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[interprocess]: build on Solaris?
by Wolfgang Hottgenroth 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hi, is it true, that boost::interprocess will only built on i386 and especially not on Solaris? We got this, when building boost::interprocess on Solaris #error No atomic operations implemented for this platform, sorry! Thanks, Wolfgang

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for loop problem
by Vaclav 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hi all, Can you please tell me what is wrong with this? I do not know how to iterate thru a vector. The error is shown on the last line. Thank you Vaclav typedef boost::shared_ptr<MySillyClass> mySharedPtr; std::vector<mySharedPtr> vec; vec.push_back( mySharedPtr(new MySillyClass("bigString")) ); vec.push_back( mySharedPtr(new MySillyClass("smallOne")) ); vec.push_back( mySharedPtr(new MySillyClass("anotherOne")) ); vec.push_back( mySharedPtr(new MySillyClass("bullShit")) ); mySharedPtr ptr2 = vec[2]; if(ptr2.use_count() > 0) { ptr2->DoSomething(); // <------- works OK } for (std::vector<mySharedPtr>::iterator i = vec.begin(); i != vec.end(); ++i) { i->DoSomething(); // <------- gives error "DoSomething' : is not a member of 'shared_ptr<class MySillyClass>" }

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[fusion2/phoenix2] polymorphic function objects return type
by Chris Weed 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hi, I have been looking at fusion2 and phoenix2, and I noticed fusion2 suggests using "result" as polymorphic function objects return type, but the phoenix2 documentation suggests "apply" in the examples. Are these two different things, will they be merged, or am I missing something? Thanks, Chris

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[boost::transform_iterator] failure with std::vector::const_iterator
by Ovanes Markarian 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hello! I have an assertion failure using std::vector::const_iterator and boost::transform_iterator. I have a constant seq of constant string pairs delimited by special character (here ':'). My application needs only once to iterate through these pairs and return iterator ranges from the beginning until the colon and after colon until the end. I thought a transform iterator can do the job. I get in the marked position an assertion failure using MSVC 2005 Express Edition. Here the code snippet with problem description: #include <string> #include <vector> #include <utility> #include <functional> #include <boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp> #include <boost/range/iterator_range.hpp> #include <boost/utility.hpp> #include <boost/bind.hpp> typedef boost::iterator_range<std::string::const_iterator> iter_range; typedef std::pair<iter_range,iter_range> result_type; struct string_splitter : std::unary_function<std::string const&, result_type> { result_type operator()(std::string const& s)const throw() { iter_range r1(s.begin(), s.begin() + s.find(":")); iter_range r2(r1.end()+1, s.end()); return result_type(r1,r2); } }; typedef std::vector<std::string> str_vector; typedef str_vector::const_iterator vector_citer; typedef boost::transform_iterator<string_splitter, vector_citer> msg_opcode_citer; int main() { //create vector of strings and put 2 strings inside str_vector v; v.push_back(std::string("test1:opcode1")); v.push_back(std::string("test2:opcode2")); //!!!increment operator or dereference operator cause an assertion failure!!! // stating: "vector iterators incompatible" for(msg_opcode_citer curr = msg_opcode_citer(const_cast<str_vector const&>(v).begin(), string_splitter()), end; curr != end; ++curr) { result_type t = *curr; } return 0; } Did I miss something? With Kind Regards, Ovanes Markarian

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[review][bimap] Bimap accepted
by Ion Gaztañaga 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hi to all, The Bimap library submitted by Matias Capeletto has been accepted into Boost. Thanks to all reviewers and all who contributed to the library in the informal review. Thanks also to Matias for his submission and Joaquin for his mentoring effort on this Google SoC project. We've received 6 reviews (Alisdair, Fernando, Jeff, John, Thorsten and Tony), all of which were positive. If I weren't the review manager, I would also make a positive review of this library, so I'm pretty happy with the results. Now I have a bit of work reviewing all the comments, suggestions and Matias' replies to write an small summary of requested changes and conclusions. The "relation" view, and some basic names ("first"/"second" vs. "left"/"right") were the most active topics. But everyone has considered Bimap useful, well-written, and well documented. I'll post the summary following week. Regards, Ion

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Boost.Test on Cygwin
by n.torrey.pines＠gmail.com 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi I noticed that Cygwin does not include Boost.Test. Apparently, the maintainers could not build it. Should I try doing that myself, or is this a waste of time? Thanks

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[Iterator, MSV8] iterator_adaptor fails with undefined class
by Kris Braun 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi there, I'm using Boost 1.33.1. The following code compiles with MSVC7.1, but not with MSVC8: class Path { private: typedef std::vector< Path > PathList; public: class iterator : public boost::iterator_adaptor< iterator, PathList::const_iterator > { ... } MSVC8 gives this error: boost/type_traits/is_pod.hpp(34) : error C2139: 'fledge::Path' : an undefined class is not allowed as an argument to compiler intrinsic type trait '__is_pod' Any recommendations on a solution? Thanks, Kris --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful.

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[boost test] is this a bug in Boost.Test?
by n.torrey.pines＠gmail.com 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Playing with Boost.Test on VC++8, I encountered something odd. This little program: #define BOOST_AUTO_TEST_MAIN #include <boost/test/auto_unit_test.hpp> int factorial(int n) { if(n < 1) return 1; return n * factorial(n-1); } BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( factorial_test ) { BOOST_CHECK( factorial(10000) == 3 ); } Produces this output: ------- begin output ------ Running 1 test case... Press any key to continue . . . -------- end output ------ (this is debug mode, linked against libboost_unit_test_framework-vc80-mt-gd.lib): Changing "10000" to "1000" effects the correct behavior (error report). This might be related to some stack overflow issues, so if you can not reproduce this, you may want to try even greater arguments to "factorial". Is this a bug, or am I using the library incorrectly?

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[BGL] - filesystem graph
by Shams 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi, I would like to know how to "best" represent a filesystem using BGL. In this case the filesystem I want to describe is the unix/linux filesystem and its various paths from the root node "/". My questions: 1. What kind of graph is this filesystem and what is best to use in BGL to describe this? 2. How can I also best describe symbolic links (symlinks) and what kind of graph would this be, does this graph defer from the above? 3. How can I describe the metadata of a file (including symlinks) using BGL eg. given a path /usr/bin/ls I also want to stores its creation date, acl etc in BGL, how can I best describe this, is there where properties come in handy? 4. Are there any examples on this anywhere and/or does the BGL book describe any examples on this? Thanks Shams

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any boost iterator adapter to make it java style iterator ?
by abir basak 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

Hi, In some case I need a iterator which knows its position (index ) in the container, so that I can get the index back from iterator. The need is two fold. 1) This is needed for simultaneous traversal to different container. i.e i have vector<point> and vector<velocity> where each point corresponds to velocity at same position. Thus converting the iterator to the index helps. But even better if I have a multi iterator, which can club a set of iterators, and allow to return all of them (like (*it).point() returns point, (*it).velocity() returns velocity etc. Also it defines ++, -- etc the same way (i.e increments all these, or one in a logic , say next point is a jump in velocity by 2 etc), so that I can use boost::sub_range for these kind of iterator. 2) I need to convert iterator to index, as I need to store certain portion of a container (which changes its size) in a class. There I can only store index as iterator may get invalidated. It is something like, void mark_if_useful(point_sub_range r){///an portion of the container point_iterator it = r.begin(); for(; it != r.end() ; ++it){ if ((*it).x == 123 ) { ///ok certain criterion is fulfilled ///I need to mark (ans store tis position) ///I can't store *it as it is a pointer to a movable object ///However I can store (*it).index() may be it is 5th location in the vector, and (*it)>container() also the reference to the container ///may not be needed if the container is globally available. ///if some object also gets removed the the remove count from the container can be added to have a unique linear index (that can me done adding additional method to the container :) ) } } } -- Abir Basak, Member IEEE Software Engineer, Read Ink Technologies B. Tech, IIT Kharagpur email: abir(a)abirbasak.com homepage: www.abirbasak.com

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The future of boost::scope_guard
by Florin Trofin 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

Hi, I noticed that there is a scope_guard.hpp in the multi_index/detail folder. Are there any plans to make this very useful class part of the "official" library? Looking at the comments at the top there seem to be several TODOs. I also found this link: http://www.zete.org/people/jlehrer/scopeguard.html Florin.

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[filesystem] why no exceptions?
by n.torrey.pines 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Wouldn't it make more sense for filesystem::ifstream in("invalid_file_name"); to throw an exception rather than treat the error in the old fashion?

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[Ann] Boost and Google Summer of Code 2007
by John Maddock 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Dear Boosters, It is a pleasure to announce that Boost will be applying as a mentoring organization for the upcoming Google Summer of Code 2007. There is a lot of preparation work to be done and little time to do it. A page has been set up at the Boost Wiki: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Google_Summe… which will hold a list of preliminary ideas for students to take up and use in their own applications to GSoC07. Please feel free to contribute by directly editing the Wiki page. Any questions, requests for feedback etc. can be conducted through the Boost lists. Remember that this initiative, as Boost itself, is the result of many individuals' contribution and ideas, which means we are looking forward to *your* feedback. Sincerely, John Maddock

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Boost on scratchbox
by Amy Sockanathan 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

I am trying to build bjam to install Boost and am getting the following error...... [COMPILE] bin.linuxx86.debug/yyacc "gcc" -o bin.linuxx86.debug/yyacc -DOPT_HEADER_CACHE_EXT -DOPT_GRAPH_DEBUG_EXT -DOPT_SEMAPHORE -DOPT_AT_FILES -DOPT_FIX_TARGET_VARIABLES_EXT -DOPT_IMPROVED_PATIENCE_EXT -DYYSTACKSIZE=5000 -pedantic -g -O0 -fno-inline -Wno-long-long yyacc.c ...failed [COMPILE] bin.linuxx86.debug/yyacc... [COMPILE] bin.linuxx86.debug/mkjambase "gcc" -o bin.linuxx86.debug/mkjambase -DOPT_HEADER_CACHE_EXT -DOPT_GRAPH_DEBUG_EXT -DOPT_SEMAPHORE -DOPT_AT_FILES -DOPT_FIX_TARGET_VARIABLES_EXT -DOPT_IMPROVED_PATIENCE_EXT -DYYSTACKSIZE=5000 -pedantic -g -O0 -fno-inline -Wno-long-long mkjambase.c ...failed [COMPILE] bin.linuxx86.debug/mkjambase... ...skipped jambase.c for lack of mkjambase... ...skipped bjam for lack of jambase.c... ...skipped jam for lack of bjam... ...failed updating 2 targets... ...skipped 3 targets. Any suggestion what I need to get this to complie. I am using scratchbox on an Ubuntu machine. Thanks - Amy

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[signals] per slot mutexes
by Frank Mori Hess 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've got thread_safe_signals working with a single mutex per signal, which is only locked/unlocked once per signal invocation. However, it is causing problems with deletion_test.cpp. The deletion test checks if a slot is able to disconnect another slot which is ordered later in the same signal invocation. From the signals docs: "If a signal/slot connection is disconnected at any time during a signal's calling sequence, the calling sequence will still continue but will not invoke the disconnected slot." When the list of blocked slots is created at the beginning of signal invocation, before running any slots, then the signal invocation never notices that a later slot has been disconnected by an earlier slot. It seems to me the only solutions are to either keep per-slot locking, or to drop the requirement that the signal recognize changes to the connection status that happen while the invocation is in progress. I don't have a good feel for how important a feature this is. My inclination is to just keep per-slot locking. - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5uiA5vihyNWuA4URAkWCAKCPm3xLEp6z1K8Nk5Vp8wHVNKkXqwCfZ7Il eL0Axnl/SD/4m6i3j54OnfA= =lSky -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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(no subject)
by gzahl＠arcor.de 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hi, > Hello Manuel, >> Hi, >> >> Im defining a class with a multi_index_container as base. >> When i construct a instance of this class, and the >> multi_index_container is called, the program crashes. It even >> crashes, when i dont use it as a base class. > [...] >> This compiles just fine, but if i run the code i get the >> following backtrace after a Sigmentation Abort. It happens, >> when the queue::queue() is called. Someone a idee whats it >> about? Im new to boost::multi_index, so maybe i misunderstud >> something? Thank you > > Well, what you're doing is AFAICS correct, so you shouldn't > be getting this crash. You haven't provided a complete > test program showing producing the crash, so I wrote one > myself after what you've shown and tried it locally, no > problems here. Could you please try the attached jung.cpp > file? Does it crash also? If it doesn't then there's more > to your program than you have described, maybe you can > send compilable program showing the issue. If jung.cpp > crashes, then could you please provide the following info? The Testprogramm jung.cpp does not crash on my machines (im testing on a ubuntu 6.10 and a debian 3.1 system, both working with g++ 4.0.2) I will try to get a example which reproduces my error, but in the meantime i was thinking about the libc stuff. Maybe this is the real problem thing? i changed to 4.0.2 from a 3.x version just some weeks ago, so maybe here is the problem, because some lib im using is not compiled with 4.0.2? is there a way i can get the compiler version a library was compiled with? > > 1. What system are you running this on? > 2. The stacktrace mentions a failed assertion in libc.so. Can > you see the source code that's causing the assertion? Maybe > it sheds some light. Im not sure about, where to see this sourcecode? scoped_lock(lightweight_mutex & m): m_(m.m_) { pthread_mutex_lock(&m_); } these are the lines alst mentioned in the backtrace "/usr/local/include/boost/detail/lwm_pthreads.hpp:72" from #5. But this is not what you meant, right? > 3. Can you try the attached lock.cpp file? Crash/no crash? > I didnt tried, because example worked fine. > Looking forward to your response, Thanks for help so far. I hope we can fix it soon. Ill go on, cut some working code out, which reproduces the error. > Joaquín M López Muñoz > Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo Manuel Jung Viel oder wenig? Schnell oder langsam? Unbegrenzt surfen + telefonieren ohne Zeit- und Volumenbegrenzung? DAS TOP ANGEBOT JETZT bei Arcor: günstig und schnell mit DSL - das All-Inclusive-Paket für clevere Doppel-Sparer, nur 44,85 inkl. DSL- und ISDN-Grundgebühr! http://www.arcor.de/rd/emf-dsl-2

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[signals] dropping ThreadingModel template parameter
by Frank Mori Hess 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

It seems that now that we drop locks before running slots, we can get by with using boost/detail/lightweight_mutex.hpp for our mutex. Since it is header-only, and apparently compiles to a null mutex if the compiler is in single-threaded mode, I don't see much need for a ThreadingModel template parameter on the signal class any more. I'm dropping it from thread_safe_signals. -- Frank

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[signals] scoped_blocker for connections?
by Frank Mori Hess 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

I wonder if it might be convenient to provide a scoped_blocker object that lets a connection be blocked/unblocked in an exception-safe way, similar to how a scoped_lock locks a mutex, or a scoped_ptr owns allocated memory. A fancier scheme would be to provide a shared_blocker, where when you request a shared_block from the connection it does reference counting so the connection remains blocked until the last shared_blocker (requested by any connection handle object referring to the same connection body) goes out of scope. This could be implemented with a shared_ptr that has a custom deleter, and a weak_ptr kept in the connection body to allow different connection handles to get copies of the same shared_ptr. -- Frank

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boost::variant question
by Digvijoy Chatterjee 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hi, i have a boost::variant holding some C++ types which have to be inserted into the database : boost::variant<int, std::string, double > dbColumnValueVar; before i insert the value_type into the database I need to call a processing function which is overloaded for every datatype used in the variant ie. each of these functions are defined process ( int ); process ( std::string ); process ( double); template <class T> process(T); ..... what i do not understand is how do i use apply_visitor or some other tactic to automatically dispatch the call to the right process function as in : boost::variant<int, std::string, double > dbColumnVar; dbColumnVar = "hello world"; process ( dbColumnVar ); // should call process std::string ....but is always calling the generic template version ?? dbColumnVar = 1.3434; process ( dbColumnVar ); //again calls generic template not specialization cout << dbColumnVar is somehow able to get the correct overloaded << operator for the hidden datatype irrespective of datatype ?? Any help will be appreciated Thanks Digz

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iostreams::mapped_file optimal_buffer_size error
by Benjamin A. Collins 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

I'm trying to use iostreams::mapped_file as a source for a iostreams::filtered_istream, and it's not quite working out. I create my chain like this: boost::iostreams::filtered_istream in; in.push(boost::iostreams::zlib_decompressor()); in.push(boost::iostreams::mapped_file("some file name")); // error here I haven't dug too deeply yet because I'm hoping this is not new or obscure. gcc 3.3.5 on OpenBSD 3.9 reports the following error: [03.01.07 12:13:28 bc@qui-gon libgit++]$ scons tools Skipping checks... g++ -Wall -Werror -fno-builtin -g -O0 -fno-default-inlines -DVERSION="0.0.4" -I/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1 -Isrc -c -o src/myprogram.o src/myprogram.cpp /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/iostreams/optimal_buffer_size.hpp: In function `streamsize boost::iostreams::optimal_buffer_size(const T&) [with T = boost::iostreams::mapped_file]': /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/iostreams/chain.hpp:236: instantiated from `void boost::iostreams::detail::chain_base<Self, Ch, Tr, Alloc, Mode>::push_impl(const T&, int, int) [with T = boost::iostreams::mapped_file, Self = boost::iostreams::chain<boost::iostreams::input, char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, Ch = char, Tr = std::char_traits<char>, Alloc = std::allocator<char>, Mode = boost::iostreams::input]' /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/iostreams/chain.hpp:179: instantiated from `void boost::iostreams::detail::chain_base<Self, Ch, Tr, Alloc, Mode>::push(const T&, int, int, typename boost::disable_if<boost::iostreams::is_std_io<T>, void>::type*) [with T = boost::iostreams::mapped_file, Self = boost::iostreams::chain<boost::iostreams::input, char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, Ch = char, Tr = std::char_traits<char>, Alloc = std::allocator<char>, Mode = boost::iostreams::input]' /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/iostreams/chain.hpp:484: instantiated from `void boost::iostreams::detail::chain_client<Chain>::push_impl(const T&, int, int) [with T = boost::iostreams::mapped_file, Chain = boost::iostreams::chain<boost::iostreams::input, char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >]' /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/iostreams/chain.hpp:472: instantiated from `void boost::iostreams::detail::chain_client<Chain>::push(const T&, int, int, typename boost::disable_if<boost::iostreams::is_std_io<T>, void>::type*) [with T = boost::iostreams::mapped_file, Chain = boost::iostreams::chain<boost::iostreams::input, char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >]' src/myprogram.cpp:27: instantiated from here /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/iostreams/optimal_buffer_size.hpp:38: error: ' struct boost::iostreams::detail::optimal_buffer_size_impl<boost::iostreams::mapped_file> ' has no member named 'optimal_buffer_size' scons: *** [src/myprogram.o] Error 1 -- Benjamin Collins ben.collins(a)acm.org

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[the Boost Graph library] no matching function : vertices(const Graph& g)
by Gerd Menche 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Dear Boost users, I have come across this strange problem: After designing an interface to a library dealing with molecules (OpenBabel). I get the following compiler error: /usr/include/boost/graph/breadth_first_search.hpp: In function void boost::breadth_first_search(const VertexListGraph&, typename boost::graph_traits<G>::vertex_descriptor, Buffer&, BFSVisitor, ColorMap) [with VertexListGraph = OpenBabel::OBMol, Buffer = boost::queue<OpenBabel::OBAtom*, std::deque<OpenBabel::OBAtom*, std::allocator<OpenBabel::OBAtom*> > >, BFSVisitor = boost::VerboseBFSVisitor, ColorMap = std::vector<boost::default_color_type, std::allocator<boost::default_color_type> >]: bfs_example.cpp:73: instantiated from here /usr/include/boost/graph/breadth_first_search.hpp:96: error: no matching function for call to vertices(const OpenBabel::OBMol&) Easy enough you say -- go ahead and write that function. But it is allready in place. After modiying breath_first_search.hpp on line 96 from ... vertices(g) ... to ... gvertices(g) ... and changing the name of my vertices() function to gvertices(). It works. Is there a different vertices() function defined anywhere, that gets in the way? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

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boost 1.33.1 + qt 3.3.7 free on linux
by misiu 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hello, I'm developing standard c++ application with boost libs: any, thread, file_system, lambda, regex and everything is fine. Then I'm adding Qt for GUI and on MS Windows still fine but on Linux I got very strange problem: compilation and linking without problems (even no warnings) but just after start program hangs (even not showing GUI window) but not crushes (no core dumped). Without boost dependent parts Qt program works fine and boost parts without Qt work fine as well. What do you thing could make such a problem? What kind of checks can I do? If it is important I compiled Qt and boost by myself. I have to say I'm not so experienced with developing application on Linux, everything I'm preparing on Windows and from time to time I'm checking whether it works on Linux. Regards, Bartek

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Performance of object_pool
by tricycle 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

The most important reason to use a memory pool is performance. BUT object_pool doesn't! When I use object_pool to construct a lot of objects, the destroy method become very slow. And I found object_pool use ordered_free to free the memory, and it amortized O(N). It is a very serious problem, I hope it can be fixed in the next release. thanks.

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Re: [Boost-users] Problem using regex library in Windows/cygwin
by Diego Molla 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Thanks John, spot on. I've used a new iterator variable for the result of regex_search and it works now. Now the code is: if (regex_search(what[1].str(),what2,attrMarkup)) { > There's at least one issue with your code, in: > if (regex_search(what[1].str(),what,attrMarkup)) { > the result of what[1].str() is a temporary string object: by the time the > call returns the object has gone out of scope, and the iterators stored > in > "what" are invalid. > HTH, John. Diego -- Do you want to know what is going on in Language Technology in Australia and New Zealand? Join ALTA -- http://www.alta.asn.au/ This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of Macquarie University. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Diego MOLLA ALIOD diego(a)ics.mq.edu.au Department of Computing http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~diego Macquarie University

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[filesystem] ..\foo\bar - invalid path syntax?
by n.torrey.pines 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hi As you know, on Windows, it is conventional to use backslashes in paths. I am not out to teach Windows users a different convention, let alone "generic syntax". So I'd like to construct paths from strings like ..\foo\bar. The constructors like path(const std::string&) treat this as an invalid syntax however (changing '\' to '/' works fine). Is there a different procedure I should invoke that respects the native platform syntax? I've looked in the docs, but I didn't find it. There are only procedures for native printing. I could of course manually replace '\' with '/' in the string, but such solution probably wouldn't be very robust. Thanks

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[type_traits] is_function
by Cromwell Enage 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Assuming a compiler supports is_function, will this metafunction check for the presence of member functions in a class? For example: struct Foo { void bar(); }; struct Baz { }; Given the right template argument, will is_function detect the bar() function in Foo but return false_ for Baz? If so, what is the right template argument? If not, are there any known workarounds? Cromwell D. Enage ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

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[Boost-Users][serialization] Floating point precision
by jsanga＠cox.net 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Is there a way to specify the precision of doubles when writing to xml_oarchive? Refer to the output snippet below. <Control class_id="3" tracking_level="0" version="1"> <Type>0</Type> <LowMZ>5.0499999999999998</LowMZ> <HiMZ>5.0999999999999996</HiMZ> I would like 5.05 and 5.1 for Low and High. Stepping through the code with the debugger I ended up in basic_text_oprimitive::save( const double t). void save(const double t) { if(os.fail()) boost::throw_exception(archive_exception(archive_exception::stream_error)); os << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10 + 2); os << t; } where it seems the precision is fixed. The only solution I can seem to think of is to split the serialization, and on the output convert my double to string (with the correct precsion) and then serialize the string. Is there a different or better way?

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[Boost.MultiIndex] Problem using dataelement from derived class as key
by Manuel Jung 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi, Im having a problem. I derive class B from class A. class a has the member A::id. I want to use this one as key for my MultiIndexContainer. But i get the following compiling errors: test.cpp:41: Fehler: Templateargument »&A::id« konnte nicht in »unsigned int B::*« umgewandelt werden test.cpp:42: Fehler: Templateargument 2 ist ungültig test.cpp:43: Fehler: Templateargument 1 ist ungültig test.cpp:44: Fehler: Templateargument 2 ist ungültig Sorry it on german. A testfile for reproducing my problem is attached. Can someone help? thanks.. Greetings Manuel Jung

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[boost][circular_buffer] problem using copy contructor
by Andreas Rose 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hello, I'm new to circular_buffer. After reading the documentation i expect the following should work: const int c = 5; boost::circular_buffer<int> cb1(c); assert(cb1.capacity() == c); boost::circular_buffer<int> cb2(cb1); assert(cb2.capacity() == c); //failed, capacity() returns 0 But it does'nt work. After looking into the code of circular_buffer, i think the copy c'tor should be changed into something like this: circular_buffer(const circular_buffer<T, Alloc>& cb) : m_size(cb.size()), m_alloc(cb.get_allocator()) { initialize(cb.capacity()); BOOST_TRY { cb_details::uninitialized_copy(cb.begin(), cb.end(), m_buff, m_alloc); } BOOST_CATCH(...) { deallocate(m_buff, cb.capacity()); BOOST_RETHROW } BOOST_CATCH_END } Or do i missunderstand the documentation? I'm using vs2003 and the latest version of circular_buffer from boost-sandbox in ordinary debug mode. Thanks. Andreas Rose

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Problem using regex library in Windows/cygwin
by Diego Molla 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi, I have a problem using the Boost regex library. I have isolated the problem to the attached piece of code. For some reason the output returned by the function that uses regex is garbage. I have tested the same program on a Linux version of boost and it works fine. I wonder if the problem is on the Windows installation. Could someone using Windows or Cygwin test this and tell me if it works? I've just re-installed the cygwin version (1.33.1-3) and I still get the same error. Here is a typical interaction. It should extract the XML attribute and value but instead it returns garbage: [diego@valencia ~...af/src]$ g++ -o regexError.exe regexError.cpp -lboost_regex-gcc-mt [diego@valencia ~...af/src]$ regexError Write a fragment of XML: this <test arg="a1">is a test</test> yeah Write the XML tag to search: test Found element is a test Searching arg="a1" Found attribute 1g with value a1 Write a fragment of XML: this <test a2="more">is another test</test> Write the XML tag to search: test Found element is another test Searching a2="more" Found attribute or with value morY Write a fragment of XML: end [diego@valencia ~...af/src]$ -- Do you want to know what is going on in Language Technology in Australia and New Zealand? Join ALTA -- http://www.alta.asn.au/ This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of Macquarie University. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Diego MOLLA ALIOD diego(a)ics.mq.edu.au Department of Computing http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~diego Macquarie University

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[graph] patch to automatically build libbgl-viz.so and libbgl-viz.a
by David Baird 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi, I'm interested in helping make the BGL easier to use right out-of-the-box. But, I'm not an expert at Boost (or Jamfiles) yet, so please guide me if this is wrong. I tried to patch the Jamfile so that it automatically builds the Graphgiz parser libraries (libbgl-viz.so and libbgl-viz.a). I only tested Jamfile (not Jamfile.v2) on some Gentoo boxes with gcc-4.1.1 and gcc-3.3.5 and it worked nicely. Some other future improvements I would like to do are to improve the Graphviz parser (to be able to parse more varieties of .dot files) and to review the documentation and check it for correctness (I already submitted some patches about half a year ago for a couple mistakes that I found). Please let me know what you think. Without further ado, here's the patch: Index: boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile =================================================================== --- boost_1_33_1.orig/libs/graph/build/Jamfile +++ boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile @@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ GRAPHVIZ_DEFS(graphviz_digraph_parser) = } local gGENERATOR_FUNCTION(LIB) = bgl-lib-file ; + dll bgl-viz + : ../src/$(SOURCES).cpp + : <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT) <define>YY_NO_UNISTD_H + <runtime-link>dynamic + <define>BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1 + # Darwin compiler ICEs if we turn optimization on + <darwin><*><debug-symbols>off + <darwin><*><optimization>off + # Intel compiler ICEs if we turn optimization on + <intel-win32><*><optimization>off + <vc-7_1><*><cxxflags>-GR- + : debug <inlining>on #inlining prevents linker name clashes due to truncation! + <debug-symbols>off # Debugging symbols become HUGE + ; + lib bgl-viz : ../src/$(SOURCES).cpp : <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT) <define>YY_NO_UNISTD_H @@ -47,4 +62,7 @@ GRAPHVIZ_DEFS(graphviz_digraph_parser) = ; + install bgl-viz lib + : <dll>bgl-viz <lib>bgl-viz + ; } Index: boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile.v2 =================================================================== --- boost_1_33_1.orig/libs/graph/build/Jamfile.v2 +++ boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile.v2 @@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ obj graphviz_digraph_lex : graphviz_lex. <implicit-dependency>graphviz_digraph_parser ; obj graphviz_digraph_parser : graphviz_parser.yy : <bison.prefix>bgl_dir_ <define>GRAPHVIZ_DIRECTED=1 ; + +boost-install bgl-viz ;

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[program_options] unsigned variables silently cast
by Torrey Pines 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi With the current implementation, unsigned variables accept negative values, that get silently cast. E.g. on my platform, if "--length" expects size_t, --length -32 assigns it a value 4294967264 without warnings or errors. This behavior surprised me, and I'm using a workaround (parsing an int, and checking its range manually). However, is this an intended feature of the library? Thanks

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[program_options] disable partial matches
by Torrey Pines 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi With the current implementation, the user does not have to supply the full option names, e.g. "--he" is as good as "--help", unless there is an ambiguity. Is there any way to disable this, i.e. allow only full matches? Thanks

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[program_options] checking the presence of required arguments
by Torrey Pines 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi My program has a bunch of required arguments. I grouped them into one options_description: options_description required("Required options"); required.add_options() /* .... */ ; // ... options_description desc("Allowed options"); desc.add(required).add(other); I'd like to check that all required arguments are in fact supplied without having to do if(vm.count("arg1") == 0) { cerr << "usage error: arg1 is required\n"; return 1; } for each of them. Any suggestions? Thanks

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boost::any template argument deduction
by Digvijoy Chatterjee 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi, I have a function template like : template <class A> A what_type ( const boost::any &operand ){ A a; a = boost::any_cast<a>(operand); return a; } The idea is to provide the client code an easy way extract the type hidden by the boost::any value, Now there is no way to make the compiler deduce the type to return from an expression like below: std::string s = "hello"; boost::any a = s; some_op( what_type(a) ); //calls some_op(string &); Instead now the client has to write code using type() which returns std::typeinfo & if ( a.type().name() == "Ss" ) some_op(what_type<string> a); else if ( a.type().name() == "d" ) some_op(what_type<double> a); Or use functions to test type and cast: if ( is_string (a) ) some_op( what_type<string>(a)); else ( is_int(a) ) some_op ( what_type<int>(a)); ….. Is there any elegant way to handle this problem ?? --Digz

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[MPL] Problem with vector
by Daniel 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi, I have few Adapter classes. Each of them provide typedef operations which specifies which operations that Adapter supports (vector_c, with 0 or 1 at appropriate positions). I want to assert that two Adapters support different operations. However, my code doesn't compile. Any ideas? Daniel template<unsigned int N1, unsigned int N2> struct Adapter { typedef vector_c<unsigned int, N1, N2> operations; }; template<class TAdapter1, class TAdapter2> struct Check { typedef typename transform< typename TAdapter1::operations, typename TAdapter2::operations, plus<_1, _2> >::type sum_of_operations; typedef typename max_element<sum_of_operations>::type max_of_operations; BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((less_equal<max_of_operations, int_<1> >)); }; int main() { Check< Adapter<0, 1>, Adapter<1, 0> >(); return 0; }

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[signals] slot<Signature>, slot::track() and bind syntactic sugar
by Frank Mori Hess 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've added template parameters to the slot class in thread_safe_signals for specifying its signature, as slot<Signature> or slot1<R, T1>, etc. So now slots can be bound to each other. I've also dropped the automatic discovery of tracked objects, and added slot::track() functions. There is now some syntactic sugar for bind, if a slot constructor is called with more than one argument, then the arguments will automatically be passed through bind(). I tried using bind<R>(), since the slot knows what its result type should be, but gcc gave me ambiguous overload errors when bind<R> was given a function pointer. There is a little test program in the sandbox now too, at boost-sandbox/libs/thread_safe_signals/test/track_test.cpp. I encountered one problem with the bind syntactic sugar, described in the test program's comments. I found the error message unhelpful, therefore it must be a compiler bug :) - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5KRY5vihyNWuA4URAo2mAJ45BAJvKKl8rHPXGsgn7a2fjmDLVQCeLb0R ln07v8CCYxbwE7topMmhZQ4= =4kwy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[multi index] warning when used in copy constructor: should be explicitly initialized
by Christoph 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Using gcc with option -W I get the following warning when using a Boost.MultiIndex container inside a copy constructor: /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/multi_index_container.hpp: In copy constructor 'boost::multi_index::multi_index_container<Value, IndexSpecifierList, Allocator>::multi_index_container(const boost::multi_index::multi_index_container<Value, IndexSpecifierList, Allocator>&) [with Value = ListenMonitor::ListenZeile, IndexSpecifierList = boost::multi_index::indexed_by<boost::multi_index::ordered_unique<boost::multi_index::identity<ListenMonitor::ListenZeile>, mpl_::na, mpl_::na>, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na>, Allocator = std::allocator<ListenMonitor::ListenZeile>]': liste.hpp:139: instantiated from here /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/multi_index_container.hpp:204: warning: base class 'struct boost::multi_index::detail::header_holder<boost::multi_index::detail::ordered_index_node<boost::multi_index::detail::index_node_base<ListenMonitor::ListenZeile> >, boost::multi_index::multi_index_container<ListenMonitor::ListenZeile, boost::multi_index::indexed_by<boost::multi_index::ordered_unique<boost::multi_index::identity<ListenMonitor::ListenZeile>, mpl_::na, mpl_::na>, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na, mpl_::na>, std::allocator<ListenMonitor::ListenZeile> > >' should be explicitly initialized in the copy constructor The 'ListenMonitori::Listenzeile' stuff is from me. But the issue does not depend on that. I would assume that copying a multi index is not forbidden and using Is there a way to get rid of that warning? I am trying hard to produce warning free code, and in this case I am not sure if the warning is just ugly or if it is a real problem in the code. [gcc --version: gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux) ] I have attached a trivial example that demonstrates the issue. I have modified the example/basic.cpp: I have added a trivial class XXX that contains employee_set. When copying objects of XXX the above warning is issued by gcc. Best regards Christoph

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Possible bugs in date_time package
by Gregory J. Sharp 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

I'm trying to use the date_time/ptime module to parse strings. Platform: MacOS X 10.4.7 on Intel Compiler: gcc 4.0.1 I have three potential bugs, so far. Perhaps I'm unreasonable in hoping that the following strings should be acceptable to time_from_string. 1. time_from_string( "2006-12-06" ) != time_from_string( "2006-12-06 00:00:00" ) 2. time_from_string( "2006/12/06" ) throws an exception (probably related to 1) even though time_from_string( "2006,12,06" ) doesn't throw. 3. time_from_string( "2006-12-06 " ) throws an exception because it passes a null string to str_from_delimited_time_duration(), which tries to read the first character of the string, even though there isn't one. I think 1 & 2 are probably caused by parse_delimited_time() doing a split on ' ' and getting nothing to pass to parse_delimited_time_duration(). -- Gregory J. Sharp email: gregor(a)mail.lepp.cornell.edu Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory url: http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/ ~gregor Cornell University ph: +1 607 255 4882 Ithaca, NY 14853 fax: +1 607 255 8062

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multi_index uses serialization?
by Javier Gonzalez 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, I have a simple question. Isn't there a way to create multi_indices without using the serialization library? I don't intend to stream them! thanks, Javier Gonzalez

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State of the Endian library
by Mateusz Loskot 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, What's the state of the Endian library announced [1] by Beman Dawes? Is there any plan to include it to the Boost collection? May be it's already there, but I can not find it? [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/143279 Cheers -- Mateusz Loskot http://mateusz.loskot.net

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shared_ptr and RTTI
by Florin Trofin 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hello, A few years back, boost::shared_ptr did not require RTTI. I recently discovered that it does now. I understand that there are some benefits that RTTI brings to the new implementation, but I would have expected that there is some compile flag that can be turned on/off. Florin.

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[BGL] How to use an array in bundled property?
by Shufei Fan 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

I defined an double array inside bundled vertex property, and have trouble finding ways of accessing it. Neither can I find any where in the document an example on it. Your input will be much appreciated! my graph is defined as follows: struct Node{ // this is hard to access double mode[3]; }; struct Edge{ //no problem access them double nPixels; unsigned short nTh;}; typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::vecS, boost::vecS, boost::bidirectionalS, Node, Edge> Graph; //Graph object colGraph Graph colGraph; I have no problem with accessing the 'nPixels' in Edge property, boost::property_map<Graph, double Edge::*>::type ew = get(&Edge::nPixels, *colGraph);//edge weight But I am in a great deal of trouble finding ways of accessing 'mode' in Node property. //compiler error here boost::property_map<Graph, double Node::*>::type nm = get(&Node::mode, *colGraph);//node modeerror message is : //---------------------------------------------------- c:\...\xxx.cpp(236) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'boost::property_map<Graph,Property>::type' to 'boost::bundle_property_map<Graph,Descriptor,Bundle,T>' with [ Graph=boost::adjacency_list<boost::vecS,boost::vecS,boost::bidirectionalS,Node,Edge>, Property=double (Node::* )[3] ] and [ Graph=Graph, Descriptor=boost::property_map<Graph,double Node::* >::descriptor, Bundle=Node, T=double ] No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous//---------------------------------------------------- neither the following works(I added '[3]' in the parameter list): boost::property_map<Graph, double Node::*[3]>::type nm = get(&Node::mode, *colGraph);//node mode This time errors are raised in the 'property.hpp' file, they are: //---------------------------------------------------- c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\pending\property.hpp(40) : error C2825: 'PropertyTag::kind': cannot form a qualified name c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\graph\properties.hpp(198) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::property_kind<PropertyTag>' being compiled with [ PropertyTag=double Node::* [3] ] c:\shufei\VCProjects\edison\segm\GA.cpp(236) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::property_map<Graph,Property>' being compiled with [ Graph=Graph, Property=double Node::* [3] ]c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\pending\property.hpp(40) : error C2039: 'kind' : is not a member of 'operator``global namespace'''c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\pending\property.hpp(40) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'type'c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\pending\property.hpp(40) : error C2955: 'boost::type' : use of class template requires template argument list c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\type.hpp(14) : see declaration of 'boost::type'c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\pending\property.hpp(40) : fatal error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation//----------------------------------------------------thanks, _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=…

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faq How to compile graph?
by fcvcnet 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi all, I know BGL just a few days. I need yours help. Now I only want to use the graph in the boost1.33.1 , how can I compile the only one component graph in vc6 or vs2005. So much thanks to your detail reply. Thanks again.

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[lambda] beginner's woes
by Imre Palik 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, I try to use boost::lambda in the following function: string build_headers(shared_ptr<connection> conn, vector<wstring> headers) { if (headers.empty()) return ""; return accumulate(++headers.begin(), headers.end(), string(1, '\'') + conn->quote(headers[0]) + '\'', (_1 + ", '" + bind(&connection::quote, var(conn), _2) + '\'')); } and wisual studio gives me the following error message error C2664: 'boost::lambda::bind' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'overloaded-function' to 'SOCKET' 1> Context does not allow for disambiguation of overloaded function Could anybody help me decypher this message? What is this 'SOCKET' and how does it come into the picture? Thanks ImRe

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[signals] slot with no SlotFunction template parameter
by Frank Mori Hess 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I'm implementing a more feature-full slot class with some of the things that have been discussed recently. In particular, it is templated only on signature. It uses a templated constructor to store the slot function in a pimpl object that is templated by both signature and slot function type. So now I'm about to rip out the SlotFunction parameter everywhere from thread_safe_signals, as there no longer seems to be any need for it. I feel like I might be overlooking something though. Is there any reason to keep it? -- Frank

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[signals] thread-safe post-disconnect() cleanup
by Frank Mori Hess 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We could implement a thread-safe post-disconnect callback by using the existing tracking functionality. That is, the connection body could hold a "cleanup" shared_ptr with a custom deleter. The custom deleter would run the user's cleanup callback. A weak_ptr copy of the cleanup shared_ptr would be kept just like it was any other tracked object. When disconnect() is called, the cleanup shared_ptr would be reset. If the signal is being invoked concurrently when disconnect() is called, the cleanup code won't get run until the last invocation is done with the slot and destroys its copy of the cleanup shared_ptr. BTW, I've added support for a two-parameter version of signals::track() to thread_safe_signals/track.hpp. It seems to work okay, the only thing I don't like about it is it implies there a coupling required between the value and the tracked shared_ptr, when really there isn't. - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF3iTv5vihyNWuA4URAkzWAKDHL0MjcFGmAvKbWoBYmhNN5RiCMACgypCS SLJPrYcUaR0u4YTTS35lEZQ= =dCrK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Boost-users] [boost::any] - reference vs pointer
by Benjamin Winkler 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

References can not be copied. Thus, you can't make boost::any contain a reference (which is what mean when you write boost::any<double&>, I assume). In your example, msgargs.push_back(dref) calls the any-constructor any(const T&) with T being double, and this copies the value, not the reference itself. When you call msgargs.push_back(dptr), it calls the any(const T&) with T being double*. The value is copied again, only this time, the value is a pointer. Benjamin Winkler >Hi all, > >I've been trying out boost::any in a messaging system to package up function arguments. A message >call is basically > >Message::Call(std::vector<boost::any>& args) >{ >try >...a few any_cast<..> >...fire the actual function... >catch >...etc >} > >It's all good, except for one niggling problem. Say I have a double-precision value that I need >changed inside the message, so it needs to be passed as a double* or a double& in an argument. The >problem is, if I create a double& inside a boost::any, it doesn't point to the right memory location >once I'm inside the message, and it looks like it's copying the original dereferenced value and >giving me a reference to the copy. If I create a double* inside a boost::any, I get a new pointer >inside the message like the reference, but because the pointer target is correct everything works. >The code looks like this: > >... >... >std::vector<boost::any> args; >double d = 1.5; >double* dptr = &d; >msgargs.push_back(dptr);//works fine... >double& dref = d; >msgargs.push_back(dref);//seems to copy d instead of a reference to d... >... >msg->Call(args); >... > >I can live with this, I just have to pass "large" objects by pointer so they don't get copied. BUT: > Can anyone tell me why references are creating a copy of the original and not a copy of the >reference, or how I could avoid the copying? Or am I doing something dumb? > >Damien >_______________________________________________ >Boost-users mailing list >Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org >http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users >

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[FileSystem] Getting modified date and time from a file?
by Lawrence Spector 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Does boost provide a portable way to do this? I didn't see an obvious way; I was hoping others might have ideas. Thanks in advance, Lawrence

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[program_options] Documentation of configuration file format?
by Tarjei Knapstad 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I can't seem to find any documentation on what kind of file formats are accepted when calling boost::program_options::parse_config_file(...) Am is missing it or is it missing? :) -- Tarjei

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BoostCon'07 Registration Now Open
by info＠boostcon.com 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.lang.c++.moderated,comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++ as well. I'm pleased to announce that the official website for the inaugural Boost conference is up and registration is open: http://www.boostcon.com Due to the very high quality of the submissions we've received, our program committee has been able to assemble a lineup of speakers and topics the likes of which I haven't seen anywhere (http://www.boostcon.com/program) Combine that with the relaxed atmosphere of the conference venue (http://www.boostcon.com/location) and I think we can all look forward to a truly unique and memorable week of working and learning together. I invite you to visit http://www.boostcon.com/registration to register. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

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Filesystem library questions
by Manish Motwani 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, We're creating a new cross-platform dispersed storage technology. Backing up a file from one platform and restoring to another (or the same) is a requirement. We have found boost to be very useful for threads, date/time, program options, etc. We're also currently using the boost filesystem libarary, but we can't figure out why many of the file-metadata query and modifier functions are missing. Can someone from boost let us know if there's any way of querying complete file-metadata (including read/write/execute permissions on windows and linux, ACLs, creation-time in windows, etc.). I found only the following function in version 1.32 (the one we're using): last_write_time (read and write modification time). symbolic_link_exists (check if a file is a sym link). And these new functions have been added since: create_hard_link create_symlink .. and some functionality to get the type of file is also there in the trunk version. But what about the rest of metadata filesystems (POSIX, NTFS, FAT32, HFS, etc) provide? Is this ever going to be included in the library? Is there a way to access this information any other way? I suspect these questions may have been asked by others, so can someone point me to where I can find code to complement the boost filesystem library to handle file-metadata? Thanks, Manish

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Boost date time and MinGW
by Franck Guillaud 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hello World, I'm doing some experiments to use boost (1.33.1) under Win XP and with MinGW (5.1.3) environment. Boost was compiled with bjam with no particular options. I'm facing some problems on linking with boost_date_time. Here is the simple test program: #include <iostream> #include <string> #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> using namespace std; using namespace boost::posix_time; int main (int argc, char** argv) { char dummy; ptime d1(min_date_time); ptime d2(max_date_time); cout << "min:" << to_simple_string(d1) << endl; cout << "max:" << to_simple_string(d2) << endl; cin.get(dummy); return 0; } Compiling lines are : g++ -DUSE_DATE_TIME_PRE_1_33_FACET_IO -I"E:\dev\boost_1_33_1" -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP -MF"main.d" -MT"main.d" -o"main.o" "../main.cpp" g++ -L"E:\dev\boost_1_33_1\stage\lib" -o"TestBOOST.exe" ./main.o -lboost_date_time-mgw-mt-d-1_33_1 I get the error (simplified output) : E:/dev/boost_1_33_1/boost/date_time/gregorian/greg_weekday.hpp: undefined reference to `boost::gregorian::greg_month::as_long_string() const' If I remove the lines with *to_simple_string*, I get no error. From the docs [*] it seems there may be a problem for streams support for some compilers, so I tryed to define USE_DATE_TIME_PRE_1_33_FACET_IO in my project, but with no effect. Does it needs to be done when compiling boost ? Is there any other way to solve my link problem ? (appart not using string output for dates :-) ) Thanks for any help. Franck,e- [*] http://www.boost.org/doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.buildinfo

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Any reasons why an exception would not be caught by BOOST_CHECK_THROW?
by Stephen Torri 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

I have an exception class that is not getting caught my BOOST_CHECK_THROW. Here is a similar setup to what I have: class Base_Exception : public virtual std::exception { public: virtual ~Base_Exception() throw{} virtual const char* what () const throw() = 0; virtual const char* name () const throw() = 0; boost::uint32_t const& id () const throw(); private: boost::uint32_t id; }; class Child_Exception : public virtual Base_Exception { public: enum ERROR_ID { INVALID_API_INPUT, CANNOT_FIND_TARGET, INTERNAL_LIBRARY_ERROR, }; Child_Exception ( ERROR_ID message_id ); virtual ~Child_Exception () throw () {} virtual const char* what () const throw(); virtual const char* name () const throw(); private: static const char* m_exception_name; static const char* m_messages[]; }; I find that when I use the BOOST_CHECK_THROW ( expression, Child_Exception ) that I still get the test crashing with an uncaught exception. Here is the actual output: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'libreverse::errors::API_Exception' what(): Internal library error has occurred. At this point consider the library unreliable. unknown location(0): fatal error in "test_wrong_sources": signal: SIGABRT (application abort requested) *** errors detected in test suite "Architecture Type Detector suite"; see standard output for details FAIL: test_arch_type_detector I can send the whole test file but I hope this is enough to understand the nature of the problem. Is there a FAQ about BOOST_CHECK_THROW? Stephen

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[graph] birected -> directed adapter?
by Jens Müller 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

http://www.boost.org/libs/graph/doc/reverse_graph.html reverses edge directions. Is there an adapter (i.e., has someone written such a thing) that combines in and out edges in a bidirected graph and gives a view as if the graph were undirected? I'd need this for doing BFS independent of edge directions in a bidirected graph.

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Bug in options_description.cpp when offer a long program options to boost::program_options
by Jack Shi 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

If you provide a long program options description while using boost, you will encounter such issue, if you using debug version, you will see a debug assertion failed alert, if you using release version, your program will be crashed. following codes can be used to reproduce this issue #include <iostream> #include <boost/program_options.hpp> using namespace std; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { namespace po = boost::program_options; po::options_description desc("supported options"); desc.add_options() ("help,h", "display this help message,this help will be printed out if you not provide option here!"); std::cout << desc << "\n"; } I have trace this issue, it is located in function format_paragraph in the file options_description.cpp, namespace { void format_paragraph(std::ostream& os, std::string par, unsigned first_column_width, unsigned line_length) { ...... // prevent chopped words // if (lastchar != ' ') && // ((exists(lastchar + 1) && (lastchar + 1 != ' ')) if ((*(line_end - 1) != ' ') && ((line_end < par_end) && (*line_end != ' '))) { // find last ' ' in the second half of the current paragraph line string::const_iterator last_space = find(reverse_iterator<string::const_iterator>(line_end - 1), reverse_iterator<string::const_iterator>(line_begin - 1), ' ') .base(); if (last_space != line_begin - 1) { ...... } if option description is long enough, the find function will be called, and "reverse_iterator<string::const_iterator>(line_begin - 1)" will lead to this issue, may "line_begin - 1" access a invalid space. If there have some guys to confirm it was a bug in boost?

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[conversion] lexical_cast behaviour changed from 1_33_1
by Paul O'Neill 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Compiling the following code on MSVC80, sp1 has different behaviour in the latest CVS head compared to 1_33_1? double dbl(88.8); std::cout << boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(dbl) << std::endl; boost1.33.1 = 88.8 boost::CVS = 88.799999999999997 Any ideas as I prefer the old behaviour? Thanks.

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boost RegEx problem: Invalid content of repeat range
by Michael Radzewitz 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hello everyone, i have a problem with libboost_regex-gcc-mt-1_33_1.a on a debian Linux and a simple function to test some Names: bool is_valid_name(const char *s) { if(!s) return false; const char* re = "^[a-zA-Z][.*0-9a-zA-Z._-]{4,60}$"; static const boost::regex e(re); return regex_match(s,e); } Everything works well when i put this Funtion in a simple Programm and run it. When I put the same Function in my cgi which is wrapped through fastCgi and handled by an apache webserver i get the following Error message: Invalid content of repeat range so in a simple programm the range check {4,60} in boost regex works but in a more complex program it didd'nt. I have testet the same function on Linux using: libboost_regex-gcc-mt-1_33_1.a and free BSD using: libboost_regex.so.3 and get with both libs the same error message. It would be nice if someone can help me find a solution or tell me what went wrong here. Thanks in advance!

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Boost Preprocessor Question
by Eric Lemings 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Greetings, I was wondering if the following can be done with Boost Preprocessor. Given a list of preprocessor macro names, write a simple program that prints whether each macro is defined and its value if it is defined. In particular, I'd like to know if the following example program could be reduced/simplified with Boost: #include <iostream> using namespace std; #define STRING(x) #x #define STRINGIZE(x) STRING(x) #define IS " is " #define NOT "not " #define DEFINED "defined." #define VALUE " Its value is " extern int main () { #if defined __mips cout << STRING(__mips) IS DEFINED; cout << VALUE STRINGIZE(__mips) << endl; #else cout << STRING(__mips) IS NOT DEFINED << endl; #endif #if defined __unix cout << STRING(__unix) IS DEFINED; cout << VALUE STRINGIZE(__unix) << endl; #else cout << STRING(__unix) IS NOT DEFINED << endl; #endif #if defined __sgi cout << STRING(__sgi) IS DEFINED; cout << VALUE STRINGIZE(__sgi) << endl; #else cout << STRING(__sgi) IS NOT DEFINED << endl; #endif #if defined _COMPILER_VERSION cout << STRING(_COMPILER_VERSION) IS DEFINED; cout << VALUE STRINGIZE(_COMPILER_VERSION) << endl; #else cout << STRING(_COMPILER_VERSION) IS NOT DEFINED << endl; #endif #if defined __GNUC__ cout << STRING(__GNUC__) IS DEFINED; cout << VALUE STRINGIZE(__GNUC__) << endl; #else cout << STRING(__GNUC__) IS NOT DEFINED << endl; #endif return 0; } Thanks, Eric.

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Error in using boost lambda in a template
by Meryl Silverburgh 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi, I have code which uses Boost lambda in a template like this: template<class T> bool lessThanXY( T& src, T& dest ) { return (src.getY() < dest.getY()); } template<class T1, class T2> void sortXY(T1& list) { ::sort( list.begin(), list.end(), bind(::lessThanXY<T2>, *(_1), *(_2) ) ); } But when I instantiate the template like this, I get the following compile error: class Rect; typedef list<Rect*> RectList; void sortXYRectList(RectList& rl) { sortXYWithThreshold<RectList, Rect>(rl); } /usr/include/boost/lambda/detail/lambda_traits.hpp:389: error: ignoring 'const' qualifiers added to function type 'bool ()(Rect&, Rect&)const' gmake[5]: *** [RectUtils.o] Error 1 Can you please tell me how to fix my problem ? I did not use 'const' anywhere in my template, why I get this error: error: ignoring 'const' qualifiers added to function type 'bool ()(Rect&, Rect&)const'

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[graph] internal predecessor map
by Jens Müller 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Can I store an edge_descriptor of a predecessor edge as an internal/bundled property? I am currently doing this: struct EdgeProperties; struct VertexProperties { double x; double y; double weight; int dist; boost::graph_traits< boost::adjacency_list<boost::vecS, boost::vecS, boost::bidirectionalS, VertexProperties, EdgeProperties> >::edge_descriptor pred; int app_height; bool mark; }; struct EdgeProperties { double length; }; int main() { using namespace boost; typedef adjacency_list<vecS, vecS, bidirectionalS, VertexProperties, EdgeProperties> Graph; } This is legal, isn't need? Obviously the definition of EdgeProperties is not needed where it is first used. But is this the proper way to do it, or is there a more elegant way?

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mixing CVS and release
by Torrey Pines 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi In general, is it possible to use a CVS version of one Boost component and release versions of everything else (within one program)? If so, is there a description of a procedure for doing that somewhere?

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[program_options] crash in VC++2005
by n.torrey.pines 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

In VC++2005 debug mode (Ctrl-F5), this little program aborts: +++++++++++++ begin ++++++++++++++++++++++++ #include <iostream> #include <boost/program_options.hpp> int main(int argc, char * argv[]) { boost::program_options::options_description desc("Allowed options"); desc.add_options() ("some_option", "\ This option description SHOULD be long enough not to fit in one line"); std::cout << desc << '\n'; } ++++++++++++ end +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The debug assertion failure message is: File: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE\xstring Line: 173 Through multiple trials, I found that the error occurs if and only if the option description is long enough not to fit in one line in the window. This is boost-1_33_1 Since I have no prior experience with program_options, perhaps I'm using it incorrectly?

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[serialization] size_t vs unsigned warnings
by n.torrey.pines 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi Line 36 in collections_save_imp.hpp says: unsigned int count = s.size(); I'm getting many pages of warnings in VC++2005 stemming from this line. Would it make sense to change that to std::size_t count = s.size() ? If so, should I just edit the line? recompile boost? I'd like to take care of that warning. Thanks

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[Serialization] xml serialization to file and boost::archive::xml_archive_exception (unrecognized XML syntax)
by Andreas Willich 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi all I have a annoying problem with xml serialization to a file or std::cout. I want to serialize my own classes to a file via filestream and everytime I get a xml_archive_exception with the error message unrecognized XML syntax. What I want to serialize is a child class from a class hierachy. When I only serialize the part of the mother class (with BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP) it works, but when I also want to save the members of the child classes I get this exception. I have exported every class with BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT and at the base class I have a BOOST_IS_ABSTRACT(baseClass). Gcc brings no warnings or errors and when I use a text archive, all works fine. Has someone an idea what I do wrong or some suggestions? Thanks Andreas Here is my build environment: GCC: Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include/g ++-v4 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking --disable-werror --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multilib --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r3) Glibc: 2.5 BOOST: CVS Build RC_1_34_0 from 19.02.2007 BJAM: Boost.Jam Version 3.1.13. OS=LINUX. Copyright 1993-2002 Christopher Seiwald and Perforce Software, Inc. Copyright 2001 David Turner. Copyright 2001-2004 David Abrahams. Copyright 2002-2005 Rene Rivera. Copyright 2003-2005 Vladimir Prus.

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VS2005 Toolset for builidng boost targeting x64.
by Michael Doris 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi I've had a good search but I can't find out how I might go about building boost targetting x64 using Visual Studio 2005. I've had no problem targetting 32-bit windows. Thanks, Mike Doris

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[multi_index] index based on case-insensitive strings
by Boris 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

struct employee { std::string name; }; typedef multi_index_container< employee, indexed_by< hashed_unique<member<employee, std::string, &employee::name> > > > mi; If I want to change the index to make it case-insensitive I have to write my own key extractor, right? Would the following code then be correct (it is based on boost::multi_index::member)? template<class Class, std::string Class::*PtrToMember> struct caseinsensitive_string { typedef std::string result_type; template<typename ChainedPtr> std::string operator()(const ChainedPtr& x) const { return operator()(*x); } std::string operator()(const Class& x) const { return boost::algorithm::to_lower_copy(x.*PtrToMember); } std::string operator()(Class& x) const { return boost::algorithm::to_lower_copy(x.*PtrToMember); } std::string operator()(const boost::reference_wrapper<const Class>& x) const { return operator()(x.get()); } std::string operator()(const boost::reference_wrapper<Class> x) const { return operator()(x.get()); } }; With the following typedef I get a container which does not change the name of an employee (I want to retain the name without making it lower- or uppercase) but refuses items with the same case-insensitive name? typedef multi_index_container< employee, indexed_by< hashed_unique<caseinsensitive_string<employee, &employee::name> > > > mi2; Boris

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[regex] Support for right-to-left parsing?
by Geraint Bundy 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hello, Does Boost::Regex support "backwards" or right-to-left parsing (like .NET's regex)? If not, then is it possible to emulate this behaviour using normal parsing? Thanks, Geraint

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Linker error when using boost::wregex (MSVC)
by Fernando Cuenca 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi, I'm trying to use the regex library (from boost 1.33) with the MSVC.NET 2003 and I'm getting the following linker error when using the wide character version of the classes: libboost_regex-vc71-mt-1_33_1.lib(usinstances.obj) : error LNK2005: "public: static bool __cdecl std::char_traits<unsigned short>::eq(unsigned short const &,unsigned short const &)" (?eq@?$char_traits@G@std@@SA_NABG0@Z) already defined in msvcprt.lib(MSVCP71.dll) libboost_regex-vc71-mt-1_33_1.lib(usinstances.obj) : error LNK2005: "public: static unsigned int __cdecl std::char_traits<unsigned short>::length(unsigned short const *)" (?length@?$char_traits@G@std@@SAIPBG@Z) already defined in msvcprt.lib(MSVCP71.dll) Declaring a single wregex object is enough to get the error. Everything works fine for regular regex objects (using regular std::strings.) Any ideas how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance. Saludos! Fernando. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: The information in this email is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message or by telephoning either 905-624-1260 or 1-888-672-5471 and deleting it and any attachments from your computer system.

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[multi_index] function to force to recreate indexes?
by Boris 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

I have two multi_index_containers with smart pointers which refer to the same objects (at least some of the pointers refer to the objects). When I access and modify an object via an index of one of the two multi_index_containers the indexes of that container are recreated as far as I understand. But how do I make the other multi_index_container recreate its indexes? I can't and don't need to modify the object again. Is there anything to force a multi_index_container to recreate its indexes? Boris

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iterator_range error
by abir basak 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

I am facing problem related to iterator_range. It's type is not propagating properly, when I return such thing from a function. (compiler VS 7.1 ,Windows ) The code below shows it. This is an extension of a vector, which returns range. typedef std::pair<std::size_t,std::size_t> pair_t; typedef std::vector<std::size_t> index_t; template<typename T> class vector_e : private std::vector<T>{ public: typedef vector_e<T> self_type; typedef typename std::vector<T>::iterator iterator; typedef typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator const_iterator; typedef typename std::vector<T>::pointer pointer; typedef typename std::vector<T>::const_pointer const_pointer; typedef typename std::vector<T>::reference reference; typedef typename std::vector<T>::const_reference const_reference; typedef typename std::vector<T>::difference_type difference_type; typedef typename std::vector<T>::size_type size_type; //typedef sub_range_t<self_type> range; //typedef sub_range_t<const self_type> const_range; typedef typename std::vector<T>::size_type size_type; typedef typename boost::permutation_iterator<typename iterator,typename index_t::const_iterator> index_iterator; typedef typename boost::permutation_iterator<typename const_iterator,typename index_t::const_iterator> const_index_iterator; //typedef sub_range_t<self_type,index_iterator,const_index_iterator> index_range; //typedef sub_range_t<self_type,const_index_iterator,const_index_iterator> const_index_range; typedef boost::iterator_range<index_iterator> index_range; typedef boost::iterator_range<const_index_iterator> const_index_range; typedef boost::sub_range<self_type> range; typedef boost::sub_range<const self_type> const_range; vector_e() : std::vector<T>(){} using std::vector<T>::begin; using std::vector<T>::end; using std::vector<T>::operator []; using std::vector<T>::insert; const_iterator const_begin()const{ return begin(); } const_iterator const_end()const{ return end(); } index_iterator begin_i(const index_t& i){ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.begin()); } const_index_iterator begin_i(const index_t& i)const{ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.begin()); } index_iterator end_i(const index_t& i){ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.end()); } const_index_iterator end_i(const index_t& i)const{ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.end()); } range get_range(const pair_t& r){ return boost::make_iterator_range(begin()+r.first,begin()+r.second); } const_range get_range(const pair_t& r)const{ return boost::make_iterator_range(begin()+r.first,begin()+r.second); } index_range get_range(const index_t& i){ index_iterator b = boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.begin()); index_iterator e = boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.end()); return boost::make_iterator_range(b,e); } const_index_range get_range(const index_t& i)const{ const_index_iterator b = boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.begin()); const_index_iterator e = boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.end()); return boost::make_iterator_range(b,e); } }; Now, to use it like this, typedef vector_e<trace> trace_buffer; typedef boost::permutation_iterator<trace_buffer::iterator,index_t::iterator> index_iterator; typedef boost::sub_range<trace_buffer> trace_range; typedef boost::iterator_range<index_iterator> trace_index_range; trace_buffer traces; struct character{ index_t index; trace_index_range get_traces(){ index_iterator b = boost::make_permutation_iterator(traces.begin(),index.begin()); index_iterator e = boost::make_permutation_iterator(traces.begin(),index.end()); //return boost::make_iterator_range(b,e); return traces.get_range(index);///This doesn't work, while previous commented line works ! } }; Thus to say, I am unable to forward a call to iterator_range from one function to another preserving the type. (Previously the same problem was there with sub_range with 1.33.1 download. Now that one is solved with a later cvs version ) . Any help is appreciated .... thanks' abir -- Abir Basak, Member IEEE Software Engineer, Read Ink Technologies B. Tech, IIT Kharagpur email: abir(a)abirbasak.com homepage: www.abirbasak.com

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guid
by Christian Henning 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi there, I find it a bit weird why the guid needs to be built. I think the designer did it because of the sha1 lib. But how about having guid lib header only when you want everything but the create_v5 part? I think that would make sense. I wouldn't mind reorganizing the code. Christian

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[serialization] conditional serialization of members and base classes
by n.torrey.pines 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi The logic I want to implement is: * b contains a * when saving b, save a, followed by other data * when loading b, load a into a temporary, if it matches b.m_a, load other data Would you expect the following code to work? class b { a m_a; // a is serializable vector<int> m_v; // other data template<class Archive> void save(Archive& ar, const unsigned version) const { ar & m_a; ar & m_v; } template<class Archive> void load(Archive& ar, const unsigned version) { a tmp; ar & tmp; if(tmp == m_a) ar & m_v; } // ... }; Now, what if b is derived from a instead of containing it? Would this work? class b : public a { vector<int> m_v; // other data template<class Archive> void save(Archive& ar, const unsigned version) const { ar & boost::serialization::base_object<a>(*this); ar & m_v; } template<class Archive> void load(Archive& ar, const unsigned version) { a tmp; ar & tmp; if(tmp == static_cast< const a& >(*this)) ar & m_v; } // ... }; Thanks!

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[Review][Bimap] Bimap review extended until March 2nd
by Ion Gaztañaga 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi to all, Bimap review has been extended until March 2nd. I encourage all boosters to give a try to this great library. The links are: Start reading the documentation here: http://tinyurl.com/y95qng And download the library here: http://boost-consulting.com/vault/index.php?&directory=Containers Regards, Ion

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feature request: documentation on possible linker problems
by Maarten Nieber 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi, is it possible to add some documentation about possible linker conflicts when boost is used inside dlls and static libs? At the moment, my colleagues worry about using boost in our dlls or static libs, because when we give our (binary) libraries to a third party, the boost symbols in our libraries might give a conflict with boost symbols in the executable of the third party. I tried to solve this puzzle myself, but could not find a conclusive answer, which leads me to believe that this issue may be relevant for the boost documentation. Notably, I'm interested to know if this problem can occur if we only use boost header files but not binaries. Thanks in advance, Maarten Nieber ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail

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by Maarten Nieber 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi, is it possible to add some documentation about possible linker conflicts when boost is used inside dlls and static libs? At the moment, my colleagues worry about using boost in our dlls or static libs, because when we give our (binary) libraries to a third party, the boost symbols in our libraries might give a conflict with boost symbols in the executable of the third party. I tried to solve this puzzle myself, but could not find a conclusive answer, which leads me to believe that this issue may be relevant for the boost documentation. Notably, I'm interested to know if this problem can occur if we only use boost header files but not binaries. Thanks in advance, Maarten Nieber ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121

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Re: [Boost-users] How to access bundled properties individually?
by Shufei Fan 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

This question is regarding to BGL, I should have included it on the title. Actually, thank goes to Aaron Windsor. From: fansf(a)hotmail.comTo: boost-users(a)lists.boost.orgSubject: How to access bundled properties individually?Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:39:10 +0000 First, Thank Doug for answering my previous question on parallel edges. Now, my question is:How to access bundled property individually? I defined my graph like this: struct Node{ int label; int mode[3]; //...;};struct Edge{ double nCommBord;}; typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::setS, boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS, Node, Edge> Graph;but when I want to access property nCommBord of Edge, there seems to be wrong with my property_map type definition. Anyone can point out for me, what is the right version(I cannot seem to find any comment on this kind of usage)? //get edgeWeight propertyproperty_map<Graph, &Edge::nCommBord>::type p_e = get(&Edge::nCommBord, *rowGraph); The error:c:\...\VCProjects\...xxx.cpp(55) : error C2974: 'boost::property_map' : invalid template argument for 'Property', type expected c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\graph\properties.hpp(205) : see declaration of 'boost::property_map'Thanks, Shufei Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger Get it now! _________________________________________________________________ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

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How to access bundled properties individually?
by Shufei Fan 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

First, Thank Doug for answering my previous question on parallel edges. Now, my question is: How to access bundled property individually? I defined my graph like this: struct Node{ int label; int mode[3]; //...;};struct Edge{ double nCommBord;}; typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::setS, boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS, Node, Edge> Graph; but when I want to access property nCommBord of Edge, there seems to be wrong with my property_map type definition. Anyone can point out for me, what is the right version(I cannot seem to find any comment on this kind of usage)? //get edgeWeight propertyproperty_map<Graph, &Edge::nCommBord>::type p_e = get(&Edge::nCommBord, *rowGraph); The error: c:\...\VCProjects\...xxx.cpp(55) : error C2974: 'boost::property_map' : invalid template argument for 'Property', type expected c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost\graph\properties.hpp(205) : see declaration of 'boost::property_map' Thanks, Shufei _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=…

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[mpl::math] exponential metafunction for complex types
by Chris Weed 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi, I am getting the wrong result for the exponential of complex numbers such as the following: #include <boost/mpl/math/double.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/math/complex_number.hpp> #include <iostream> int main() { typedef boost::mpl::math::string_c_to_double<'-',2,'.',0>::type minus_two; typedef boost::mpl::times<minus_two,boost::mpl::math::pi<boost::mpl::math::double_tag> >::type minus_two_pi; typedef boost::mpl::math::complex_number<double_zero,minus_two_pi> imag_minus_two_pi; std::cout << imag_minus_two_pi() << std::endl; std::cout << boost::mpl::math::exponential<imag_minus_two_pi>::type() << std::endl; return 0; } This prints: 0-6.28319i 1.0329-0.0109834i which should be 0-6.28319i 1.0000-0.00000i Chris

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[multi_index] view with less items than in container possible?
by Boris 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

The various indexes of the multi_index_container help to access items in a container differently. Is it also possible to create an index somehow with access to less items in the container? If there is for example a container with employees and I often need to iterate over female employees only is there a way to create an index for this (there could be a bool in the employee class to indicate who is female)? Boris

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boost_1_30_0\boost\crc.hpp(389) : warning C4245: 'initializing' : conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::detail::mask_uint_t<16>::least', signed/unsigned mismatch
by ERIC BERTRAND 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

I have this warning on Visual studio 2005. I want to get rid of theses warning. It apperas at line BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT( least, sig_bits = (~( least(0u) )) ); if I cast (least)(~( least(0u) )) I have not the warning. I want to be sure this is acceptable. Can someone confirm to me? Thanks -- --------------------------------------------------------- erbere erbere(a)gmail.com

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sub_range, assign and permutation_iterator related problem
by abir basak 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi, It is an extension to one my previous post, where I needed help while giving access to a sub_range for of an container. In that problem , Mr Thorsten Ottosen, provided answer to all of my queries (Many thanks to him ). This time I am interested to provide indexed access to a vector with a sub_range ,using permutation_iterator. Here some codes are creating problem, while I am using sub_range with permutation iterator. To specify, I am providing a small test code. typedef std::pair<std::size_t,std::size_t> pair_t; template<typename T> class vector_e : private std::vector<T>{ public: typedef vector_e<T> self_type; typedef typename std::vector<T>::iterator iterator; typedef typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator const_iterator; typedef boost::sub_range<self_type> range; typedef boost::sub_range<const self_type> const_range; typedef typename std::vector<T>::size_type size_type; typedef std::vector<int> index_type; typedef typename boost::permutation_iterator<typename iterator,index_type::const_iterator> index_iterator; typedef typename boost::permutation_iterator<typename const_iterator,index_type::const_iterator> const_index_iterator; vector_e() : std::vector<T>(){} using std::vector<T>::begin; using std::vector<T>::end; using std::vector<T>::operator []; using std::vector<T>::insert; index_iterator begin_i(const index_type& i){ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.begin()); } const_index_iterator begin_i(const index_type& i)const{ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.begin()); } index_iterator end_i(const index_type& i){ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.end()); } const_index_iterator end_i(const index_type& i)const{ return boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.end()); } range get_range(const pair_t& range){ return boost::make_iterator_range(begin()+range.first,begin()+range.second); } const_range get_range(const pair_t& range)const{ return boost::make_iterator_range(begin()+range.first,begin()+range.second); } range get_range(const index_type& i){ return boost::make_iterator_range(boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.begin()), boost::make_permutation_iterator(begin(),i.end())); } }; int main(int argc,char** argv) { using namespace boost; using namespace boost::assign; using namespace boost::lambda; using boost::lambda::_1; typedef vector_e<int> elem_t; typedef std::vector<int> index_t; elem_t v; int a[] = {00,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100}; v.insert(v.end(),a,a+11); const elem_t& cv = const_cast<elem_t&>(v); //v+= 00,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100; std::cout<<"original array : "; std::for_each(v.begin(),v.end(),std::cout<<_1<<" "); ///For continuous ranges. elem_t::range r = v.get_range(std::make_pair(1,5)); std::cout<<std::endl<<" range (1,5) : "; ///working fine std::for_each(r.begin(),r.end(),std::cout<<_1<<" "); ///working fine elem_t::const_range cr = v.get_range(std::make_pair(1,5)); std::cout<<std::endl<<" c_range (1,5) : "; std::for_each(cr.begin(),cr.end(),std::cout<<_1<<" "); ///working fine elem_t::const_range cr1 = cv.get_range(std::make_pair(1,5)); std::cout<<std::endl<<" c_range1 (1,5) : "; std::for_each(cr1.begin(),cr1.end(),std::cout<<_1<<" "); index_t i; i+=0,2,6,4,9; std::cout<<std::endl<<" index : "; std::for_each(i.begin(),i.end(),std::cout<<_1<<" "); std::cout<<std::endl<<"index range "; //working fine std::for_each(v.begin_i(i),v.end_i(i),std::cout<<_1 << " "); std::cout<<std::endl<<"c index range "; ///working fine std::for_each(cv.begin_i(i),cv.end_i(i),std::cout<<_1 << " "); ///not working (and its const counter part ) elem_t::range ir = v.get_range(i); } The error it is giving in visual studio 7.1 for sub_range of permutation_iterator is, E:\boost_1_33_1\boost\range\iterator_range.hpp(60): error C2440: 'type cast' : cannot convert from 'boost::range_iterator<C>::type' to 'boost::range_iterator<C>::type' with [ C=const boost::iterator_range<vector_e<int>::index_iterator> ] and [ C=vector_e<int>::self_type ] The questions are 1) Can anyone point out the problem ? (Is sub_range is typed by iterator by any chance, or typed by container only ? ) 2) This is aux question. How to make assign library work for my inherited container (vector_e here ), like the commented line ? any help is appreciated, and thanks to the community . abir -- Abir Basak, Member IEEE Software Engineer, Read Ink Technologies B. Tech, IIT Kharagpur email: abir(a)abirbasak.com homepage: www.abirbasak.com

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[BGL] Dijkstra visitor for examine edge event
by Alejandro Marcos Aragón 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi everyone, I posted this message but I haven't received any response so I decided to post it again. I am trying to store all the vertices with their respective distances from a source within the Dijkstra shortest path algorithm. For that I plan to use a std::vector<std::queue > >. I was able to have the visitor working but I don't know how to access to those values that are computed automatically by the algorithm (d_v, d_u, for example). The code I wrote is as follows: template <class Tag> struct vis : public default_dijkstra_visitor { vis() { } template <class Edge, class Graph> void edge_relaxed(Edge e, Graph& g){ cout<<"VISITOR!!!"<<endl; cout<<"Edge -> "<<e<<endl; } private: std::vector<std::queue<Vertex> > storage; }; template <class Tag> vis<Tag> target_visit(Tag) { return vis<Tag>(); } void Dijkstra() { // maps needed by the algorithm IndexMap indexmap = get(vertex_index, *gPtr); WeightMap weightmap = get(edge_weight, *gPtr); // define containers for the predecessor vertices and // for distances std::vector<Vertex> pred(num_vertices(*gPtr)); std::vector<double> dist(num_vertices(*gPtr)); // vertex to compute Dijkstra's algorithm on Vertex source = vertex(get_source(), *gPtr); // Dijkstra's algorithm dijkstra_shortest_paths(*gPtr, source, predecessor_map(&pred[0]).distance_map(&dist[0]).visitor(target_visit(on_examine_edge()))); ... Any help will be appreciated. a^2

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[BGL] merger parallel edges
by Shufei Fan 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi, I am new to Boost Graph Library. I have two questions. I defined my graph like this: struct Node{ int label; int mode[3]; //...;}; struct Edge{ double nCommBord;}; typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::vecS, boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS, Node, Edge> Graph;Somewhere in my program, I construct it using add_edge() method. What I want is, I allow parallel edges, but I all parallel ones being merged(weight summed together). Can I add edges one by one, and use an general method to 'magically' merge them?(is there a function doing merging?) My second question is, where should I find a complete list of usage of all the library methods(say, manual for add_edge) Thanks, Regards, Shufei _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx…

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[signals] connection::add_tracked() proposal
by Frank Mori Hess 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'd like to propose we add an add_tracked() function to the connection object. This would allow an arbitrary shared_ptr/weak_ptr to be added to the list of objects tracked for the slot. The justification is to allow for situations where an object needed by the slot is not directly owned by a shared_ptr, or doesn't directly correspond to an argument of the bound function. For example, the bound argument might be contained inside another object which is in turn managed by a shared_ptr. We could actually dump boost::track() entirely if we wanted, if we have add_tracked(). - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF3Gxq5vihyNWuA4URAmS+AJkB3tgE/8p7GlCY+xq+UwfTFjZwigCgoQh0 fgQdVgH73Oh3j1g34HNy+JY= =3UVL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Serialization newbie question
by Surya Kiran Gullapalli 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hello all, I'm a newbie to boost serialization and i need some help. I'm using boost serialization, to serialize a class, which contains 3 std::string members. After i serialize i add it to a database. The database I'm using is berkeley-db. The database API needs key/data pair, both in void* type. Now for my problem, the key is std::string, so I'm passing in key as (void *)key.c_str(), I know its crude, but i'm just starting. Now for the data part, I've to serialize the complete class. As, boost::archive::binary_oarchive, takes ostream& as argument for constructor, I've done like this. std::ostringstream os ; boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa (os) ; oa << class_obj ; so the class_obj has been written to os. so i'm sending data to db api as (void *)os.str().c_str(). To retrieve data, I'm using something like this data=db.get_data() ; istringstream is((char *)data) ; boost::archive::binary_iarchive (is) ; The code compiled fine and at run time i'm getting exception basic::string::resize during construction of binary_iarchive. Obviously i was doing wrong. My question is how to serialize data and write it to memory than to a file? and how do i access it again? Thanks in advance, Surya

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Boost Serialization library with Berkeley-DB
by Surya Kiran Gullapalli 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hello all, Has any body ever used Boost serialization library with Berkeley-DB database to store/retrieve data. I'd like some pointers on how to use it?. Sample code would be most appreciated. Thanks, Surya

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How to build guid lib?
by Christian Henning 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hi there, it's not as easy as I thought it would be. I copied the guid files in the appropriate folders in my boost/ directory. And then I tried: bjam -sTOOLS=vc-7_1 --with-guid But that doesn't work. So, how do I do that? I really have no clue about bjam, etc. Thanks in advance, Christian

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[graph] Crash in breadth_first_search
by Jens Müller 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Can someone help me with the following program? It crashes with Boost 1.33.1 on gcc34 (GCC) 3.4.3 20050113 (Red Hat 3.4.3-16): $ ./1 make_map_as_colormap entered writing something to MapAsColorMap Speicherzugriffsfehler I have tracked down the crash to this line in <boost/graph/breadth_first_search.hpp>: for (tie(ei, ei_end) = out_edges(u, g); ei != ei_end; ++ei) { But I don't know what happens there ... I'm quite sure the bug is NOT in my color map proxy ... Thanks a lot in advance! Cheers, Jens // //======================================================================= // Copyright 2007 University of Karlsruhe // Author: Jens Mueller // // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See // accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at // http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) //======================================================================= // #ifndef BFS_DISTMAP_8737 #define BFS_DISTMAP_8737 /* Use distance map (or anything else which suits the following requirements) as a color map. Write operations are just ignored. Read operations work as follows: When the value in the underlying map equals a specified value, e.g. -1 in a distance map, or the null pointer in a predecessor map, the 'White' value is returned, otherwise the 'Black' value is returned. Note: This only is usable for application where there is no need to distinguish gray and black non-tree edge targets. Note: Setting the value in the underlying map so that it no longer corresponds to a 'White' value will have to be done by the visitor on the discover_vertex event. */ /* Template parameters: - ColorValue (default value used by helper function: default_color_type) - ReadablePropertyMap (underlying map) */ /* Runtime parameters: - ReadablePropertyMap pm - ReadablePropertyMap::value_type white (must be == comparable) */ #include <boost/property_map.hpp> #include <iostream> template<typename ReadablePropertyMap, typename ColorValue> class MapAsColorMap { private: typename boost::property_traits<ReadablePropertyMap>::value_type white_; const ReadablePropertyMap& pm_; public: typedef typename boost::property_traits<ReadablePropertyMap>::key_type key_type; typedef ColorValue value_type; typedef ColorValue reference; typedef boost::read_write_property_map_tag category; ColorValue get(key_type key); MapAsColorMap(const ReadablePropertyMap& pm, typename boost::property_traits<ReadablePropertyMap>::value_type white): white_(white), pm_(pm) { /* nothing */ }; }; template<typename ReadablePropertyMap> MapAsColorMap<ReadablePropertyMap, boost::default_color_type> make_map_as_colormap(const ReadablePropertyMap& pm, typename boost::property_traits<ReadablePropertyMap>::value_type white) { std::cout << "make_map_as_colormap entered" << std::endl; return MapAsColorMap<ReadablePropertyMap, boost::default_color_type>(pm, white); } template<typename ReadablePropertyMap, typename ColorValue> ColorValue MapAsColorMap<ReadablePropertyMap, ColorValue>::get(key_type key) { std::cout << "get entered" << std::endl; std::cout << key << " " << boost::get(pm_, key) << std::endl; return (boost::get(pm_, key)==white_) ? boost::color_traits<ColorValue>::white() : boost::color_traits<ColorValue>::black(); } template<typename ReadablePropertyMap, typename ColorValue> ColorValue get(MapAsColorMap<ReadablePropertyMap, ColorValue> pmap, typename boost::property_traits<ReadablePropertyMap>::key_type key) { return pmap.get(key); } template<typename ReadablePropertyMap, typename ColorValue> void put(MapAsColorMap<ReadablePropertyMap, ColorValue> pmap, typename boost::property_traits<ReadablePropertyMap>::key_type key, typename boost::property_traits<ReadablePropertyMap>::value_type value) { std::cout << "writing something to MapAsColorMap" << std::endl; /* nothing */ } #endif

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local variable shadow
by Chris Saunders 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

I find local variable shadow warnings helpful, but when I include various boost libraries, I have to remove a lot of shadowing within the boost functions themselves. Note that I'm not refering to name conflicts with my own code. How can I submit patches to remove these type of warnings? Thanks, -Chris

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[boost::program_options] got stuck with some options scenario
by Ovanes Markarian 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

I have some requirement for input parameters: Some of my input parameters represent a pair of files. Is there any way to parse this kind of a form: -I "file1" "file1_related_file" Trying to use the construct with: po::value< std::pair<std::string,std::string> >() produces a compilation error within a lexical cast, that there is no operator >> defined. I know I could pass smth like: -I "fiel1+related_file", but then I would need to split the string, what I would like to do, since I see this as a task of program_options lib. With Kind Regards, Ovanes Markarian

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question about pool::get_next_size/set_next_size
by Stefan Felkel 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hi, is there a way to access pool::get_next_size, pool::set_next_size from my own fast_pool_allocator without modifying the boost source (1.33.1). This my_fast_pool_allocator is a copy of fast_pool_allocator that tries to allocate the requested memory with next_size divided by 2 if malloc returns NULL. I added static member functions get_next_size/set_next_size to singleton_pool which works, but is there a way without modifying the boost source. If not, would it make sense to add these two methods in a future boost release. This is the allocate method of my_fast_pool_alloctor: template <typename T, typename UserAllocator, typename Mutex, unsigned NextSize> class my_fast_pool_allocator { ... static pointer allocate(const size_type n) { typedef boost::singleton_pool<boost::fast_pool_allocator_tag, sizeof(T), UserAllocator, Mutex, NextSize> mypool; pointer ret = NULL; for( ; !ret; ) { if (n == 1 ) { ret = static_cast<pointer>( mypool::malloc() ); } else { ret = static_cast<pointer>( mypool::ordered_malloc(n) ); } size_t nsize = mypool::get_next_size(); if( !ret ) // not enough memory available { if( nsize <= n ) // even less than we really need break; nsize >>= 1; // request half the size nsize = std::max( nsize, n ); // at least as much as we really need } mypool::set_next_size(nsize); } if (ret == 0) throw std::bad_alloc(); return ret; } ... }; Regards, Stefan

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question about boost::interval
by Marco Correia 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hi, I'm a little bit confused about the documentation in http://www.boost.org/libs/numeric/interval/doc/rounding.htm, in the subsection "Transcendental functions". Does the "Please note" paragraph means that the provided classes for transcendal functions (_opp and _std) do not guarantee the inclusion property? From what I understood it says that it depends on the implementation of the std::* math functions, that, in most cases, don't obey current rounding mode. Am I getting this right? In case I am, does anyone knows if I'm safe with gcc std library (perhaps by using the -frounding-math switch)? Thanks! Marco -- Marco Correia <mvc(a)di.fct.unl.pt>

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missing files?
by Jan Van den bosch 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hi, I'm trying to build the examples of the Channel event framework ( channel.sourceforge.net) Apparently, the Boost archives at sourceforge (.zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files) are missing several necessary files, like serialization/array.hpp. When I do a CVS checkout of Boost however, those files are included. Are they still part of Boost? Thanks in advance, Jan

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split_iterator<string::iterator> example
by Meryl Silverburgh 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

hi, Can someone please tell me where I can find example of split_iterator<string::iterator> If I have 2 split_iterator<string::iterator>s, how can I compare the 2 strings that the split_iterator pointing to? Thank you.

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[Boost][bind] problem using bind with non-copyable class members?
by Darren Garvey 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hi, I'm trying to use bood::bind and I'm having a problem with compilation when I'm passing an object that holds a std::stringstream. The errors are to do with std::ios_base and std::streambuf's copy constructors being private, but as far as I knew (and understand from the docs), boost::bind passes by reference, so nothing should be copied. I'm sure I'm missing something fundamental here, so any enlightening would be very welcome. My setup is gcc 4.1.2 on Ubuntu 6.10. Here's an example program that fails: #include <sstream> > #include <boost/bind.hpp> > #include <boost/thread.hpp> > > using namespace boost; // sorry > using namespace std; // oops > > > struct holder > { > std::ostringstream oss; > }; > > void sub_main( holder& h ) > { > return; > } > > class event_handler > { > public: > void operator() ( holder& h ) > { > thread t( bind( &sub_main, h ) ); > t.join(); > } > }; > > int main( int, char** ) > { > event_handler e_h; > holder h; > > e_h(h); > > return 0; > } Regards, Darren

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[signals] building sandbox documentation?
by Frank Mori Hess 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Timmo, Do you know a bjam command to build the signals documentation in boost-sandbox/libs/signals/doc ? I'd like to update them to reflect the changes we've made for thread safety. Do I have to copy the files over to a real boost source tree to get them to build? I am not very familiar with bjam. - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF2xd85vihyNWuA4URAkBBAJ43BFzalbQSbzMaKNWuaEPR3tEpUQCdE67i 7ozVU/0NcLWKVW8gNv4KR5E= =WB61 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Boost-users] Cannot build boost on MSVS8 per instructions
by DAVID CRAVEY 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hi All, I am having the same errors as in this post: http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2006/09/22001.php I have tried downloading the boost-jam both binary: boost-jam-3.1.13-1-ntx86.zip (I get the same error as the above post) And from source: boost-jam-3.1.13.zip I get a "Debug Assertion Failed!" error when I run build.bat Program: C:\Boost\boost-jam-3.1.13\bootstrap\jam0.exe File: dtoxtm64.c Line: 67 Expression: ( ( ( long )( yr - 1990) >= BASE_YEAR) && ( ( long )( yr - 1990 ) <= _MAX_YEAR64 ) ) Running the prebuilt bjam.exe file in the Threads build directory (running from Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt): C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\libs\thread\build>bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-8_0" Built three library files. So I think the bjam.exe file probably is not corrupt. If I run (from Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt): C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1>bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-8_0 --with-threads" I get the same 00012f2a error as before. Other Notes: I have Visual C++ 2003 Standard and Visual Studio 2005 Pro Installed. Starting with the appropriate command prompt, I get the same error on both at Offset 0001f2fa. My machine is an Dell Latitude Centrinio Running Windows XP Pro SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, David Cravey

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Boost serilaization onexit problem
by gast128 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Dear all, We use (too many) singletons in our program and now the program crashes in Boost Serialization because in an onexit function a static member (oserializer::instantiate) of Boost Serialization is already destroyed. Is there a way to force an intialisation of these static members so that they are destroyed after my singleton destroys? The code can be reproduced by the follwing snippet: // #define BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK #define BOOST_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC #include <fstream> #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/xml_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/base_object.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/version.hpp> struct Foo { Foo() : m_i(0) {} template <class Archive> void serialize(Archive& ar, const unsigned int /*version*/) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(m_i); } int m_i; }; void f (); void test_serialize (); //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Function main //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Description : main //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- int main() { atexit(&f); test_serialize(); return 0; } void f() { test_serialize(); } void test_serialize() { std::ofstream ofs("test.xml"); boost::archive::xml_oarchive oa(ofs); const Foo foo; oa << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(foo); } wkr, me

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[Review][Bimap] Reviewers needed for Bimap review
by Ion Gaztañaga 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hi to all, Bimap review started 5 days ago and we're having some good comments but no thorough reviews. I would like to encourage people to write a Bimap review, because we still have five more days and I would propose extending that if that's necessary. Container and STL experts, we need you! I think that Bimap is a great library and I'm pretty sure you'll be happy to review it once you start reading the docs. Start reading the documentation here: http://tinyurl.com/y95qng And download the library here: http://boost-consulting.com/vault/index.php?&directory=Containers Regards, Ion

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