Syntaxfehler. mingw32-make: *** [gcc/boost_regex-gcc-1_40] Error 1 H:\boost_1_40_0\libs\regex\build>mingw32-make -fgeneric.mak mkdir -p generic Ein Unterverzeichnis oder eine Datei mit dem Namen "-p" existiert bereits. Folgender Fehler trat auf: -p. mingw32-make: *** [generic] Error 1 How should it be done? Matthias

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[serialization] Problems with serializing a shared_ptr
by Stefan Ulbrich 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hello, I want to add serialization support to the Eigen2 matrix class. It works well (at least at compile time) until I try to serialize a shared_ptr. boost::shared_ptr<MatrixXd> shape; template <typename Archive> void serialize(Archive& ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(shape); }; I receive a long error message that begins with the first error: /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/has_new_operator.hpp: In instantiation of 'boost::detail::has_new_operator_impl<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >': /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/has_new_operator.hpp:109: instantiated from 'boost::has_new_operator<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >' /usr/local/include/boost/mpl/if.hpp:67: instantiated from 'boost::mpl::if_<boost::has_new_operator<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >, boost ::mpl ::identity <boost::archive::detail::heap_allocator<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >::has_new_operator>, boost ::mpl ::identity <boost::archive::detail::heap_allocator<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >::doesnt_have_new_operator> >' /usr/local/include/boost/mpl/eval_if.hpp:37: instantiated from 'boost::mpl::eval_if<boost::has_new_operator<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >, boost ::mpl ::identity <boost::archive::detail::heap_allocator<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >::has_new_operator>, boost ::mpl ::identity <boost::archive::detail::heap_allocator<Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000> >::doesnt_have_new_operator> >' /usr/local/include/boost/archive/detail/iserializer.hpp:235: instantiated from 'static T* boost::archive::detail::heap_allocator<T>::invoke() [with T = Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000>]' /usr/local/include/boost/archive/detail/iserializer.hpp:278: instantiated from 'void boost::archive::detail::pointer_iserializer<Archive, T>::load_object_ptr(boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive&, void*&, unsigned int) const [with Archive = boost::archive::xml_iarchive, T = Eigen::Matrix<double, 10000, 10000, 2, 10000, 10000>]' BodySchema.cpp:110: instantiated from here /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/has_new_operator.hpp:85: error: call of overloaded 'check_sig(int)' is ambiguous Has anybody a hint for me what is missing in the matrix class? second, could anybody please explain to me what BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SHARED_PTR does and when I have to use it (only saw it in the demo file). Thank you, Best regards Stefan

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[foreach][auto] Mixing foreach and auto ?
by Maxime van Noppen 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi list, I'm a big fan of both foreach and auto facilities provided by Boost and was thinking of merging the two. I searched in the list archives and saw the question was discussed earlier but didn't find a clear reason on why it shouldn't be done. How bad is this quite simple solution : > #define AUTO_FOREACH(VAR, COL) \ > BOOST_FOREACH_PREAMBLE() \ > if (boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_t BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_col) = BOOST_FOREACH_CONTAIN(COL)) {} else \ > if (boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_t BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_cur) = BOOST_FOREACH_BEGIN(COL)) {} else \ > if (boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_t BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_end) = BOOST_FOREACH_END(COL)) {} else \ > for (bool BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_continue) = true; \ > BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_continue) && !BOOST_FOREACH_DONE(COL); \ > BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_continue) ? BOOST_FOREACH_NEXT(COL) : (void)0) \ > if (boost::foreach_detail_::set_false(BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_continue))) {} else \ > for (BOOST_AUTO(VAR, BOOST_FOREACH_DEREF(COL)); !BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_continue); BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_continue) = true) > > #define auto_foreach AUTO_FOREACH It is basically the same code as BOOST_FOREACH (from boost 1.39) except that last line where I added the BOOST_AUTO in the for initialization. auto_foreach can then be used as : > auto_foreach(i, container) // i is a copy > auto_foreach(&i, container) // i is a reference > auto_foreach(const &i, container) // is a const reference This seems pretty cool and I don't see obvious pitfalls though I don't know the exact magic behind both auto & foreach. Am I living dangerously by using this auto_foreach ? Thanks, -- Maxime

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[test] Linking against boost_unit_test_framework causes double-deletion in std::ostringstream
by Alastair Rankine 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Just curious if anyone else has seen this or anything like it? Platform is Mac OS X 10.6.1, gcc 4.2.1, boost 1.40.0 installed from MacPorts, compiling 64-bit (default). Here's my test code: #include <sstream> int main() { std::ostringstream str; str << "Help Me!"; return 0; } Here's what I'm doing: % g++ -o streamtest_bad -ggdb -L/opt/local/lib -lboost_unit_test_framework-mt-d streamtest.cpp % ./streamtest_bad streamtest_bad(63554) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fff7008a500: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug zsh: abort ./streamtest_bad % Works fine against other boost libraries, eg system: % g++ -o streamtest_good -ggdb -L/opt/local/lib -lboost_system-mt-d streamtest.cpp % ./streamtest_good % Note that this seems to be a separate problem to that reported in ticket 3432 (https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3432) At least, I have verified that the framework::clear() function isn't being called in the above code, which does tend to point the finger at a different part of the library. The backtrace is not particularly enlightening, but posted here for the sake of completeness: (gdb) bt #0 0x00007fff87f92ff6 in __kill () #1 0x00007fff88034072 in abort () #2 0x00007fff87f4b095 in free () #3 0x0000000100005533 in __gnu_cxx::new_allocator<char>::deallocate (this=0x7fff5fbff5df, __p=0x7fff7008a500 "") at new_allocator.h:97 #4 0x0000000100005578 in std::string::_Rep::_M_destroy (this=0x7fff7008a500, __a=@0x7fff5fbff63f) at basic_string.tcc:431 #5 0x0000000100005939 in std::string::_Rep::_M_dispose (this=0x7fff7008a500, __a=@0x7fff5fbff63f) at basic_string.h:238 #6 0x000000010000596a in std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string (this=0x7fff5fbff670) at basic_string.h:493 #7 0x000000010002ad55 in std::basic_stringbuf<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::overflow (this=0x7fff5fbff7f8, __c=72) at sstream.tcc:125 #8 0x0000000100029db0 in std::basic_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >::xsputn (this=0x7fff5fbff7f8, __s=0x100000e7e "Help Me!", __n=8) at streambuf.tcc:102 #9 0x00007fff806e0ae4 in std::__ostream_write<char, std::char_traits<char> > () #10 0x00007fff806deb98 in std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> > () #11 0x00007fff806dec58 in std::operator<< <std::char_traits<char> > () #12 0x0000000100000d6b in main () at streamtest.cpp:6

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Boost.Test: access name of test case within that case?
by Martin Moene 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

(Previously mis-posted in Boost.testing) Hi, I'm wondering if the name of a Boost.Test test case is available within that case, and if so how. Couldn't find it in the documentation, the list, a web search, nor by a quick browse of the sources. Thanks for any reply , -- Martin Moene, http://www.eld.physics.LeidenUniv.nl/~moene/

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Integration testing tools a-top boost::test?
by Tim St. Clair 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Gennadiy and Co, Boost test works great for my unit tests, but I'm curious to see what other folks use for high level integration tests across a multi-platform env? Ideally it would be atop of some script language so it's easy to add and adjust, which may require some setup & teardown in the local env and could differ for each platform. Plugins to some continuous integration env are a +. -- Cheers, Timothy St. Clair Sr. Software Engineer [Red Hat - MRG]

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[Asio]About aync_write and socket.close()
by victor 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi,All io_service_.run() in itself thread. I initial socket with it , like "socket_(io_service_)" . Then I read data from this socket in io_service thread. Now if i want call "async_write " to this socket in another thread, do I must use "io_service_.post( boost::bind function which call async_write)", or can I call async_write directly? And if i want close this socket, do I must use "io_service_.post(..)" , or can I use "socket_.close()" directly in another thread? thanks

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[multi_array][serialization]
by er 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

The issue of serializing a multi-array came up here: http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2007/06/28639.php I was wondering if anyone had followed up on this and would be willing to share his/her code.

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building 1.40 with 1.3x lib naming
by Adam Fisk 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

This should hopefully be an easy one. I'm having trouble with the new default lib naming in 1.40.0. I previously linked to libraries with the following naming structure with 1.38.0, for example: libboost_system-mt-sgd.lib With 1.40.0, I get simply: libboost_system.lib I'm running with --layout=system (just as I was with 1.38 - my scripts haven't changed). What can I change in 1.40.0 to get "-mt-sgd" in the name? Thanks so much. -Adam -- Adam Fisk http://www.littleshoot.org | http://adamfisk.wordpress.com | http://twitter.com/adamfisk

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Re: [Boost-users] boost filesystem api problem
by nipun_mlist Assam 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

> I am using boost 1.32.0 and using filesystem apis. i included > boost/filesystem/operations.hpp and boost/filesystem/path.hpp. > > I get the following link error: > undefined reference to > `boost::filesystem::detail::status_api(std::basic_string<char, > std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int&)' > undefined reference to > `boost::filesystem::detail::get_current_path_api(std::basic_string<char, > std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&)' > > I did the following brute force check of probable libraries in > tools/boost/1.32.0/lib. > $ nm -DCo *.so* | grep status_ai > But no luck. No match for the api found in any of the libraries. > > > Anybody, please help. > > Regards, > Nipun >

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[Review] GGL review extended until November 22nd
by Hartmut Kaiser 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hi all, The discussions around GGL are just start ramping up and we received only 2 (voting) reviews so far. Additionally, several people have been asking me off-list to extend the review period as they otherwise wouldn't be able to write a review in time. For these reasons the review period for the GGL library will be extended for another week. The review period will now end November 22nd. For everybody considering to vote: this would be a good time to write a review! Regards Hartmut GGL Review Manager ------------------- Meet me at BoostCon http://boostcon.com

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test an open port?
by pedro chaparro 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

hi, how can i do a test before a data transmmision to know if a port is being used or not? thnaks -- Ing Pedro Alonso Chaparro Valero Ciudad Politecnica de la Innovación iTEAM - Mobile Communications Group Polytechnic University of Valencia C\ Camino de Vera S/N, Edificio 8G 46022 Valencia, Spain

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concat integer to wstring
by Lloyd 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi, What is the best way to concatanate an integer to wstring? for example =========== std::wstring ws=L"str"; for(int i=0;i<10;++i) { cout<<ws+i; } The output could be str1 str2 .... str9 Thanks, Lloyd ______________________________________ Scanned and protected by Email scanner

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Asio : opening two udp::sockets on differentports
by Ãtienne Lepercq 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

I am not a specialist in TCP/UDP communications, but I am trying to implement some communications using UDP packets (v6). I can't use anything else than UDP v6 due to external constraints. I am using boost 1.37. I tried boost 1.40, same problem (see below) I have implemented a first architecture, working like : - a server listens to UDP packets v6 coming on a port ( let's say 65000). - a client connects to that port by sending a UDP packet. - the server starts a new thread, which listens for udpv6 packets on another port - the client should deconnect and reconnect to that other port. Cleitns starts opening the first socket like that : boost::asio::io_service io_service; udp::endpoint endpoint; udp::socket socket(io_service); udp::resolver::query query(udp::v6(), m_host, m_port); udp::resolver resolver(io_service); endpoint = *resolver.resolve(query); socket.open(udp::v6()); Then a function is called that sends a packet, receive an answer, etc... WORKS ! Then, I would like that socket being closed, and reopened on the same host, but on a different port. Something like this : socket.close(); udp::socket socket(io_service); udp::resolver::query query2(udp::v6(), m_host, NEWPORT); udp::resolver resolver2(io_service); endpoint = *resolver2.resolve(query2); socket.open(udp::v6()); But it fails miserably, throwing exception "Host not found (Authoritative)" on this second attempt. m_host is the ipv6 loopback address, "::1". I tried declaring at the same time, a full new set of io_service, endpoint, socket, query, resolver : the very same thing happens ! That said, there is another thread listening on the NEWPORT for udp v6 packets. I am developping mainly under linux, using lsof lists exactly the right number of ports opened (m_port and NEWPORT are opened for udpv6) So what is incorrect ? I don't really understand the behavior and complexity of io_service, maybe that's the problem ? How can I reopen a second socket on another port ? That port being listed by the system as opened succesfully, I really think the problem lies in that section. Thank you !

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Problems installing Boost/Linking probs
by Hanno Jung 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi everybody, I used the Installer for Boost (v 1.39) since download servers for 1.40 seem not to work. I chose the variants for vc 2005 and vc 2008 (both are installed) + the regex part. I added "C:\Programme\boost\boost_1_39\lib" as an additional library path like mentioned in the getting started guide. Now I try to build the example "Link your program to a Boost Library" from the guide. But i always get an error. "fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: "boost/regex.hpp": No such file or directory" But the the directory is there and contains regex.hpp. Anyone may help me get this working? Greets

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Setting up Boost.Python under XP, and .pyd imports
by Mohan Ganesalingam 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi, I'm having some trouble trying to set up boost.python on Windows XP with MSVC 9 and Python 2.6; any help would be much appreciated. I started by following the instructions in http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/pyth… I started by adding the directory with the bjam executable to the oath, and running it from the tutorial directory. I found that it ignores the user-config.jam in %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%, and uses the one in C:\Program Files\_Applications\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\boost_1_39\tools\build\v2\user-config.jam instead; apart from that, everything works correctly and I get extending.pyd and a load of other files in C:\Program Files\_Applications\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\boost_1_39\libs\python\example\quickstart\bin\msvc-9.0\debug\threading-multi I know it must be possible to import extending.pyd from that selfsame directory, because the testing script run by bjam manages it. But the only way I could load it myself was to copy it into some directory that is in the path. Is there any way to simply have the .pyd loaded from the local directory, i.e. from the directory that the main .py script is executed in? (I guess I could temporarily modify sys.path inside the script... but that seems rather gawky.) Also, while trying to solve this problem, I found a number of references instructing me to put boost_python.dll in the main Python directory. I couldn't find this file (after having run bjam), only "boost_python-vc90-mt-gd-1_39.dll". Is that the right one to use? Thank you in advance, Mohan

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[mpi] - how to split communicator correctly?
by tomasz jankowski 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

ello group, i think I know how to split communicators & how it works in pure c mpi. but I have problems with boost::mpi. assume that we want divide world communicator into 3 groups. please look here: mpi::environment env(argc, argv); mpi::communicator world; mpi::communicator elloa; mpi::communicator elloc; mpi::communicator ellob; if(world.rank() == 0){ elloa = world.split(0); } if(world.rank() == 1){ elloa = world.split(0); } if(world.rank() == 2){ elloa = world.split(0); } if(world.rank() == 3){ ellob = world.split(1); } if(world.rank() == 4){ ellob = world.split(1); } if(world.rank() == 5){ ellob = world.split(1); } if(world.rank() == 6){ elloc = world.split(2); } if(world.rank() == 7){ elloc = world.split(2); } if(world.rank() == 0){ std::cout<<"elloa " << elloa.size()<<std::endl; std::cout<<"ellob " << ellob.size()<<std::endl; std::cout<<"elloc " << elloc.size()<<std::endl; } the code above gives me such results: elloa 3 ellob 8 elloc 8 my question is why ellob and alloc communicators counts 8 members not 3 and 2 respetively? what I'm doing incorrect? tom ---------------------------------------------------- Pudzian czy Najman? Najdroższa walka w historii polskiego MMA Polecam 12 edycję Gali KSW! Sprawdź: http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=http%3A%2F%2Fcorto.www.wp.pl%2Fas%2F12konfrontacja.h…

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change command used by bjam when installing boost
by Tim 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi, I first install boost.build and bjam. Then I try to make the building boost library a little bit slower by adding some time to sleep between every two calls to g++. So I add this in /etc/site-config.jam using gcc ; ; "sleep 10; g++" ; However, when calling bjam to install, it gives this error: $ ./bjam install \/etc/site-config.jam:5: syntax error at keyword ; /etc/site-config.jam:5: in load rule sleep 10; g++ unknown in module pch. /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam:19: in load /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build/toolset.jam:37: in toolset.using /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build/project.jam:874: in using project-config.jam:12: in modules.load /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:241: in load-config /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:407: in load-configuration-files /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:538: in load /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import /tmp/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:138: in boost-build /tmp/boost_1_40_0/boost-build.jam:16: in module scope Some advice how to solve this? Thanks and regards!

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Serializing of object with map and multimap. Questions.
by B Hart 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

I've been having some problems storing and loading a class with a map and a multimap. The map contains values that are simple objects of another class. My questions are below. Here is also a link to the same question posted on stackoverflow. Thanks. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1676781/boost-serializing-of-object-cont… See below a main() and two very simple classes. Then per Boost serialization (and what is shown) my questions are: 1) Does class B need the normal overloaded stream insertion operators '<<' and '>>' to be defined? Currently in my real code it doesn't have these. 2) Does class A in the store() and load() methods need to iterate through the map and multimap containers explicitly, storing/loading their key:value pairs explicitely? e.g. something like: void A::store(const char* filename){ std::ofstream ofs(filename); boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs); std::map< std::string, B >::iterator it; BMap.size(); oa << BMap.size(); for( it = BMap.begin(); it != BMap.end(); it++ ){ oa << it->first; oa << it->second; } //similar for strMultimap } I assume that I don't need to do this, but am not certain. 3) Assuming class B has only the two data members shown, does it need a default contructor included explicitely? (as opposed to the implicit default constructor) 4) Does B need to have an overide for the comparison operator '>'? I assume that it doesn't since this is a very simple class. Finally, any other comments per anything that I've failed to cover is appreciated! Example code for my above questions: //includes ommitted int main() { std::string file("test.dat"); A * pA = new A; pA->store(file.c_str()); pA->fillMaps(); //release data pA->load(file.c_str()); return 0; } //includes ommitted class A { friend class boost::serialization::access; public: std::map< std::string, B > BMap; std::multimap< std::string, std::string > strMultimap; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & BMap; ar & strMultimap; } void store(const char* filename){ std::ofstream ofs(filename); boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs); oa << this; } void load(const char* filename){ std::ifstream ifs(filename); boost::archive::text_iarchive ia(ifs); ia >> this; } void fillMaps(){ //code to allocate B objects and put them in BMap and fill strMultimap with whatever number of key:value pairs } class B { friend class boost::serialization::access; public: std::string str; unsigned int num; B::B(void) : str("a string") , num(7) { } template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & str; ar & num; } }

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Building on Mac with Snow Leopard
by DeNigris Sean 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi list, I downloaded 1.40.0 and started to build on my mac, but "./bootstrap.sh --help" gave me back "command not found" in Terminal. It turned out that the permissions for bootstrap.sh were wrong (executable bit not set), so I had to "chmod 755 bootstrap.sh" first. Just a heads-up if anyone else runs into this. Cheers! Sean DeNigris sean(a)clipperadams.com

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[Serialization] Serialization of function pointers
by elizabeta petreska 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hello everybody This is my first post to the list. Can I serialize C++ function pointer ? I search around and found that it could not be done ( although I am not sure ). If it can not be done, whats the explanation about it ? Thanks

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BJam scans entire disk for compilation
by Parijat Garg 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi! I recently migrated all my C++ project compilation to BJam. While it has saved me a lot of hassles, I found that BJam takes too much time preparing for compilation. I ran an strace and found that BJam is scanning through my entire disk - perhaps looking for compilation targets. Is this a usual thing or are my compilation scripts likely to be misconfigured? Help will be much appreciated. Parijat

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[Review] We're halfway through the GGL review
by Hartmut Kaiser 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hey all, We're halfway through the GGL review (see attached review announcement) it is planned to end November 15th. Now would be a good time to send in your reviews! Regards Hartmut ------------------- Meet me at BoostCon http://boostcon.com

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[BGL] Schultes and Sanders Contraction Hierarchies Routing
by Stephen Woodbridge 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi all, Has anyone looked at supporting Drs Schultes and Sanders Contraction Hierarchies Routing using Boost Graph? See here for more info on this: http://algo2.iti.kit.edu/english/routeplanning.php This requires lots of preprocessing of the graph, but offers 10-100 times faster performance on shortest path solutions. If Andrew, Jeremiah or others have time to look at some of the papers, I would be interested in your thoughts on supporting this or even knowing that BGL might be the wrong tool to implement this with. Thanks for any feedback you might be able to offer. Best regards, -Stephen Woodbridge

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Exceptions and throwing across module boundaries
by Josh Faust 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

One of the problems with exceptions that we've run into recently is throwing across module boundaries -- we hit a case where an exception thrown in one module cannot be caught as anything but a std::exception in a module compiled with different settings (same compiler -- gcc 4.2). This is of course item #62 in "C++ Coding Standards". Since we'd prefer to use exceptions rather than return codes as our error reporting mechanism, I'm currently investigating possible solutions to this. I was hoping to find something applicable boost, but it looks like boost doesn't differentiate between throwing in a header vs. throwing in a module -- for example, Boost.Thread has a few throw statements in cpp files (both in posix and win32). Is this just an issue that hasn't been enough of a problem to address? The approach I am considering is wrapping module interfaces with a translation layer which turns an exception to an error code, which is re-translated back to an exception in the header used by client code. Has anyone done anything similar? Is there something in boost like this already? (I was hoping to find something in Boost.Exception, but it does not appear to solve this situation). Thanks Josh

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[Fusion] Views of Associative Sequences
by James Knight 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

I'm trying to find a solution to the following problem. If I have an associative sequence such as a fusion::set and I make a filter view of it, the view is not a model of an associative sequence and does not support the has_key and at_key functions. I can use fusion::as_set on the view to get an associative sequence again, but this doesn't really have the effect I want as it results in a set holding copies of the original data whereas the view referenced the original data. Example below. Would it be possible to create a view which supported the associative sequence interface? Any suggested alternative approaches? Thanks Nate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #include <boost/fusion/include/set.hpp> #include <boost/fusion/include/intrinsic.hpp> #include <boost/fusion/include/filter_view.hpp> #include <string> #include <boost/type_traits/is_arithmetic.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/placeholders.hpp> namespace fusion = boost::fusion; using boost::mpl::_; int main() { typedef fusion::set<int,double,std::string> set_t; set_t s(1,2.0,"hello"); fusion::filter_view<set_t,boost::is_arithmetic<_>> filtered_view(s); fusion::front(filtered_view) = 4; //modifies s fusion::result_of::as_set<fusion::filter_view<set_t,boost::is_arithmetic<_> > >::type filtered_set(filtered_view); fusion::at_key<int>(filtered_set) = 16; // modifies the copied data in filtered_set. }

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naming delayed variables string in boost lamdba
by Emanuele Rocci 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi AllI am getting familiar with boost::lambda.Today I learnt about delayed variable and usage of boost::constant in lambda expression.Do you know why when I try to declare delayed variables for string like I do belowthe compiler gives me each time an error?I tried the following constant_type<const char*>::type _msg_a(constant("my msg"));constant_type<const std::string>::type _msg_b(constant("my msg"));constant_type<std::string>::type _msg_c(constant("my msg")); If I use constant( "my msg" ) inside a boost lambda expression everythingis fine but I cannot declare correctly a delayed variable.Do you know how to fix it or where I can get some details?Thanks in advanceMn _________________________________________________________________ Facile, veloce, sicuro: scarica Internet Explorer 8 per MSN http://www.microsoft.com/italy/windows/internet-explorer/msn.aspx

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[string-algo] split() input
by Igor R 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

The following is split() function declaration: template<typename SequenceSequenceT, typename RangeT, typename PredicateT> SequenceSequenceT & split(SequenceSequenceT &Result, RangeT &Input, PredicateT Pred, token_compress_mode_type eCompress = token_compress_off); Why the 2nd parameter (Input) is declared as a non-const reference? Is it changed by the function? The problem is that it doesn't compile (gcc 4.2) when Input is a temporary.

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[config] disabling _MSC_EXTENSIONS disables win32
by Igor R 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hello, In visualc.hpp I found the following: #if !defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) && !defined(BOOST_DISABLE_WIN32) # define BOOST_DISABLE_WIN32 #endif I.e., disabling MSVC-specific exnetions (/Za) disables also WIN32, which, in turn, leads to undefined BOOST_WINDOWS. So if I try to compile my project with /Za, nothing compiles, because there're lot of places where BOOST_WINDOWS is used to select platform-dependant implementation (eg., in ASIO). But if I understand correctly, the purpose of disabling MSVC *language* extenstions is to ensure that the code is portable & standard-complient. So it seems to be incorrect to imply from this BOOST_DISABLE_WIN32. Am I wrong? Thanks.

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doubt on lambda expression
by Emanuele Rocci 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi AllI started playing with boost::lambda and I need some help or some clarification about itor some hint to better understanding how does it work. I have this piece of code using namespace boost::lambda;using boost::lambda::var; int main(int argc, char** argv) { std::vector< int > myList; myList.push_back(100); myList.push_back(200); int interval = 20; std::for_each( myList.begin(), myList.end(), ( std::cout << "value: " << _1 << "\n", std::cout << "interval: " << var( interval ) << "\n", var( interval )++ ));} I understood that writing a lambda expression would be a substitutefor writing a functor. I expected the following result value: 100interval: 20value: 200interval: 21 Instead I had the following intervalfirst value: 1002020021 Why the strings "interval" and "first" are not written for each value and how can I achieve this?Kind RegardsMn _________________________________________________________________ Più di 30 Web Radio: le trovi su Messenger http://www.messenger.it/radioMessenger.aspx

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Thread Checking Tools
by Alexander Gray II 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi, What thread checking tool (if any) is being used to ensure the boost threading model is doing the right thing? I'm currently evaluating various tools, and non of them really support this threading model. For instance, when I run the Boost threading examples through Intel Thread Checker, I get a bunch of "errors" from the tool. Someone else ran across this, and Intel's response was pretty much "we don't support Boost Threading Model": http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-parallel-studio/topic/68875/ along with same response from Microsoft CHESS: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/chess/thread/3be2348f-661a-4f… I evaluated "helgrind" and "drd", but our suppression files were getting so large, the poor tool couldn't handle it. Any ideas how I can verify our application is truly thread safe if we use Boost? Thanks, -alex-

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Rading data from streambuf
by Lloyd 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi, How can we read data from a streambuf? I am using boost asio. My code is as follows- boost::asio::streambuf stream; boost::asio::async_read_until(Socket, stream,string("\r\n"), boost::bind(&TCPConnection::HandleRead, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error)); .... .... How can i get the data from "stream" as a "char *buffer" or as a "string" Thanks, Lloyd ______________________________________ Scanned and protected by Email scanner

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concatenate strings?
by pedro chaparro 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

hi, i'm wondering if there is some function into boost to concatenate several strings to have just a long one? thanks -- Ing Pedro Alonso Chaparro Valero Ciudad Politecnica de la Innovación iTEAM - Mobile Communications Group Polytechnic University of Valencia C\ Camino de Vera S/N, Edificio 8G 46022 Valencia, Spain

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Constructing a shared pointer from a const pointer
by veerus 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi All, I have been in trouble for a day solving this seemingly simple problem - constructing shared_ptr<X> from const X& without copying the X object. The programming logic does not allow me to construct the shared_ptr like this: SX x = SX( new X( x ) ); Consider the following piece of code: void foo( const X& x ) { typedef shared_ptr<X> SX; SX px = SX( &x ); bar( px ); } The compiler gives the following error: In shared_ptr.hpp at line 184: 'initializing' cannot convert from 'const X *' to 'X*'. Please suggest any procedure to solve this problem. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Constructing-a-shared-pointer-from-a-const-pointer-tp… Sent from the Boost - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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BGL - parallel/distributed
by Ondrej Sluciak 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Does anybody know how to use the functions in graph/parallel and graph/distributed? I couldn't find any references in documentation to parallel/distributed processing in graph lib, though there is obviously such functionality. Is it the same implementation as in Parallel BGL project (http://www.osl.iu.edu/research/pbgl/)? I must say that the documentation of graph library desperately needs an update.

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[Asio] Is shared_ptr with async_send_to ok?
by Dylan Klomparens 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

I'm using a UDP socket to send data asynchronously. I know I need to preserve the data in a buffer until the async write is complete. Can I use a shared_ptr to accomplish this? Basically, my question is, will async_send_tokeep a copy of my shared_ptr so that the data doesn't get deleted? Do I need to use a particular overload of the boost::asio::buffer function to ensure that a copy of the shared_ptr is stored? Here is an example: boost::asio::streambuf Buffer; // ... buffer is filled with data ... int BufferSize = Buffer.size(); boost::shared_ptr<unsigned char> SharedBuffer(new unsigned char [BufferSize]); Buffer.sgetn(*SharedBuffer, BufferSize); Buffer.consume(BufferSize); Socket.async_send_to(boost::asio::buffer(*SharedBuffer, BufferSize), DestinationEndpoint, boost::bind(&MyClass::OnPacketSent, this, boost::asio::placeholders::error, boost::asio::placeholders::bytes_transferred)); // Shared buffer goes out of scope here, immediately!

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Boost.Asio: "End of file" when receiving data
by tiredashell 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

In addition to the "parameter is incorrect" error which I inquired about earlier (and remains unsolved), I am getting "End of file" sometimes when I attempt to receive data such as in the code below. Please offer some guidance as to its cause, because there is absolutely no documentation on what either of these errors mean. char reply[1024]; boost::system::error_code error; size_t reply_length = s.receive(boost::asio::buffer(reply, 1024), 0, error); if (error) cout << error.message() << endl;

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running a server "in background mode" ??
by pedro chaparro 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi, i need to use a server inside of other code application, i take the example from http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/boost_asio/tutorial/tutdaytim… and it works but the server stay in listening mode and there is other code after that i'd like continue executing, is possible tu run the server let's say like in a background mode? thanks -- Ing Pedro Alonso Chaparro Valero Ciudad Politecnica de la Innovación iTEAM - Mobile Communications Group Polytechnic University of Valencia C\ Camino de Vera S/N, Edificio 8G 46022 Valencia, Spain

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[inteprocess] Use of duration for the message_queue timed functions
by Achal Shah 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

A suggestion for the message_queue class is to overload timed_send and timed_receive so that they can accept a duration (say in milliseconds). I believe currently they work on an absolute time being reached. Thanks, - Achal.

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Two questions on boost::function
by CHRISTOPHE KOUDELLA, CITADEL INVESTMENT G 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hi, I am hopng to get some help from boost::function users on two questions I have. First, is it possible to extract the underlying functor out of a function? The reason for this is that it is useful to have the boost::function abstraction to move around functors in a generic fashion, but the interface is obviously limited to operator(), so being able to extract the underlying class out of a boost::function would be useful. I am thinking mostly about applied math applications in which functions are defined by more than an operator, whence the interface of boost::function is sometimes insufficient. Second, I was looking to implement a "function algebra" for boost::function (of a given arity, for a start). This algebra would implement sum, difference, product, composition, etc... operations on a pair of like boost::functions. In a template implementation in order to implement the operator() of the result boost::function, I need to access the result type and the argument types of the boost::functions being operated on. So, suppose I want to implement a product operation on a pair of template functors, then in order to define the operator() of the product of the functors, I need the result and argument types. Does boost::function make these types available as some typedefs? Does what I say make at all sense or would you proceed entirely differently in order to define such operations on boost::function? Thanks for any input, CK

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Boost.Asio: "The parameter is incorrect" when assigning native socket
by tiredashell 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

The error in the subject line occurs when attempting to assign a native socket to a Boost.Asio socket. I realize it's not very helpful since I'm not explaining where I am getting nativeSocket, but I was hoping someone let me know in general the cause of such an error, since there doesn't appear to be any documentation on it. I am almost positive that it is a valid socket, and its integer value is normally around 740. boost::asio::io_service ioserv; boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket s(ioserv); boost::system::error_code error; s.assign(boost::asio::ip::tcp::v4(), nativeSocket, error); if (error) cout << error.message() << endl;

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at_thread_exit() never getting called
by cowwoc 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi, I am registering boost::this_thread::at_thread_exit() against one of my threads. When the main thread exits using "return 0" the at_thread_exit hook never gets invoked. Is this normal? Is there a way to hook the main thread shutting down? Thanks, Gili -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/at_thread_exit%28%29-never-getting-called-tp26053513p… Sent from the Boost - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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getting shape of numpy array
by TheLonelyStar 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi, I am trying to interaface a numpy array using boost::python::numeric::array. void function(numeric::array& a) { tuple shape=extract<tuple>(a.getshape()); double x; int i,j; for(i=0;i<shape[0];++i) for(j=0;j<shape[1];++j) x=extract<double>(a[make_tuple(i,j)]); } Now I had to add numeric::array::set_module_and_type("numpy", "ndarray"); to the module, hope that was correct. When I call this function in python, I get: AttributeError: 'numpy.ndarray' object has no attribute 'getshape' What is the correct way to do it? Thanks! Nathan -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/getting-shape-of-numpy-array-tp26275771p26275771.html Sent from the Boost - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[function] Defect or feature?
by Germán Diago 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hello. I think this code should work (or convince me why not): #include <boost/function.hpp> class A {}; class B : public A {}; typedef boost::function<void (A &)> F; void hello(B &) { } int main() { F f(&hello); } Since A & can accept Bs &, should this code work?

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rule.ipp(173) : error C1128: number of sections exceeded object file format limit : compile with /bigobj
by HT4N - 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

I have quite a big grammar now, and basically I have multiple grammars separated into many files and at the root grammar I have many alternations like the following: Root = GrammarA | GrammarB ... | GrammarZ It looks like, the compiler complaining about the size of the inline code. Here is the error message from the compiler: "boost\spirit\core\non_terminal\impl\rule.ipp(173) : error C1128: number of sections exceeded object file format limit : compile with /bigobj" What is the solution to this issue? If I move the grammar definition to .cpp files will it help? Thanks HTan _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9690331&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-U…

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What is the equivalent of pt_parse() in Spirit 2.1
by HT4N - 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

I want to be able to generate ParseTree and dump it into xml like in Spirit Classic. In the Classic we call pt_parse() which return tree_parse_info and we can dump it into XML easily using tree_to_xml(). Do we have the same functionality in Spirit 2.1? Thanks HT _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9690331&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-U…

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program_options and wstrings
by Yang Zhang 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

I had some questions about using program_options with wstrings. I'm a bit confused after reading the documentation: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/program_options/howto.html#id… http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/program_options/design.html#p… Excerpt: """ - Each parser should accept either char* or wchar_t*, correctly split the input into option names and option values and return the data. - For each option, it should be possible to specify whether the conversion from string to value uses ascii or Unicode. - The library guarantees that (1) ascii input is passed to an ascii value without change, (2) Unicode input is passed to a Unicode value without change, and (3) ascii input passed to a Unicode value, and Unicode input passed to an ascii value will be converted using a codecvt facet (which may be specified by the user). """ Bullet 1 tells me the system takes both char* and wchar_t*. Bullet 2 tells me that each option can request the string it's handed to be first coerced as either a char* or wchar_t*. This is the only char/wchar_t conversion that happens in the system (codecvt). Why, then, can't I say value<wstring> (besides wvalue<wstring>)? And why do I need to specify command_line_parser vs. wcommand_line_parser? The complexity stems from the fact that there seem to be three sets of variables in the code: - value vs. wvalue - [w]value<string> vs. [w]value<wstring> - command_line_parser vs. wcommand_line_parser I find it unclear what the consequences are of setting each of these one way vs. the other. Any explanations? Related: I ran into this bug: http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2008/02/34016.php https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1645 Why does this happen? -- Yang Zhang http://www.mit.edu/~y_z/

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program_options positional and required arguments
by Yang Zhang 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

More usability issues with program_options: I couldn't really find much mention of positional options in the docs. I'm writing a typical command line program: one that takes some set of optional options and a single required positional argument. Currently, I'm doing (where namespace po = boost::program_options): po::options_description desc("Allowed options"); desc.add_options() ("help,h", "show this help message") ... ("exe", po::wvalue<vector<wstring> >(), "the command line to execute"); po::positional_options_description posopts; posopts.add("exe", -1); po::variables_map vm; po::store(po::wcommand_line_parser(argc, argv). options(desc).positional(posopts).run(), vm); po::notify(vm); if (vm.count("help") > 0) { cout << desc << endl; return 0; } ... if (vm.count("exe") == 0) { cerr << desc << endl; return 1; } wstring exe(vm["exe"].as<vector<wstring> >()[0]); I had to add the exe option to the regular (non-positional) options_description as a vector<wstring>, causing it to show up as an option in the usage message. Omitting it resulted in errors about the option being unregistered (even after trying to add allow_unregistered). Why would I get this error? Shouldn't the wcommand_line_parser::run method be doing this checking after it has collected all the sets of option descriptions? Can I get rid of this? What's the proper way to express what I want? Is there a way to require the positional argument occur (1) at least once and (2) at most once (besides manual checks after parsing)? The configuration of positional options doesn't seem to be quite as rich as those for normal options; is this accurate? Thanks. -- Yang Zhang http://www.mit.edu/~y_z/

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program_options hierarchical options
by Yang Zhang 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Is there an example of using program_options to build a hierarchical options parser (a la svn, apt-get, git, etc.), in which earlier options select parsers for later options? -- Yang Zhang http://www.mit.edu/~y_z/

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[interprocess] Performance problem with managed_shared_memory
by Moritz 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi there, I have a performance problem using the managed_shared_memory and the interprocess_vector. I attached a minimalistic, compilable example that demonstrates this. I create a vector that contains a simple class and I write into this vector. If the vector is located in the shared_memory this takes much longer than if it is located in the process-local memory. The main difference then is the used allocator. But I can not explain it. If I run the attached code, I get the following results: (running on Ubuntu 8.10, Boost version 1.40, gcc-Version 4.3.3) SHMEM_TESTING: Mean: 0.024768 seconds. else Mean: 0.015022 seconds. I do not understand where the difference results from. Is there anybody who has an explanation for that? #include <boost/interprocess/containers/vector.hpp> #include <boost/interprocess/allocators/allocator.hpp> #include <boost/interprocess/managed_shared_memory.hpp> #include <boost/thread/xtime.hpp> #include <iostream> #include <vector> namespace ipc = boost::interprocess; double get_timestamp() { boost::xtime timestamp; boost::xtime_get(&timestamp, boost::TIME_UTC); return timestamp.sec + ((double)timestamp.nsec / 1000000000.0); } class Point3f { public: double x; double y; double z; }; #define VECTOR_ELEMENTS 500000 int main() { #define SHMEM_TESTING #ifdef SHMEM_TESTING ipc::shared_memory_object::remove("shmem"); ipc::managed_shared_memory managed_shm( ipc::create_only, "shmem" , VECTOR_ELEMENTS*3*sizeof( double ) + 1024 ); typedef ipc::managed_shared_memory::segment_manager segment_manager_t; typedef ipc::allocator<void, segment_manager_t> void_allocator; typedef ipc::allocator<Point3f, segment_manager_t> Point3fAllocator; typedef ipc::vector<Point3f, Point3fAllocator> Point3fVector; void_allocator alloc( managed_shm.get_segment_manager() ); Point3fVector * vec = managed_shm.construct<Point3fVector>( ipc::unique_instance )( alloc ); if ( !vec ) return -1; #else ipc::vector<Point3f> * vec = new ipc::vector<Point3f>(); // std::vector<Point3f> * vec = new std::vector<Point3f>(); #endif for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < VECTOR_ELEMENTS; ++i ) { vec->push_back( Point3f() ); } double sum = 0; unsigned int count = 0; for ( ; count < 20; ++count ) { double t1 = get_timestamp(); for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < vec->size(); ++i ) { ( *vec )[i].x = i; ( *vec )[i].y = i; ( *vec )[i].z = i; } sum += get_timestamp() - t1; } std::cerr << std::fixed << "Mean: " << sum/static_cast<double>(count) << " seconds." << std::endl; return 0; }

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Re: [Boost-users] boost thread on x64
by Pascal Kesseli 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

Hi again In another attempt to compile my code using boost-thread headers, unfortunately none of the suggested preprocessor definitions worked. Does anyone see a possibility to make boost mingw64 compatible? Thx and best regards Pascal

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Avoiding reinventing the wheel for a public api with binary compatibility in mind
by Geoff Hilton 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

I'm writing a public api for a product which will be bundled as a precompiled dll or binary and one of my goals is binary compatibility (if not across major versions, at least across minor). I'd like to implement the pimpl idiom and reference counting for the handle classes as appropriate, but I'm worried about all the typical stuff (exception safety, memory leaks, etc) and I'd rather not reinvent the wheel. eg. template<typename T> class MyClass { public: T foo(); private: boost::shared_ptr<MyClassImpl<T> > impl; }; Using boost::shared_ptr would be great, but this means clients of my code would have to have the same version of boost installed that we use, and I imagine this could cause conflicts in the event that they happen to use boost (and a different version of it). I'd rather not include more code dependencies than I absolutely have to, especially if they may prove problematic in the future. What do I do? I know I'm not the first in this situation. How often have others opted for this dependency as opposed to furnishing their own alternative that would avoid additional dependencies (at the expense of the benefit of time-tested code)?

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[variant] Length of variant
by Seweryn Habdank-Wojewódzki 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

Hi, According to Karlsson boost::variant is limited to 11 elements. Is there any option to extend that? What are the real limitations for the VS 9.0 and GCC 4.0? If number might be extended what might happen e.g. during compilation? Is the size somewhere defined once or is spread in all the code of variant? Best regards, Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki.

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ASIO or Thread
by Lloyd 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

Hi, We need to develop a server in a LAN environment, in which the number of connections at a time will be less, but the data traffic per connection will be huge (gigabytes). So for the best performance which library is better? ASIO or Thread? Is thre is any specif advice for attaining the maximum performace (data rate)? I am a newbie. Thanks, Lloyd ______________________________________ Scanned and protected by Email scanner

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tons of errors because boost::thread::thread() in thread/detail/thread.hpp is private
by tiredashell 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

I am successfully using Boost.Thread on Windows without a hitch, but when porting my program to OSX I get the following compile error, followed by an enormous chain of errors that probably are a derivative of it: ./boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:108: error: ‘boost::thread::thread(boost::thread&)’ is private When checking the class that it mentioned, it appears that it is in fact declared as private for some reason. Is there a reason I'm only receiving this error on OSX, and how can it be fixed?

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[Boost Asio] Newtork Programming
by Boost lzw 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

Folks, I want to start learning network programming + socket programming so that I can understand Boost.Asio and beyond it. Any good books for beginners or online resources to recommend? I have MSVS 2008 Profssional on Windows XP Professional installed on my PC. Thanks in advance, Robert

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Building Boost on Snow Leopard (with Xcode 3.2 installed)
by Manfred Schwind 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hi, I'm trying to build boost 1.40 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (with Xcode 3.2 is installed). This is the command I used to use on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Xcode 3.1.x: bjam --prefix=/somepath --layout=versioned toolset=darwin architecture=combined address-model=32_64 link=static install This used to give me great universal binaries (ppc/intel, 32-/64-bit). But since installing Snow Leopard and Xcode 3.2 it does not build anymore. No binaries are created and I get strange compiler errors like this: /usr/include/time.h:77: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘typedef’ /usr/include/time.h:124: error: ‘clock_t’ does not name a type In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/cwchar:52, from /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/bits/postypes.h:46, from /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/iosfwd:49, from /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/bits/stl_algobase.h:70, from /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/bits/char_traits.h:46, from /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/string:47, from ./boost/program_options/errors.hpp:12, from ./boost/program_options/options_description.hpp: 12, from libs/program_options/src/ options_description.cpp:10: I _assume_ the problem is gcc 4.2 that was probably installed by Xcode 3.2. I am also not sure if gcc 4.2 even supports PCC code generation. So is there a way to switch to gcc 4.0? Or any other solution for the problem? I tried toolset=gcc-4.0 instead of darwin. This resulted in some binaries, but they are not universal anymore, as far as I can see. Any ideas/hints how to successfully build boost on Snow Leopard? Thank you very much, Mani -- http://mani.de - friendly software iVolume - listen to music freehand LittleSecrets - the encrypted notepad Sahara - sand in your pocket Watchdog - baffle the curious

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Library failing
by Mathew Benson 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

I wrote a utility to abstract sending a data buffer to a central server with a single function call. I verified it works, and then split out the functionality into a library (.lib). I tried using it in a test application, but keep getting an "Access violation reading location 0x00000000" error. It occurs in the call: socket_.async_receive_from( boost::asio::buffer(data_, max_length), sender_endpoint_, boost::bind(&CommIn::handle_receive_from, this, boost::asio::placeholders::error, boost::asio::placeholders::bytes_transferred)); I'm using Visual C++ 2005 Express, and a UML to C++ modeler and code generator called Rhapsody. I'm not sure where to even begin troubleshooting this.

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[program_options] multiple_occurrences exception
by Sam Miller 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Is there a way to determine which option triggers the multiple_occurences exception to be thrown when calling program_options::store? As an example I have a component that takes a positional --exe argument. It would be nice to know when the exception is throw if --exe had been specified earlier in the command line. Thanks, Sam

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[serialization] Serializing const* to serialized data
by Noah Roberts 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Consider something like so: struct A { ...? }; struct B { std::list<A> items; }; struct C { A const* ptr_to_item_in_B_items; }; Serializing B is easy. Serialization of C ... not so much. The naive approach did not work because it wants a non-const pointer. Having read posts about the problem it seems the serialization library expects to modify the data pointed to, but I don't need or want that...I just want to recover the structure layout. Possible? Impossible?

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Slicing multi_array
by James Amundson 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hi, I want to write a function that operates on one-dimensional multi_array's and use it to modify the columns of a two-dimensional multi_array. I thought that this would be a straightforward application of slicing, i.e., views with dimensional reduction. However, my first attempt to do so does not compile. (Please see the attached source code.) When I try to pass a view to my function, I get: error: invalid initialization of non-const reference of type boost::multi_array_ref<double, 1ul>& from a temporary of type boost::detail::multi_array::multi_array_view<double, 1ul> I have now read the section on views and subarrays in the multi_array reference documentation several times, but I do not see how I can do what I want. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jim Amundson

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[ASIO]what's the meaning of CompletionCondition in boost::asio::async_read?
by zong jinliang 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

dears, in function: void async_read<file:///F:/boost_1_40_0/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/async_read/overload2.html> (AsyncReadStream & s,const MutableBufferSequence & buffers, CompletionCondition completion_condition,ReadHandler handler); I am puzzled for the variant: "CompletionCondition completion_condition". take follow code as example: boost::asio::async_read(socket_,boost::asio::buffer(...),boost::asio::transfer_at_least(1),boost::bind(...)); Before I think it'll return if read 1 bit, but at fact it return until receive EOF or buffer is full. So why need this variant? It can return when receive EOF or buffer is full if there is no this varant, just like: boost::asio::async_read(socket_,boost::asio::buffer(...),boost::bind(...));

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Re: [Boost-users] [date_time] obtaining the current time
by Eric J. Holtman 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Sean Farrow wrote: > > Hi: > > I need to obtain the users current local time in the users current > time zone. > > How would I go about doing this. Using a window operating system and > visual studio 2008. > boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::local_time();

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Get "Native" thread id - feature request
by Ondrej Sluciak 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hello, is there a way how to get the thread id that system assigns to thread? I mean the id that is located in "thread_info->id". It would quite nice if boost could return this value, because for example if I want to set name of the thread on windows using function SetThreadName(), I need exactly that id. In my application I would have to add this "feature" directly to boost::thread.hpp, which is not very nice solution. I know that also GetThreadName(myThread->native_handle()) should work, but if I do it like this I always get a Windows error "The procedure entry point GetThreadId could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll". And I also guess, that this new "feature" wouldn't destroy the overall design of boost::thread architecture. To get the "real" thread id is in my opinion in general a useful thing.

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[date_time] obtaining the current time
by Sean Farrow 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hi: I need to obtain the users current local time in the users current time zone. How would I go about doing this. Using a window operating system and visual studio 2008. Cheers Sean.

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[graph] Usage (and possible removal) of LEDA and Stanford GraphBase adaptors for Boost.Graph
by Jeremiah Willcock 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Are there any users of the LEDA and Stanford GraphBase adaptors for Boost.Graph? They are no longer actively maintained and there have been bug reports that the LEDA adaptor does not work with current versions of LEDA. If they are no longer used, Andrew Sutton and I will consider deprecating and/or removing them. Please reply if you would like these components kept in Boost.Graph. -- Jeremiah Willcock

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RTTI disabled in boost.graph
by Koh Hwee Miin 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

I'm building boost library on windows xp (32-bit) using visual c++ 2005, with RTTI enabled. Then I received a warning D9025 stating that "overriding /GR with /GR-", and after checking the jamfile I find out that RTTI was disabled for boost.graph library. I'm assuming boost library will work correctly with RTTI enabled all the while, and all my other projects are built with RTTI enabled. Will there be any undefined behavior if I try to use boost.graph in other RTTI projects? _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday. Find the right PC for you. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop

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[Serialization]
by Dylan Klomparens 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hello, I have 2 questions regarding the Serialization library: ========================= I have a function that I am using to load a serialized class, called "Configuration". A particular line in the function produces a warning message. Should I be worried about this warning? The function is below, with a comment denoting the warning-producing line. void Configuration::Save(const string& Name) { ofstream Out(Name.c_str()); if(Out.fail()) throw runtime_error("Error: unable to save configuration file."); boost::archive::text_oarchive Archiver(Out); Archiver << *this; // This line produces the warning. } The warning is: C4308: negative integral constant converted to unsigned type ... error is from file: \boost\mpl\print.hpp line: 51 ========================= In a separate question, I'm wondering why this code compiles: template<class Archive> void save(Archive& ar, const boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint& endpoint, unsigned int version) { unsigned short Port = endpoint.port(); ar << endpoint.address().to_string(); ar << Port; } But this code does not compile: template<class Archive> void save(Archive& ar, const boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint& endpoint, unsigned int version) { ar << endpoint.address().to_string(); ar << endpoint.port(); } The only difference is endpoint.port() is stored in a seperate unsigned short. ========================= Any help is much appreciated! -- Dylan

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[Spirit] [bind] Compiler warning dependent on number of rules?
by Norbert Wenzel 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hello, I'm currently parsing some data using Spirit together with boost::bind to set the callbacks for Spirit. In release build I get a compiler (gcc 4.4.1) warning from bind: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘val’ does break strict-aliasing rules I was able to find the lines causing this problem by commenting them out, rebuilding and the error got away. The strange thing is, that when I copy some other parsing rules, that previously compiled without any warning, I get the same warning again. When trying to create a simple example to post here, it seemed that the actual parsing code (that is the only code that uses boost::bind) was exchangeable. It was the number of options in the parsing rule that caused the warning to appear (which I really do not understand). The parsing rule looks like this: parse(someString.c_str(), ( *( str_p('+') >> str_p('(') >> real_p[boost::bind(&Object::func_param, boost::ref(m_curObmect), _1)] >> str_p(')') | str_p('+')[boost::bind(&Object::func, boost::ref(m_curObject), _1)] /*| str_p('+') >> str_p('(') >> real_p[boost::bind(&Object::func_param, boost::ref(m_curObmect), _1)] >> str_p(')') | str_p('+')[boost::bind(&Object::func, boost::ref(m_curObject), _1)] [... to be repeated ...] */ ) ) , space_p).full; The goal is to find either "+" or "+(double)", which works as expected. causesThe signatures of the Object functions are Object::func_param(double param); and Object::func(char); The rule can be copied 7 times, leading to 14 options, without any warning. If I add one 8th copy of these lines, or if I just add a 15th option (independent of the actual line I copy) I get the warning again. My system is an Ubuntu Karmic 64bit machine, using gcc 4.4.1, boost 1.39 headers and simply including "boost/spirit.hpp", which means I get the deprecation warning for that file at the moment. I'd be thankful for any suggestions, since for now, I do not even know where to look further. I do not have any idea what might cause this warning. thanks, Norbert

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multi_index and shared_ptrs
by Daniel Burrows 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

I'm having trouble getting multi_index's key extractors to play nicely with shared_ptr objects. I'm trying to eliminate my custom hash and equality objects in this code: class screenshot_cache_entry : /* ... */ { /* ... */ public: const screenshot_key &get_key() const; /* ... */ }; class hash_cache_entry { public: size_t operator()(const boost::shared_ptr<screenshot_c ntry> &entry) const { return boost::hash<screenshot_key>()(entry->get_key()); } }; class cache_entry_equal { public: bool operator()(const boost::shared_ptr<screenshot_cache_entry> &entry1, const boost::shared_ptr<screenshot_cache_entry> &entry2) const { return entry1->get_key() == entry2->get_key(); } }; typedef multi_index_container< boost::shared_ptr<screenshot_cache_entry>, indexed_by< hashed_unique<tag<by_screenshot_tag>, identity<boost::shared_ptr<screenshot_cache_entry> >, hash_cache_entry, cache_entry_equal>, sequenced<tag<ordered_tag> > > > cache_map; Note that all my custom hash and equality comparisons do is invoke get_key() and pass through to the corresponding operation on it. I've been back and forth over the documentation and past mailing list posts, and it seems like this "should" work: typedef multi_index_container< boost::shared_ptr<screenshot_cache_entry>, indexed_by< hashed_unique<tag<by_screenshot_tag>, const_mem_fun<screenshot_cache_entry, const screenshot_key &, &screenshot_cache_entry::get_key> >, sequenced<tag<ordered_tag> > > > cache_map; However, when I compile this, I get an error indicating that the index is attempting to apply hash() to the *shared pointer* rather than to the key object (at least it didn't just hash the pointer silently!) (...) screenshot_cache.cc:526: instantiated from here /usr/include/boost/multi_index/hashed_index.hpp:439: error: no match for call to ‘(const boost::hash<const aptitude::screenshot_key>) (const boost::shared_ptr<gui::<unnamed>::screenshot_cache_entry>&)’ With the ordered index, I get a similar problem (it tries to compare a screenshot_key to a shared_ptr). Can anyone shed some light on this problem? Thanks, Daniel

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boost::pool
by Hansjoerg 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hello, In my application I have a lot of small objects. For that I thought that it is the best to use an object pool..I have read the docu of object_pool...but I don't understand really how I have to use it.. Can one give me some hints? Another thing that I don't understand..Need I to know already during compiletime the max. number of objects? Regards Hansi

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multi_index with base class member
by david joeyoung 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

please give me some advices. I get a compile error,when to index on base class member. the codes are listed below: struct Foo { int a; }; struct Bar : public Foo { int b; }; struct idx0 {}; typedef multi_index_container< Bar, indexed_by< ordered_unique< tag < idx0 > ,member < Bar,int,&Bar::a> > > > test_type; Error 1 error C2440: 'specialization' : cannot convert from 'int Foo::* ' to 'int Bar::* ' and the codes are compiled in boost 1.40, vs 2008 sp1

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[scoped_ptr] How to cast from bast type to decived type
by Mario Klebsch 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello! I have a scoped_ptr<base_t>, which I reset() to new derived_t().: class base_t { }; class derived_t: public base_t { void Method(void) {} }; boost::scoped_ptr<base_t> Ptr; Ptr.reset(new derived_t()); Prior to using a scoped_ptr, I could write: ((derived_t*)Ptr)->Method(); I tried the following: boost::dynamic_pointer_cast< derived_t, base_t >(Ptr)>Method(); but it does not compile. :-( boost::dynamic_pointer_cast seems to only work for shared_ptr. Can anybody help me? 73, Mario P.S: I am using boost 1.38 - -- Mario Klebsch mkl(a)innodyne.de Innovative Dynamics GmbH http://www.innodyne.de Wiesenweg 9 Tel: +49 5304 91 19 410 38533 Vordorf / Rethen Fax: +49 5304 91 19 412 Geschäftsführer: Dipl. Phys. Gerhard Heidkamp Sitz: 38533 Vordorf - Rethen, Wiesenweg 9 Handelsregister beim Amtsgericht Hildesheim HRB 100553, USt-Id Nr. DE 215 876 442 SICHERHEITSHINWEIS: =================== Diese Email ist elektronisch signiert. InnoDyne versendet grundsätzlich seit dem 11.9.2006 verbindliche Dokumente nur als signierte PDF - Dateien oder elektronisch nachprüfbar signierte Emails. Juristisch und technisch verbindliche Dokumente dürfen das Haus InnoDyne nicht als andere Datei- formate verlassen. Sollten Sie ein signiertes, technisch oder kauf- männisch/juristisch verbindliches Dokument in einem anderen Dateiformat als PDF oder signierte Email von InnoDyne erhalten, so ist dies sehr wahrscheinlich ein Versehen des Versenders, eine Software - Fehlfunktion oder schlimmer noch, eine Fälschung. Wir bitten in einem solchen Fall um sofortige Information und Übermittlung solcher Dokumente an gl(a)innodyne.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkrywpMACgkQDwNq2neCwq7SbwCfewiXKOvyymLeWOMjkLqmmPbi 5aYAnR5FTZiuHfbQHSg21QEXOZN8j3Zc =Kz/D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[BGL] How to set a complex edge property using add_edge
by Cosimo Calabrese 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hi to all, I'm trying to use the add_edge( u, v, *p*, g ) overload of this function, but I've founded only example where the edge property of the graph is a single property. // ... typedef adjacency_list<vecS, vecS, directedS, no_property, property<edge_weight_t, int> > Graph; Graph g( 10 ); // add an edge with weight = 1 property<edge_weight_t, int> edge_property( 1 ); add_edge( 0, 1, edge property, g); // ... What about if I've multiple edge property? // ... typedef property < edge_ID_t, long, property < edge_weight_t, long, property < edge_other_prop_t, bool > > > edge_prop; typedef adjacency_list<vecS, vecS, directedS, no_property, edge_prop> Graph; // ... How can I set an edge_prop variable with all the edge properties? Thanks in advance, Cosimo Calabrese.

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[boost] [Review Results] Boost.Polygon library accepted into boost
by Fernando Cacciola 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Dear Boosters, [first of all allow me to apology for not doing this before. My small consulting bussines suddenly grew out of proportion and now is way over my head, keeping me working/managing 16 hours a day] I am pleased to announce that the Boost.Polygon library from Lucanus Simonson has been accepted into boost provided some of the most critical concerns, detailed below, are addressed first. First of all I would like to thank Lucanus and Intel Corporation for making this work available to all C++ developers around the world. I would also like to thank all the reviewers that participated (in no particular order nor degree of participation) Thomas Klimpel Frank Mori Hess Barend Gehrels Andreas Fabri Jeffrey Hellrung Tim Keitt Markus Werle Paul A. Bristow Robert Stewart Mathias Gaunard Michael Fawcett Steven Watanabe Joachim Faulhaber John Bytheway Sebastian Redl Mika Heiskanen John Phillips Kai Benndorf Hartmut Kaiser Arash Partow Maurizio Vitale Brandon Kohn David Abrahams Gordon Woodhull Daniel James John Maddock Tom Brinkman Bo Persson Mateusz Loskot Christian Henning Jean-Sebastien Stoezel The library had 6 yes votes and 4 no votes. Those who voted no made the following major complains and remarks (they are numbered as I will refer to them back later): Barend Gehrels: (1) According to his benchmarks, intersection algorithms are unnecesarily slow as if something where fundamentally wrong in the design and/or implementation. AFAICT the implication has not been proved or disproved so far, hence I consider it a red herring and cannot take it as a reason for rejecting the library, but it is important to look at it in detail. (2) As a major complain, the library is unusable in those domains where floating point support is a requirement (like GIS). (3) The library should contain some basic polygon geometry algorithms such as convex hull and centriod Phil Endecott: (4) There is no concept checking in the code so it is difficult to adapt. (5) There where too many warnings and build errors (but Luke fixed these) (6a) The documentation needs a better overview of operations supported by the concetps. (6b) It also needs the details on the algorithms complexities. (6c) It also misses the numerical requirements for the coordinate type. (6d) And tutorials. (7) Some operators are ambiguous and it would be better to keep just one of each "flavor". (8) The polygon_data template class is parameterized by a coordiante type rather than a point type. This makes it useless for integration with existing geometric data types Michael Fawcett: (5), (6a), (6d) (9) T9he API should provide versions using output iterators in addition to output container references. (10) Theoreticall the library would be usable with a user defined coordinate type (metting certain requirements now undocumented), for example a fixed point data type, but some details in the internal design and implementation prevents this. (11) As a major complain, the library is unusable in those domains where floating point support is a requirement (like GIS). Hartmut Kaiser: (11), (1) Fernando Cacciola: (12) The name of the library should change to better indicate that is restricted to Integral coordinates and two-dimensions. (13) The documentation must contain a "credits" section acknowledging all the people that participated in the review. For the library to be effectively accepted, points (5),(6a-d),(10), (12) and (13) should properly addressed ((5) is already done AFAICT) It would be quite significant if point (1) where looked into. Once again I thank Lucanus, Intel Corporation and all the reviwers. Best regards -- Fernando Cacciola SciSoft Consulting, Founder http://www.scisoft-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost

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[1.41.0] Beta 1 available
by Beman Dawes 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Boost release 1.40.1 beta 1 is available from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/ This release contains one new libraries and numerous bug fixes for existing libraries. For details, see http://beta.boost.org/users/news/version_1_41_0for details. To install the beta on your system, see http://beta.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/more/getting_started/index.html Please report any problems with the beta on the developers or users mailing list. Unless unexpected problems arise, the plan is to ship the final 1.40.0 release in a week to ten days. Thanks, --The Boost release team

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Warning while compiling asio UNDER_CE
by Carmelo Campione 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

I'm trying to compile my project with Asio support for Windows CE platform. I think, I don't need to define _WIN32_WINNT or _WIN32_WINDOWS but when compiling Asio headerI get this warning: "Please define _WIN32_WINNT or _WIN32_WINDOWS appropriately. For example:..." I find this warning coded in "socket_types.hpp" file. I'm using Boost library 1.40.0. How can remove this warning message? Can I ignore it? Thanks. Carmelo

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[1.41.0] CMake beta of the beta
by troy d. straszheim 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

The CMakeable 1.41.0 Boost has gone beta. Docs: http://sodium.resophonic.com/boost-cmake/1.41.0.beta1.cmake1/doc Tarballs and zipfiles: http://sodium.resophonic.com/boost-cmake/1.41.0.beta1.cmake1 If you've been waiting to try the cmake build, this is the time. Followups on the boost-cmake list, please, contact info at the top of the docs. -t

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[asio] why no random_access_handle on non-windows platforms?
by Zachary Turner 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

I notice there's a random_access_handle on windows, and is needed in order to use functions like async_read_some_at. Am I missing some obvious reason why there is not an analagous random access handle for posix systems? I guess I can define my own posix::random_access_handle, posix::basic_random_access_handle, posix::random_access_handle_service just like is done for windows, but i don't see why there is anything windows-specific about random access handles in the first place. Ultimately I need to be able to perform random access asynchronous file i/o on both linux and windows using a single codebase. Any advice appreciated.

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boost::interprocess communication between windows service and user application
by jmpulido 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi, I'm pretty new to boost::interprocess but I've been performing some successful communication tests between two applications, using boost::interprocess::shared_memory_object and boost::interprocess::mapped_region. But when one of those processes is a windows service, then I get a file not found exception (I've catched it and dumped it into a file), just after initializing a shared_memory_object. It seems that the shared memory is actually managed by means of a file in disk that probably the user is creating in a location and the service in a different one. I've been googling this issue for hours, but the only resource I was able to find is this conversation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/488877/boostinterprocess-between-windows… which has not been very helpful since I have no clue on how to use boost::interprocess::managed_windows_shared_memory or even if it could serve to my purpose somehow. Thank you.

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[mpl, preprocessor] Using BOOST_MPL_ASSERT in BOOST_PP_REPEAT
by Jean-Louis Leroy 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Consider: #define BOOST_PP_RDB_MPL_ASSERT(z, n, t) \ BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM( \ 2, 0, t)<BOOST_PP_CAT(BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(2, 1, t), n)>)); // in a file passed to BOOST_PP_ITERATE() BOOST_PP_REPEAT(n, BOOST_PP_RDB_MPL_ASSERT, (is_column_container, Col)) This works with msvc9 express but not with g++ 4.4.1. When I dig it I see that BOOST_MPL_ASSERT creates an identifier based on BOOST_MPL_AUX_PP_COUNTER() which in turns uses either __COUNTER__ (with msvc9) or __LINE__ (with g++). So with g++ we get name clashes when `n` is greater than one, because the ASSERT macro attempts to create several variables with the same name in the same scope. I guess I could copy the code of BOOST_MPL_ASSERT() in my BOOST_PP_RDB_MPL_ASSERT macro and incorporate `n` in the identifier. Is there a better solution ? Thanks, J-L

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ENH RQST: chdir in boost::filesystem
by Andrew Marlow 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

I have recently moved back to C++ from a 2 year spell with Java. The C++ code I am working on is for Windoze with Visual Studio 8. We are using boost 1.34.1. The prog I am working on has to do a few filesystem things so I have started to use boost::filesystem. However, there does not seem to be a way to change the current working directory using boost::filesystem. So I am forced to use chdir, which is _chdir on Windoze. On Unix the header for the prototype is in unistd.h, on Windoze it is in direct.h. So its back to good old ifdefs. Suddenly, java looks more attractive. Ifdefs are just so nostalgic.... Is there any chance this can be added to boost please? I realise that there may be more to it than just wrapping the chdir/_chdir call. There is the whole issue of return values versus exceptions, errno etc etc. I do not know what the current thinking is about these things in boost. Perhaps someone can enlighten me? -- Regards, Andrew M. http://www.andrewpetermarlow.co.uk

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[date_time] Creating a ptime from a double
by Ryan McConnehey 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

A lot of the constructors of ptime deals with getting the current system time or time structures. I have a double with the seconds and fractional microseconds from midnight January 1, 1970. What is the best way to create a ptime object from this double? Ryan

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Template operator() overloading for types in a mpl::vector
by Olivier Tournaire 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Hi all, I am currently trying to write a simple functor, and I would like to have the same overload for the operator () for all types in a mpl::vector. // Types definitions // Gray image types typedef boost::mpl::vector< boost::gil::gray8_image_t , boost::gil::gray16_image_t , boost::gil::gray32_image_t, boost::gil::gray32F_image_t , boost::gil::gray64F_image_t > gray_image_types; // RGB image types typedef boost::mpl::vector< boost::gil::rgb8_image_t , boost::gil::rgb16_image_t , boost::gil::rgb32_image_t > rgb_image_types; // Functor to compute min / max of an image over channels struct pixel_compare_less { template <typename PixelType> bool operator()( const PixelType& p1 , const PixelType& p2 ) const { return at_c<0>(p1) < at_c<0>(p2); } }; struct any_view_min_max { typedef std::pair<float, float> result_type; template <typename View> result_type operator()(const View& v) const { typedef typename View::iterator iterator; std::pair< iterator, iterator > result = boost::minmax_element( v.begin() , v.end() , pixel_compare_less() ); return std::make_pair( *(result.first) , *(result.second) ); } }; This works fine for 'gray_image_types', but need to be specialized for types in rgb_image_types. The specialization is the same, so, I am looking for an automated way to do this. "Manually", I can write this: template <> any_view_min_max_optimized::result_type any_view_min_max_optimized::operator()<rgba8_view_t>(const rgb8_view_t& v) const { // ... } template <> any_view_min_max_optimized::result_type any_view_min_max_optimized::operator()<rgba16_view_t>(const rgb16_view_t& v) const { // ... } And so on ... Could you help me to have an efficient way to do this for all types 'rgb_image_types' without writing each specialization ? Regards, Olivier

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[RegEx] Linking issues with boost 1.40.0 included directly in our tree
by Conrad Whelan 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Hi, we use boost in our build, however, instead of using all of the Boost.Build and linking infrastructure, we integrate the source files directly into our build. We've always done things this way and had no problem. The implicit linking is a bit of a pain. However, now I have a strange issue. I am currently upgrading from 1.39.0 to 1.40.0, and am getting linking issues in the regex library. In particular, the linker is getting undefined references for boost::re_detail::perl_matcher in files where we create boost::regex and boost::regex_match objects. When I look through the source for the perl_matcher template, I can find it in the boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher.hpp include file, which we include within our build. I've also included the src/ and performance/ directories from boost/libs/regex in our build, and the linking still doesn't work. Perhaps someone has an incite into any preprocessor flags that I need to set in order to create an implementation for these missing functions in 1.40.0? Note, we had this working fine for 1.39.0, and I need to upgrade for a bugfix for a different boost library. thanks in advance, conrad

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Re: [Boost-users] Template operator() overloading for types in a
by Tan, Tom (Shanghai) 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

>And so on ... Could you help me to have an efficient way to do this for all >types 'rgb_image_types' without writing each specialization ? Your situation seems similar to the one discussed here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1492204/is-it-possible-to-generate-ty pes-with-all-combinations-of-template-arguments. I actually refined the idea and modeled the mpl::for_each, and came up with this code pasted below for your reference.What you need to modify is to reduce the template arguments from 3 to 2 to suit your needs, hope it helps. #ifndef FOR_EACH_CARTESIAN_PRODUCT_H #define FOR_EACH_CARTESIAN_PRODUCT_H #include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/begin.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/end.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/deref.hpp> #include <boost/type_traits/is_integral.hpp> #include <iostream> #include <typeinfo> /* usage 1: typedef recursive::for_each_cartesian-product< stock::map_containers, stock::shrinker_equal_filters, stock::shrinker_method_tags, RunnableBody > benchmark_type; benchmark_type::run_all(); usage 2: typedef recursive::for_each_cartesian-product< stock::map_containers, stock::shrinker_equal_filters, stock::shrinker_method_tags, RunnableBody >::each_product<> benchmark_type; benchmark_type::run(); */ namespace recursive { using boost::is_same; using boost::is_integral; using boost::mpl::begin; using boost::mpl::end; using boost::mpl::next; using boost::mpl::if_; using boost::mpl::deref; using boost::mpl::size; using boost::mpl::advance; using boost::mpl::distance; using boost::mpl::int_; using boost::mpl::eval_if_c; namespace detail { static unsigned int total_recursions = 0; } // generate a Cartesian Product of 3 type sequences and apply RunnableBody on each generated type template < class UTypes, // Forward Sequence, e.g. boost::mpl::vector class VTypes, // Forward Sequence, e.g. boost::mpl::vector class WTypes, // Forward Sequence, e.g. boost::mpl::vector class RunnableBody // class type that has a nested templated run() member function > struct for_each_cartesian_product { // forward declaration template < class UIterator, class VIterator, class WIterator > class each_product; struct end_of_recursion_tag { static void run(RunnableBody& f) { #ifndef NDEBUG std::cout << "End of " << detail::total_recursions << " recursions: RunnableBody = " << typeid(RunnableBody).name() << std::endl; #endif detail::total_recursions = 0; } }; // convenient interface to run RunnableBody on all generated types static void run_all(RunnableBody& f = RunnableBody()) { each_product<>::run(f); } // this class implements recursion body template < class UIterator, class VIterator, class WIterator > struct next_product { // u_begin is not necessary ;) // it would be cheaper not to pre-declare all of them since we force evaluation // however this dramatically increase the readability typedef typename begin<VTypes>::type v_begin; typedef typename begin<WTypes>::type w_begin; typedef typename end<UTypes>::type u_end; typedef typename end<VTypes>::type v_end; typedef typename end<WTypes>::type w_end; typedef typename next<UIterator>::type u_next; typedef typename next<VIterator>::type v_next; typedef typename next<WIterator>::type w_next; typedef typename if_< is_same<typename w_next, w_end>, typename if_< is_same<v_next, v_end>, typename if_< is_same<u_next, u_end>, end_of_recursion_tag, each_product< u_next, v_begin, w_begin > >::type, each_product< UIterator, v_next, w_begin > >::type, each_product< UIterator, VIterator, w_next > >::type type; }; // interface // this class run test on generated types in thos round and go to next*/ template < class UIterator = typename begin<UTypes>::type, class VIterator = typename begin<VTypes>::type, class WIterator = typename begin<WTypes>::type > struct each_product { // publc accessible internals of this type typedef typename each_product< UIterator, VIterator, WIterator > this_type; // types typedef typename deref<UIterator>::type UType; typedef typename deref<VIterator>::type VType; typedef typename deref<WIterator>::type WType; // index types typedef typename distance<typename begin<UTypes>::type, UIterator>::type UIndexType; typedef typename distance<typename begin<VTypes>::type, VIterator>::type VIndexType; typedef typename distance<typename begin<WTypes>::type, WIterator>::type WIndexType; // core static void run(RunnableBody& f = RunnableBody()) { // increment recursion counter ++detail::total_recursions; //f.template <this_type>(); f.operator()<this_type>(); // generate <<next>> target type and go to the next round of recursion typedef typename next_product< UIterator, VIterator, WIterator >::type next_type; next_type::run(f); } }; // alternative interface template < size_t UIndex = 0, size_t VIndex = 0, size_t WIndex = 0 > struct each_product_by_index { static_assert(UIndex <= size<UTypes>::type::value, "too large stock container index"); static_assert(VIndex <= size<VTypes>::type::value, "too large stock shrinker_group_number index"); static_assert(WIndex <= size<WTypes>::type::value, "too large stock shrinker_group_size index"); typedef typename begin<UTypes>::type u_begin; typedef typename begin<VTypes>::type v_begin; typedef typename begin<WTypes>::type w_begin; static void run(RunnableBody& f = RunnableBody()) { // delegate to iterator-version each_product< typename advance<u_begin, int_<UIndex> >::type, typename advance<v_begin, int_<VIndex> >::type, typename advance<w_begin, int_<WIndex> >::type >::run(f); } }; }; // an example test function class impl. struct print_typeid { template< class T> void operator()() const { typedef typename T::UType U; typedef typename T::VType V; typedef typename T::WType W; typedef typename T::UIndexType UIndex; typedef typename T::VIndexType VIndex; typedef typename T::WIndexType WIndex; // print the typeinfo std::cout << "this is a demo implementation.\n"; std::cout << detail::total_recursions << "[" << UIndex::value ", " << VIndex::value ", " << WIndex::value << "]" << ": " << typeid(U).name() << "," << typeid(V).name() << "," << typeid(W).name() << std::endl; } }; }// namespace recursive_test

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Re: [Boost-users] Boost::Pool - Singleton_pool
by Paul Byrne 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

> From: Ondrej Sluciak <ondrej.sluciak(a)nt.tuwien.ac.at> > To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: [Boost-users] Boost::Pool - Singleton_pool > Message-ID: <4AEEFEED.7030905(a)nt.tuwien.ac.at> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi, > Is there a way on how to derive a class from pool::singleton_pool class? > Something like: > > template<typename T> > genericsingleton : boost::singleton_pool<boost::pool_allocator_tag, > sizeof(T)> > > If I want to do this I always get this error: > > Error 1 error C2248: > 'boost::singleton_pool<Tag,RequestedSize>::singleton_pool' : cannot > access private member declared in class > 'boost::singleton_pool<Tag,RequestedSize>' > c:\mycode\boosttest\boosttest\genericsingleton.h 23 > > Thank you for answer. > Hi Ondrej, I guess that you are getting this error when you try to construct an instance of your genericsingleton<> class. I don't believe that you will be able to do this because your base class has a private constructor. I suppose if you explain what your purpose is (by deriving from singleton_pool) then someone might be able to suggest a solution for you. Regards, Paul

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Interrupting Socket connect()
by Simon Reye 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

If I have a socket like so: boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket tcpSocket; and call connect in a boost::thread like so: tcpSocket.connect(endPoint, error); It will 'hang' for up to 30 seconds if it can't immediately connect to the end point. If I interrupt() and join() the boost thread it has to wait for the connect() call to finish. Is there a way to cancel or interrupt the connect() call? Thanks Simon

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Boost::Pool - Singleton_pool
by Ondrej Sluciak 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi, Is there a way on how to derive a class from pool::singleton_pool class? Something like: template<typename T> genericsingleton : boost::singleton_pool<boost::pool_allocator_tag, sizeof(T)> If I want to do this I always get this error: Error 1 error C2248: 'boost::singleton_pool<Tag,RequestedSize>::singleton_pool' : cannot access private member declared in class 'boost::singleton_pool<Tag,RequestedSize>' c:\mycode\boosttest\boosttest\genericsingleton.h 23 Thank you for answer.

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boost::thread on Windows CE?
by Frank Black 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi, So I've finally succeded in building some libs I need for Windows CE, using STLPort. One of those libs is thread. It builds fine, but when I try to use it from a simple sample I get some link errors (see below). What I wonder is if threads is even possible to use under WinCE? Looking at the code, theres only a folder for pthreads and one for win32, but inside the win32 files there's some UNDER_CE switches. Anyone had success using it under wince? The link errors I get is: Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol tss_cleanup_implemented referenced in function "void __cdecl boost::`anonymous namespace'::create_current_thread_tls_key(void)" (?create_current_thread_tls_key@?A0x78389a16@boost@@YAXXZ) libboost_thread-vc80-mt-sgdp-1_40.lib Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol gmtime referenced in function "public: static struct tm * __cdecl boost::date_time::c_time::gmtime(unsigned long const *,struct tm *)" (?gmtime@c_time@date_time@boost@@SAPAUtm@@PBKPAU4@@Z) libboost_thread-vc80-mt-sgdp-1_40.lib Thanks!

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[serialiization] Database archive
by Pascal Kesseli 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi everyone Currently, I am planning to apply the boost serialization library to my entity objects for allowing me to serialize them to XML for transmission over SOAP. I would also very much appreciate the possibility to store these entities in a relational database, if possible without any additional effort. Thinking of this, the possibility of creating an sqlite implementation of the archive class came to my mind. Is the archive interface suitable for such a task, thinking of issues like primary key management and so on? Or does such an implementation already exist? Thank you for any recommendations and best regards Pascal

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[thread] About the virtual in virtual operator()
by Richard Vock 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

I don't really know wether this is a Boost.Thread related question or a general c++ related, but since I couldn't decide I will disturb you first ;) Maybe you have the patience to look at this minimalistic framework (I stripped almost all functionality): http://pastebin.com/m7dcc833f This compiles well and running it gives me the expected: # starting # This is A # This is B # shutting down The problem is, that I want to run the kernels as threads. Have (again) a look at the highlighted lines (27-29): If I replace 27 by 28+29 I (expectedly) get a compile error since Kernel is abstract. However if I make it non-abstract by implementing the operator() in it, it is this function (namely Kernel::operator()) which get's called instead of TestKernel::operator(). Note that Program will not be able to know about the concrete child classes of Kernel so it cannot dynamic_cast<ConcretKernel*> the pointers and I don't want to use maschine-specific ways like __decltype. I imagine this is merely the old non-static member function pointer problem, however I tried dozens of ways to get around this and the only thing that worked was to add a ConcreteKernel::run() { thread t(*this); t.join(); } to *each* single child class of Kernel which gets rather un- managable with 50 and more descendants. I hope that made sense and that I didn't fail that hard, Richard Vock

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[Spirit] xml parse tree printing double leaf node
by HT4N - 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

When I generating parse tree and dump it using the built-in tree-to-xml function, even from a simple grammar, I wonder why it prints out the leaf node twice. For instance: Parameter = ParameterName >> ParameterValue; The tree it prints it looks more or less like the following (note the repetition of ParameterName and ParameterValue nodes): <Parameter> <ParameterName> <ParameterName> <value>Foo</value> </ParameterName> </ParameterName> </ParameterValue> <ParameterValue> <value>Bar</value> </ParameterValue> </ParameterValue> </Parameter> I would be expecting more something like: <Parameter> <ParameterName> <value>Foo</value> </ParameterName> </ParameterValue> <value>Bar</value> </ParameterValue> </Parameter> Is there any directive or secret that I don't know ? Thanks HT _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID247…

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