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mutex.cpp with pthread problem
by Michael Garriss 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

from libs/thread/mutex.cpp in boost 1.31, around line 211: void mutex::do_lock() { int res = 0; res = pthread_mutex_lock(&m_mutex); if (res == EDEADLK) throw lock_error(); assert(res == 0); } that last assert is failing for me. pthread_mutex_lock is returning 22 which if it's from sys/errno.h is EINVAL or "Invalid argument". any ideas? i built boost 1.31 on hpux 11.11 with a gcc from hp. some info: > gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11/3.3.3/specs Configured with: /scratch/zack/pkgbuild/3.3.1/hpux-11/gcc-3.3.3/configure --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads=posix --disable-nls --with-gnu-as --without-gnu-ld --with-as=/usr/local/bin/as --prefix=/usr/local Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3.3 > uname -a HP-UX unknown B.11.11 U 9000/800 180901557 unlimited-user license thanks, mike

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Tuple access on Solaris
by darren.gilbert＠ubs.com 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Hello, I was using the boost tuples library (from boost 1.31) to create a cache key. However, the Solaris compiler (SUNWspro v6.2.p1) complained when I tried to access the last element in the tuple. My class looked something like this: typedef enum result_type_id { ... } ResultTypeID; class ParamStateKey; class Cache { typedef boost::tuple<ParamStateKey, ResultTypeID, int, int, int> key_type; // cache implementation ... // some helper functions defined to hide the boost::tuple interface static ParamStateKey &GetState(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<0>(k); } static ResultTypeID &GetGreek(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<1>(k); } static int &GetProduct(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<2>(k); } static int &GetSubpage(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<3>(k); } static int &GetBucket(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<4>(k); } static key_type MakeKey(const ParamStateKey &psk, ResultTypeID r, int p1, int p2, int bkt) { return boost::tuples::make_tuple(psk, r, p1, p2, bkt); } }; The solaris compiler complained whenever I tried to call Cache::GetBucket() with the following error: "../../../../incl/3rd/boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp", line 105: Error: Could not find a match for boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::get<boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::RET, boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::HT, boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::TT>(boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::null_type>). "../../../../incl/3rd/boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp", line 105: Where: While instantiating "static boost::tuples::detail::get_class<1>::get<int&, int, boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::null_type>>(boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::null_type>>&)". "../../../../incl/3rd/boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp", line 105: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. Firstly, I have no way of deciphering that error message. Through trial and error, I found that removing the GetBucket() calls solved the problem. However, I needed these calls. I reasoned that since the other helper functions worked, it was a problem accessing the last element of the tuple. So I created a dummy entry in the tuple and redefined my typedef: typedef boost::tuple<ParamStateKey, ResultTypeID, int, int, int, int> key_type; This work-around is fine, so this is not an urgent problem. But it seems like this should not be necessary. ________________________________________ Darren Gilbert Associate Director UBS - Equities Quantitative Strategies Phone: +1 (312) 525-5766 Stein's law: "When a trend cannot continue it will stop." -- Herb Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under Nixon Visit our website at http://www.ubs.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.

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Efficient removal of std::list items
by Cory Nelson 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

This seems like the type of thing boost may have an answer to, yet I still havn't found it: I have two std::lists, about 50,000 items in each. The items are all number ranges so two uints start and end. I need to remove one list from the other - exact matches or subranges only. Currently I'm using remove_if() to remove/shrink/split them but it is taking forever, around 30sec. Anyone know of a better solution? -- Cory Nelson http://www.int64.org

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Re: [Boost-users] boost::variant with boost::signals leads to Internal Compiler Error with MSDEV 7.1
by Victor A. Wagner Jr. 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

your snippit compiles fine using my vs7.1 and the latest from CVS. is there some code needed to instantiate any of this needed to cause the ICE? At Monday 2004-12-20 08:30, you wrote: >Hi > >Environment: >MS 7.1 compile with MS implementation of STL >Boost 1.32.0 > >Summary: > >I get an internal compiler error using boost::variant as a parameter of a >boost::signal compiling with MSDEV 7.1, but not with gcc3.3/3.4 or MinGW >(3.5). > >Does anyone knows a workaround other than not using boost::signals? > >Details > >Using a signal with a variant of 2 simple classes (see code snippet) leads >to an >internal compiler error C1001. Using pragma command to turn optimisation >off as >Suggested by the compiler does not change a thing > >Does anyone knows a workaround? > >Regards, jom > >Here's the bad code snippet: > >#include <boost/bind.hpp> >#include <boost/signals.hpp> >#include <boost/variant.hpp> > >#include <vector> > >class MessageException : public std::exception >{ >public: > MessageException() > : std::exception( "Message error" ) > {} >}; > >class Message >{ >public: > typedef std::vector<unsigned char> Content; > > Message(unsigned int p, unsigned char def = ' ') > : m_vector( p, def ) > {} > > const Content& message() {return m_vector;} >private: > Content m_vector; >}; > >typedef boost::variant<MessageException, Message> MessageVariant; > >class TestWrap >{ >public: > TestWrap(){} > > typedef boost::signal1<void, MessageVariant> MessageSignal; > //typedef boost::signal<void (MessageVariant)> MessageSignal; > > > void send_signal (MessageVariant& variant) > { > m_message_signal( variant ); > } >private: > MessageSignal m_message_signal; >}; > > >_______________________________________________ >Boost-users mailing list >Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org >http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law"

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Bug in BGL with num_vertices( filtered_graph )
by Sebastian Weber 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Hello there! I think I found a bug in the BGL concerning the num_vertices function applied to filtered graphs. I use the filtered graph stuff with a vertice predicate. When I loop through the filtered graph with the vertex_iterator, I end up with a loop over all vertices where the predicate is true, just as it is supposed to be. But the function num_vertices on the filtered graph does return me the number of vertices of the original graph and not of the filtered graph. My system: boost 1.32.0, g++ 3.3.4, debian sarge. My graph type is boost::adjacency_list<boost::vecS, boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS > and boost::filtered_graph<graph_t, boost::keep_all, largest_component<graph_t> > Greetings, Sebastian Weber

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enable_if for class templates
by Agoston Bejo 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Has anyone succeeded in specializing class templates with enable_if under VC++7.1? I have created the simplest example possible and cannot imagine how I could rewrite so that no Internal Compiler Error occurs. I have tried with both the boost 1.31 and 1.32 headers, with no difference. ------------------------------------------------------ #include <iostream> #include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp> #include <boost/type_traits.hpp> using namespace std; using namespace boost; template<typename T, typename E = void> struct A { enum { X = 0 }; }; template<typename T> struct A<T, typename enable_if< typename is_arithmetic<T> >::type> { enum { X = 1 }; }; template<typename T> struct A<T, typename enable_if< typename is_object<T> >::type> { enum { X = 2 }; }; struct B {}; int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { // cout << is_arithmetic<double>::value << endl; typedef A<float> Afloat; cout << Afloat::X << endl; // Internal Compiler Error cout << A<int>::X << endl; cout << A<B>::X << endl; return 0; } ------------------------------------------------------

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Where should STL suggestions go?
by Jim Lear 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

I know this is not the correct place to suggest new features to the STL, but I can't find a similar group for STL. Any suggestions? Sorry for the interruption. P.S. In case you're wondering what the suggestion is: Add ability to use random access operators with iterators. E.g. vector<int> intv; ... vector<int>::iterator i=intv.begin(); intv[i]++; It seems odd and confusing that iterators have pointer semantics but not random access semantics. -- Jim Lear

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Return type of boost::bind(...)
by Agoston Bejo 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

Hi! Is there an easy way to use the exact type of what boost::bind(...) returns? The example above sheds some light of the source of this question. It would be much better (actually this is what bind is for, isn't it?) if I didn't have to define the plus_5 struct in order to be able to use transform_iterator. I wrote it in the comment what I'm thinking about. I could delve deeply into the bind header files and try to explicitly find what the exact class definition is, but I suspect it would not be too easy. Anyway, I may be forced to do that. Thx, Agoston // ------------------------------------------- #include <iostream> #include <functional> #include <algorithm> #include <boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp> #include <boost/bind.hpp> using namespace std; using namespace boost; struct plus_5 : public unary_function<int, int> { int operator()(int i) const { return i + 5; } }; typedef transform_iterator<plus_5, int*> Iterator; //------- *** ---------------------- //typedef transform_iterator< bind_type<plus<5>, _1, 5>, int* > Iterator; // how to easily get the return type of bind(plus<5>(), _1, 5) // in compilation time? //------- *** ------------------------ int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { int ia[] = {1,2,3,4,5}; copy(Iterator(ia), Iterator(ia+5), ostream_iterator<int>(cout, " ")); cout << endl; return 0; }

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[range]array of ints
by Duane Murphy 18 Dec '04

18 Dec '04

I am changing a code base that previously was using the no longer supported array_traits. I use the begin() and end() functions in a lot of places with arrays of integers. I have converted everything to using boost::range::begin() and end(). However, there is a severe collision. begin() and more importantly end() are overloaded for wchar_t. Turns out on Mac OS X, wchar_t is the same as an int. This causes end() to look for a null terminator instead of just using the array length template function. Is there a way I can make range::end() work for real array's of int rather than wchar_t? Thanks for any tips, ...Duane

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Re: Trouble using shared_ptr with g++ -O0 and -O2 options
by Bjoern Rasmussen 18 Dec '04

18 Dec '04

Hello Andreas Unfortunately I haven't figured out what causes this, so right now I'm just using the -O0 option for my release version. Do you have a simple code example which provokes this error? Then I can try to test it on previous versions of g++ Kinds regards Bjoern D. Rasmussen >From: akabel(a)stanford.edu >To: "Bear" <bjoern_rasmussen(a)hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: Trouble using shared_ptr with g++ -O0 and -O2 options >Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:06:37 -0800 > > >Bear wrote: > > Hello there > > > > I'm getting a SIGSEGV when using the boost::shared_ptr in my program >and > > compiling with the g++ -O2 option, whereas if I'm using the g++ -O0 >option > > my programs works the way it should. My program is multi-threaded but >to the > > best of my knowledge it is mutex'ed correctly. > >I have a very similar problem in a (single-threaded) program. I tried >several compilers; Intel icc v8.0 behaves correctly, even for high >optimization level, >gcc 3.4 and gcc 3.3 dump core at -O2 and behave correctly at -O0. Did >you find >out what causes this? > >Thanks, > > Andreas > _________________________________________________________________ Del din verden med MSN Spaces http://spaces.msn.com

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RE: [Boost-users] boost and memory allocations (signals and others)
by Frank Maddin 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users- > bounces(a)lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Beman Dawes > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:19 PM > To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org; boost-users(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost and memory allocations (signals and > others) > > At 09:17 AM 12/15/2004, Caleb Epstein wrote: > >On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:01:01 -0800, Frank Maddin > <frankmad(a)microsoft.com> > > >wrote: > > > >> We've been thinking about using certain boost functionality on a > project. > > > >> We were trying to keep the number of allocations down. > > > >See the attached test program which makes the Hello class "noisy" and > >runs two different versions of your signals test. One uses object > >copy semantics and the other uses reference semantics. Compare the > >output: > > > >copy test: > >Hello::Hello () @ 0xbfffb950 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0xbfffb8c0 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0xbfffb870 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0xbfffb830 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0xbfffb7e0 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0x8050fb0 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0xbfffb7e0 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0xbfffb830 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0xbfffb870 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0xbfffb8c0 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0x8050fc0 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0x8050fc8 > >Hello::Hello (const ref) @ 0x8050fd0 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0x8050fc8 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0x8050fc0 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0x8050fb0 > >i = 1968 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0x8050fd0 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0xbfffb950 > > > >ref test: > >Hello::Hello () @ 0xbfffb950 > >i = 1968 > >Hello::~Hello @ 0xbfffb950 > > Wow! That is a pretty substantial difference. > > Seems like the signals docs should make a point of explaining the > efficiency gained by using ref. Or maybe they do, but I didn't find > anything in several minutes of poking around the docs. There is no table > of > contents entry like "Efficiency considerations" or similar. > > --Beman > > _______________________________________________ > Boost-users mailing list > Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users Thanks, that did indeed remove some churn. As Mr. Dawes pointed out, it would be nice to have that info in the docs somewhere. Overall though, I'm not sure that the allocations I'm seeing are acceptable for my application. Ideally, I'd like 1 allocation on connect and 0 allocations on signal send. We will be using an optimized small block allocator, but we still want to reduce memory operations as much as possible. Is there any suggestion to reduce this? I ran my own test putting in _CrtSetAllocHook(MyAllocHook), just copied from msdn. Below are the results (cleaned up a bit for just alloc hook calls). I haven't really looked at memory pools too closely. Would they be useful in any sort of situation with signals? >From the pool docs: >Pools are generally used when there is a lot of allocation and de-allocation of small objects. Another common usage >is the situation above, where many objects may be dropped out of memory. Thanks, Frank ref test before declaration: Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 93) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 40-byte 'Normal' block (# 95) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 96) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 97) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3240f8 Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 40-byte 'Normal' block (# 98) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 99) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 321688 Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 100) after declaration: before connect: Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 101) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 20-byte 'Normal' block (# 102) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 103) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 104) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 105) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 20-byte 'Normal' block (# 106) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 107) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 4-byte 'Normal' block (# 108) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 109) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 110) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 40-byte 'Normal' block (# 111) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 112) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3244e0Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324490Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324340Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 321688Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324290Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3242e8 after connect: before sig send: Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 113) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 114) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 321688 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324490 after sig send: copy test: before declaration: Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 67) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 40-byte 'Normal' block (# 69) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 70) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 71) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3240f8 Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 40-byte 'Normal' block (# 72) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 73) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 321688 Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 74) after declaration: before connect: Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 75) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 76) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 20-byte 'Normal' block (# 77) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 78) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 79) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 80) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 81) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 20-byte 'Normal' block (# 82) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 83) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 4-byte 'Normal' block (# 84) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 85) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 86) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 87) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 88) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 40-byte 'Normal' block (# 89) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 16-byte 'Normal' block (# 90) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 91) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3245f0 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3245a0 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324560 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324510 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 32439 0Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324340 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3240f8 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 321688 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324290 Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 3242e8 after connect: before sig send: Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 1-byte 'Normal' block (# 92) Memory operation in (null), line 0: allocating a 24-byte 'Normal' block (# 93) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) Memory operation in (null), line 0: freeing a 0-byte 'Normal' block (# 0) at 324510 after sig send:

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boost::not1(boost::bind(...))
by Agoston Bejo 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

This does not seem to work, because the object bind returns does not have an argument_type typedef. Why is that so? Is there a workaround? Thx, Agoston

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RE: [Boost-users] bind and default function parameters
by Mihalicza, Jozsef 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hello, Attached you can find a modified version of your code snipplet that works. In fact you needn't specify <bool>, but you have to pass as many arguments as the function actually takes, three in this case. Even if you specify a default value for threshold, the compiler treats equ as a function taking three parameters. HTH Best regards, Jocó P.S. to Agoston Bejo: Kicsi a világ :) -----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Agoston Bejo Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:01 AM To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] bind and default function parameters Hi! A small example: -------------------------------- template<typename T1, typename T2> bool equ(T1 t1, T2 t2, double threshold) { return t1 == t2; } int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { int ia1[] = {1,2,3,4,5}; cout << *find_if(ia1, ia1+5, bind<bool>(equ<int, int>, _1, 5)) << endl; // ERROR return 0; } ----------------------------------- Compiler: VC++7.1 (Intermezzo: another question: why do I have to specify the result type for bind in this case (bool)? Why can't it deduce it from the template function declaration: the return type is non-dependent.) Error message: c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\boost\bind.hpp(246) : error C2198: 'bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double)' : too few arguments for call through pointer-to-function ... and the rest (I suppose they are mainly irrelevant) c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\boost\bind\bind_template.hpp(33) : see reference to function template instantiation 'R boost::_bi::list2<A1,A2>::operator ()<boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>::result_type,bool(__cdecl *)(T1,T2,double),boost::_bi::list1<int &>>(boost::_bi::type<T>,F,A &)' being compiled with [ R=boost::_bi::bind_t<bool,bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double),boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int >::B1,boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>>::result_type, A1=boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B1, A2=boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2, F=bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double), L=boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B1,boost::_bi: :list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>, T1=int, T2=int, T=boost::_bi::bind_t<bool,bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double),boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int >::B1,boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>>::result_type, A=boost::_bi::list1<int &> ] c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\algorithm(64) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>::result_type boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>::operator ()<int>(A1 &)' being compiled with [ R=bool, F=bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double), L=boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B1,boost::_bi: :list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>, A1=int ] d:\prog\vcpp\Boost\xBindAndDefFuncArg\xBindAndDefFuncArg.cpp(22) : see reference to function template instantiation '_InIt std::find_if<int*,boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>>(_InIt,_InIt,_Pr)' being compiled with _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users

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Disable Unused Argments
by Duane Murphy 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

When using the range libraries size() function, I get an unused argument warning. While I could turn off these warnings explicitly for the project, I would rather not (in order to prevent other potential mistakes). Does boost have a more generalized or compiler specialized mechanism for disabling unused arguments in a function? To complicate matters more, this is a template function so the unused arguments pragma that I would use (with CodeWarrior 8.3) doesn't work. Suggestions welcomed. Thanks, ...Duane

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Re: newbie build question
by Frank Brown 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

> > It's not the correct location. This: > > C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost > > Should be: > > C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32 yes - that fixed it. many thanks! now i can move on to making coding errors! -frank

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bind and default function parameters
by Agoston Bejo 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hi! A small example: -------------------------------- template<typename T1, typename T2> bool equ(T1 t1, T2 t2, double threshold) { return t1 == t2; } int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { int ia1[] = {1,2,3,4,5}; cout << *find_if(ia1, ia1+5, bind<bool>(equ<int, int>, _1, 5)) << endl; // ERROR return 0; } ----------------------------------- Compiler: VC++7.1 (Intermezzo: another question: why do I have to specify the result type for bind in this case (bool)? Why can't it deduce it from the template function declaration: the return type is non-dependent.) Error message: c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\boost\bind.hpp(246) : error C2198: 'bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double)' : too few arguments for call through pointer-to-function ... and the rest (I suppose they are mainly irrelevant) c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\boost\bind\bind_template.hpp(33) : see reference to function template instantiation 'R boost::_bi::list2<A1,A2>::operator ()<boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>::result_type,bool(__cdecl *)(T1,T2,double),boost::_bi::list1<int &>>(boost::_bi::type<T>,F,A &)' being compiled with [ R=boost::_bi::bind_t<bool,bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double),boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int >::B1,boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>>::result_type, A1=boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B1, A2=boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2, F=bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double), L=boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B1,boost::_bi: :list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>, T1=int, T2=int, T=boost::_bi::bind_t<bool,bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double),boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int >::B1,boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>>::result_type, A=boost::_bi::list1<int &> ] c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\algorithm(64) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>::result_type boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>::operator ()<int>(A1 &)' being compiled with [ R=bool, F=bool (__cdecl *)(int,int,double), L=boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B1,boost::_bi: :list_av_2<boost::arg<1>,int>::B2>, A1=int ] d:\prog\vcpp\Boost\xBindAndDefFuncArg\xBindAndDefFuncArg.cpp(22) : see reference to function template instantiation '_InIt std::find_if<int*,boost::_bi::bind_t<R,F,L>>(_InIt,_InIt,_Pr)' being compiled with

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Re: newbie build question
by Frank Brown 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

D:\c\whereis>cl testBoost.cpp Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved. testBoost.cpp testBoost.cpp(5) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'boost/regex.hpp': No such file or directory D:\c\whereis>set include INCLUDE=E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\INCLUDE;E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\PlatformSDK\include\prerelease;E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\PlatformSDK\include;E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1\include\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\include\;C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost D:\c\whereis>dir C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost\regex.hpp Volume in drive C is SYSXP Volume Serial Number is 6B12-D3A9 Directory of C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost 10/04/2003 06:28 941 regex.hpp 1 File(s) 941 bytes 0 Dir(s) 472,326,144 bytes free D:\c\whereis>set BOOST_ROOT BOOST_ROOT=C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32 AFAICT the above shows the cl compiler can't find boost/regex.hpp, however the include path lists the correct location, regex.hpp shows up in a directory listing, and BOOST_ROOT is correctly set. What's going on? Something stupid perhaps. -frank brown http://www.inwa.net/~frog

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using boost with .NET CLR
by Kevin Kuo 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hi all, I'm not very familar with microsoft .net technologies, but I would like to know if anyone has been able to use boost inside a managed c++ application? Are there some performance hits, pitfalls, or is it in general a bad idea? Thanks. Kevin

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boost and memory allocations (signals and others)
by Frank Maddin 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

We've been thinking about using certain boost functionality on a project. We were trying to keep the number of allocations down. An engineer did some testing on signals and their usage of memory and found that there was a surprising number of allocation related things were happening. Even sending a signal did allocation ops. If developers want to reduce allocation overhead, do they use memory pools or some other solution? Is there a pattern of large numbers of small allocations across the lib? For things like the boost's smart pointers also? Below is a description of the test. Thanks, -fm ------------ Memory Usage I ran a simple test to see how much memory is being used struct Hello { void operator (int year) { printf("Year = %d\n",year); } }; void Test () { Hello hello; boost::signal< void(int) > sig; sig.connect( hello ); sig( 1968 ); } Note: I used _CrtSetAllocHook to monitor the memory usage... Results: sizeof( sig ) = 24 bytes but the default constructor does a surprising amount of dynamic allocation (for an empty list) calls malloc or free 51 times allocates 277 bytes in 13 blocks (not including heap overhead) so the actual size is more like 24 + 277 + 13*8 = 405 byes a call to connect does 26 alloc-operations... resulting in 133 bytes in 8 blocks a call to send a signal does 78 alloc-operations... resulting in 0 bytes in 0 blocks ... My tests were debug builds... but I looked at the calls and the library just calls new a lot... there seems to be a pattern of having empty wrapper classes where the constructor dynamically allocates the actual implementation...

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Tuple access on Solaris
by darren.gilbert＠ubs.com 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Hello, I was using the boost tuples library (from boost 1.31) to create a cache key. However, the Solaris compiler (SUNWspro v6.2.p1) complained when I tried to access the last element in the tuple. My class looked something like this: typedef enum result_type_id { ... } ResultTypeID; class ParamStateKey; class Cache { typedef boost::tuple<ParamStateKey, ResultTypeID, int, int, int> key_type; // cache implementation ... // some helper functions defined to hide the boost::tuple interface static ParamStateKey &GetState(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<0>(k); } static ResultTypeID &GetGreek(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<1>(k); } static int &GetProduct(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<2>(k); } static int &GetSubpage(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<3>(k); } static int &GetBucket(key_type &k) { return boost::tuples::get<4>(k); } static key_type MakeKey(const ParamStateKey &psk, ResultTypeID r, int p1, int p2, int bkt) { return boost::tuples::make_tuple(psk, r, p1, p2, bkt); } }; The solaris compiler complained whenever I tried to call Cache::GetBucket() with the following error: "../../../../incl/3rd/boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp", line 105: Error: Could not find a match for boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::get<boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::RET, boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::HT, boost::tuples::detail::get_class<0>::TT>(boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::null_type>). "../../../../incl/3rd/boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp", line 105: Where: While instantiating "static boost::tuples::detail::get_class<1>::get<int&, int, boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::null_type>>(boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::cons<int, boost::tuples::null_type>>&)". "../../../../incl/3rd/boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp", line 105: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. Firstly, I have no way of deciphering that error message. Through trial and error, I found that removing the GetBucket() calls solved the problem. However, I needed these calls. I reasoned that since the other helper functions worked, it was a problem accessing the last element of the tuple. So I created a dummy entry in the tuple and redefined my typedef: typedef boost::tuple<ParamStateKey, ResultTypeID, int, int, int, int> key_type; This work-around is fine, so this is not an urgent problem. But it seems like this should not be necessary. ________________________________________ Darren Gilbert Associate Director UBS - Equities Quantitative Strategies Phone: +1 (312) 525-5766 Stein's law: "When a trend cannot continue it will stop." -- Herb Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under Nixon Visit our website at http://www.ubs.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.

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a simple question from a green hand
by Gump Xu 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Hi, there. I am a new user of Boost lib. I have a simple question about installation. I've download and unpacked boost-1.32.0 to my Linux box. When I followed the instruction in "Get Started" to install Boost, I found there was no such a "bjam" binary file in my ~/boost_1_32_0 directory. Can anybody help me out? Thank you.

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scoped_ptr has no release function
by gast128 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Dear all, Probably there will be a good rationale for this, but the scoped_ptr has no release fct. No we have to use the auto_ptr, with all its drawbacks. Does anyone know the reason for this? Wkr, me

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BGL + VC7: no bundled properties because of BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
by Dan Dimerman 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Hello, Failing to do it by myself, I ask for the group's help to fully understand why I can't use BGL's bundled properties with MS VC7. I traced the impediment to the fact that in the configuration header "visualc.hpp" the constant BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION is #defined. This, further on (properties.hpp), causes the BOOST_GRAPH_NO_BUNDLED_PROPERTIES to be #defined. My question is, what is in this context understood by "template partial specialization" ? I ask, because I'm almost sure I've used this feature in VC7 before, hence my confusion. Many thanks in advance... Dan

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[BGL] Obtaining corresponding vertex_descriptors
by J Swan 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Suppose we have two BGL graphs g1 and g2, of type Graph1 and Graph2 respectively, such that g2 is a copy of g1. Given a vertex_descriptor v1 belonging to g1, can one generically obtain the corresponding vertex descriptor for g2: a) if Graph1 and Graph2 are actually the same type b) if Graph1 and Graph2 are different types? Regards, Jerry.

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How to make an iterator with a stride... and more
by Eli Pulsifer 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Hello, I have a situation which is probably quite common and already addressed by boost. So rather than write it my self, maybe someone can point me to the answer. I've got a geometry class that needs to expose iterators for the underling vertex components. Example: Class Vertex { positions_iterator PositionsBegin(); positions_iterator PositionsEnd(); normals_iterator NormalsBegin(); normals _iterator NormalsEnd(); ... } The first problem is depending on the format of the underling vertices, the stride between the data elements will change. Is there some easy way to implement this? I think writing my own using the boost::iterator_adapter is probably the way to go. Second problem is more involved. The texture data not only has a stride but a variable number of elements. Some vertices have 2 texture coordinates, some 3, some even more. Id love to define this iterator like this: stride_iterator< pair<float_iterator, float_iterator> > tex_coord_iterator; then create the iterator: stride_tupel_iterator< pair<float_iterator, float_iterator> >( pFirstTexCoord, texCoordStride, texCoordCount ); then use it: stride_tupel_iterator< pair<float_iterator, float_iterator> > it; for( it = vertex.PositionBegin() ; it != vertex.PositionEnd() ; ++it) { pair<float_iterator, float_iterator> coords; float_iterator iCoord; for(iCoord = coords.first ; iCoord != coords.last ; ++iCoord) { } } This will probably also require me to create my own highly special iterator class or is there a better way.

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newbie build question
by Frank Brown 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

sorry if this has been asked before, it's very elementary but i can't find references in the archives or faq so here goes: i just installed boost libraries and built them via bjam. they seemed to build successfully. i'm using the vc7.1 compiler. when i try to compile (cl) a .cpp file containing the following include #include <boost/regex.hpp> i get the following: testBoost.cpp(8) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'boost/regex.hpp': No such file or directory if i replace the include with the actual file spec like this: #include "C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost\regex.hpp" i get the following compiler error: testboost.cpp C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost\regex.hpp(28) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'boost/regex/config.hpp': No such file or directory apparently the compiler (cl) isn't translating <boost>. since one boost header refers to others i need to fix this basic problem. i tried substituting the bjam.exe in place of cl to compile, then i get a different error: Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam" --------------------------------------------------------------- Attempted search from D:\c\whereis up to the root so i'm sorry to bother y'all with such a simple problem, all i need to know is how to compile (the 'hello world' scenario). thanks for your attention. -frank brown (stupid jerk) http://www.inwa.net/~frog

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[BGL][variant] variant as internal edge property - nastiness w/MS7.1 + 1.31.0
by Christopher D. Russell 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

This isn't a question but rather a quick report for my future reference - I need to circle back and try to characterize this problem more fully when I'm not on deadline and can run some additional tests with Boost 1.32.0. Environment: - MS 7.1 compiler w/their STL distribution - Boost 1.31.0 (my client doesn't want to update to 1.32.0 until after this release) Summary: boost::variant registered as an internal edge property map member on a BGL graph causes the resultant graph to be inaccessible due to what appears to be incorrect initialization of both the internal vertex and edge property maps. I SUSPECT THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS CAN BE TRACKED BACK TO A MS 7.1 COMPILER BUG due to the fact that attempts to compile my test code results in either of (a) an C1001 Internal Compiler Error (b) a error-free compile and a completely screwed runtime. Details: The boost::variant in question is bounded by several unique specializations of a fully-specialized class. As follows: // pseudocode class A; class B; class C; template <typename tail_T, typename head_T> class edge_exeuctor {}; template <> class edge_executor<A, B>; template <> class edge_exeuctor<A,C>; tempalte <> class edge_exeuctor<B,C>; template <> class edge_executor<B,A>; tempalte <> class edge_executor<C,A>; template <> class edge_executor<C,B>; typedef boost::variant< edge_executor<A,B>, edge_executor<A,C>, edge_executor<B,C>, edge_executor<B,A>, edge_executor<C,A>, edge_executor<C,B> > variant_edge_t; The graph in question is declared as: enum vertex_foo_property_t { vertex_foo_property = 801 }; enum edge_foo_property_t {edge_foo_property = 802 }; BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(vertex, foo_property); BOOST_INSTALL_PROPERTY(edge, foo_property); typedef property<vertex_foo_property, int, boost::property<vertex_color_t, default_color_type> > vertex_properties_t; typedef property<edge_foo_property, variant_edge_t> edge_properties_t; typedef adjacency_list<listS, listS, bidirectionalS, vertex_properties_t, edge_properties_t> graph_t; typedef graph_traits<graph_t>::edges_size_type edges_size_t; Failure: // THE TEST CODE WILL NOT ALWAYS COMPILE W/MS 7.1 // HALF THE TIME IT BOMBS W/C1001 INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR // when it does compile, no errors are reported by the following runtime behavior is observed graph_t g; edges_size_t edge_count = num_edges(g); // <- protection fault // stepping into num_edges in a debug build reveals that both vertex and edge property maps point to uninitialized memory (0xcdcdcdcd) // removing variant_edge_t from edge_properties_t and replacing with an int works as expected... ---- - Chris

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[BGL] Boost Graph Library Users
by Christopher D. Russell 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Doug G. or whoever is maintaining the online BGL docs over at Indiana, would you please add a link to the Hyperworx Platform Project on the "Boost Graph Library Users" page (http://www.boost.org/libs/graph/doc/users.html) Hyperworx Platform Project: http://hyperworx.org (notes on Hyperworx BGL usage: http://hyperworx.org/acc1c40a-592e-4f43-aa70-2237d5e39134.html) - Thanks and regards Chris

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Problem with random_vertex
by Rui Carvalho 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Hi, I must be missing something basic as my use of random_vertex returns always the same vertex each time I run the code (which is listed below). Help would be much appreciated. I'm using MSVC 7.1 and boost 1.32 on windows XP. TIA, Rui #include <iostream> #include <boost/graph/random.hpp> #include <boost/random/mersenne_twister.hpp> #include <boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp> #include <boost/graph/graph_traits.hpp> using namespace boost; using namespace std; int main(int,char*[]) { typedef adjacency_list < vecS, vecS, directedS > Graph; //Builds graph with vertices, but no edges Graph g(100); typedef graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor Vertex; mt19937 gen; Vertex i; i = random_vertex(g, gen); cout << "Random vertex:" << i << endl; }

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graphviz compile problem
by Jean Utke 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

I am running into a problem compiling code that uses write_graphviz which used to work e.g. for gcc 3.3 and boost versions prior to 1.31. As I am trying to move forward I am testing different gcc and boost versions. Here is the example code: ---------------------------------------------------------------- #include "boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp" #include "boost/graph/graphviz.hpp" class BoostVertexContentType { public: enum { num=100 }; typedef boost::vertex_property_tag kind; }; class BoostEdgeContentType { public: enum { num=101 }; typedef boost::edge_property_tag kind; }; int main(void) { boost::adjacency_list< boost::listS, boost::listS, boost::bidirectionalS, boost::property<BoostVertexContentType, int>, boost::property<BoostEdgeContentType, int> > b; std::ofstream anOutFileStream; anOutFileStream.open("test.dot",std::ios::out); boost::write_graphviz(anOutFileStream, b); anOutFileStream.close(); } ----------------------------------------------------------------- This compiles ok with gcc 3.3 and boost 1.30.0 / 1.30.2 It does not compile with gcc 3.3/3.4.3 and boost 1.31/1.32 basically complaining about: boost_1_32_0/boost/graph/graphviz.hpp:269: error: no match for `std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& << const boost::detail::error_property_not_found&' operator My target right now is to use gcc 3.4.3 with boost 1.32. Before I spend time searching for a workaround I hope that somebody has seen this and that there is an easy solution. Thanks, Jean

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[BGL] Bidirectional Graph Concept
by Cromwell Enage 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

According to <http://www.boost.org/libs/graph/doc/BidirectionalGraph.html>, adjacency_list with Directed=undirectedS is a model of the Bidirectional Graph Concept. However, the following code fails to compile: #include <boost/concept_check.hpp> #include <boost/graph/graph_concepts.hpp> #include <boost/graph/graph_selectors.hpp> #include <boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp> int main() { boost::function_requires< boost::BidirectionalGraphConcept< boost::adjacency_list< boost::listS , boost::vecS , boost::bidirectionalS > > >(); boost::function_requires< boost::BidirectionalGraphConcept< boost::adjacency_list< boost::listS , boost::vecS , boost::undirectedS > > >(); return 0; } The error is: boost/graph/detail/adjacency_list.hpp:1984: `struct boost::detail::adj_list_gen<boost::adjacency_list<boost::listS, boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS, boost::no_property, boost::no_property, boost::no_property, boost::listS>, boost::vecS, boost::listS, boost::undirectedS, boost::no_property, boost::no_property, boost::no_property, boost::listS>::config::stored_vertex' has no member named `m_in_edges' Perhaps in_degree() should be specialized for undirected graphs so that it returns the same result as out_degree(). Cromwell D. Enage __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [Boost-users] Re: static boost threads with dynamic runtime
by Simmons, Aaron 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Will this fix be in a 1.32.1? How often are bugfix releases put out? -----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Michael Glassford Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:08 AM To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] Re: static boost threads with dynamic runtime On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:28:44 -0600, Simmons, Aaron <a-simmons1(a)ti.com> wrote: > > > > I've upgraded to boost 1.32 on Win32 (using vc-7_1). Static linking > to > boost threads is back (yay!), but it doesn't seem to be completely > there. > For instance, there aren't any .lib files if I want to statically > link to > boost threads while using the dynamic runtime. In looking at the > files > generated by the install, there only seems to be > dynamic-runtime/dynamic-threads dlls and > static-runtime/static-threads libs. > Other boost packages have dynamic-runtime/static-boost libs. > > > > Is this intentional (e.g., there are still problems with TSS)? This was an oversight which Stefan Slapeta is fixing (has fixed?) in CVS. There was a bit of discussion about it recently in the Boost development mailing list; see http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg76177.php. Mike _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users

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boost function ==
by gast128 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Dear all, We all waited for the operator==. Unfortunately it does not compile on VC++ 7.1. What do I wrong: namespace Tstb { int f0 (); int f1 (int a); int f2 (int a, int b); int f3 (int a, int b, int c); } void Test { boost::function<int ()> fc1 = &Tstb::f0; boost::function<int ()> fc2 = &Tstb::f0; boost::function<int ()> fc3 = boost::bind(&Tstb::f1, 2); bool b = false; b = (fc1 == fc2); b = (fc1 == fc3); b = (fc2 == fc3); } It gives: c:\Work\Test\Testmfc\Testboost\Testfunction.cpp(164) : error C2666: 'operator`=='' : 4 overloads have similar conversions c:\Work Sdk\Boost\boost\function\function_base.hpp(562): could be 'boost::enable_if_c<B,T>::type boost::operator ==<boost::function<Signature>>(const boost::function_base &,Functor)' [found using argument-dependent lookup] with [ B=true, T=bool, Signature=int (void), Functor=boost::function<int (void)> ] c:\Work Sdk\Boost\boost\function\function_template.hpp(594): or 'void boost::operator ==<R,Allocator>(const boost::function0<R,Allocator> &,const boost::function0<R,Allocator> &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup] with [ R=int, Allocator=std::allocator<void> ] c:\Work Sdk\Boost\boost\function\function_base.hpp(571): or 'boost::enable_if_c<B,T>::type boost::operator ==<boost::function<Signature>>(Functor,const boost::function_base &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup] with [ B=true, T=bool, Signature=int (void), Functor=boost::function<int (void)> ] or 'built-in C++ operator== (boost::function0<R,Allocator>::safe_bool, boost::function0<R,Allocator>::safe_bool)' with [ R=int, Allocator=std::allocator<void> ] and [ R=int, Allocator=std::allocator<void> ] while trying to match the argument list '(boost::function<Signature>, boost::function<Signature>)' with [ Signature=int (void) ] and [ Signature=int (void) ] etc. Wkr, me

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static boost threads with dynamic runtime
by Simmons, Aaron 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

I've upgraded to boost 1.32 on Win32 (using vc-7_1). Static linking to boost threads is back (yay!), but it doesn't seem to be completely there. For instance, there aren't any .lib files if I want to statically link to boost threads while using the dynamic runtime. In looking at the files generated by the install, there only seems to be dynamic-runtime/dynamic-threads dlls and static-runtime/static-threads libs. Other boost packages have dynamic-runtime/static-boost libs. Is this intentional (e.g., there are still problems with TSS)? Thanks, Aaron

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building on HP-UX
by Michael Garriss 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

i'm trying to get a product of ours to work on HP-UX. we are using gcc. it seems to build fine but: 1) when i link to a libboost_*.a i get unresolved symbols like this: prompt> g++ -I/home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/include/boost-1_31_0 test.cxx -L/home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_31_0 -lboost_regex-gcc -pthread /usr/bin/ld: Unsatisfied symbols: std::allocator<char>::allocate(unsigned long, void const*)(first referenced in /home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_31_0/libboost_regex-gcc.a(instances.o)) (code) std::__default_alloc_template<(bool)1, (int)0>::allocate(unsigned long)(first referenced in /home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_31_0/libboost_regex-gcc.a(instances.o)) (code) std::allocator<char>::deallocate(char*, unsigned long)(first referenced in /home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_31_0/libboost_regex-gcc.a(instances.o)) (code) std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_Rep::_S_create(unsigned long, std::allocator<char> const&)(first referenced in /home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_3 1_0/libboost_regex-gcc.a(instances.o)) (code) std::__default_alloc_template<(bool)1, (int)0>::deallocate(void*, unsigned long)(first referenced in /home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_31_0/libboost_regex-gcc.a(instances.o)) (code) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status 2) when i link to a .sl (which i get by just renaming the .so, not sure if that's right), i get this after running the executable: prompt> g++ -I/home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/include/boost-1_31_0 test.cxx -L/home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_31_0 -lboost_regex-gcc -pthread prompt> ./a.out /usr/lib/dld.sl: Unresolved symbol: _ZNSs4_Rep9_S_createEmRKSaIcE (code) from /home/mgarriss/dev/tp-compiled/lib/boost-1_31_0/libboost_regex-gcc.sl ABORT instruction (core dumped) AH! can anyone offer any hints, leads, or advice? INFO: prompt> uname -a HP-UX unknown B.11.11 U 9000/800 180901557 unlimited-user license prompt> gcc -v Reading specs from /opt/gcc-3.3.2/lib/gcc-lib/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11/3.3.2/specs Configured with: ../gcc-3.3.2/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-3.3.2 --disable-nls --disable-libgcj --disable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-as=/usr/local/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/bin/ld --enable-threads=posix Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3.2 Thanks in advance, Mike

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[BGL] pathfinding
by Cromwell Enage 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

One of the core functions in my multi-state mazes app automagically creates graphs that are conceptually like the one in the attached program. In this case, the shortest path from vertex 0 to vertex 11 is also the only simple path from vertex 0 to vertex 11. Also, unlike a regular maze, there are no dead ends (only cycles), so no matter how far one deviates from this simple path, there is always a way back. To that end, I'm trying to write a function that gives users a path to the end vertex (11) from any other vertex in the maze graph. Unfortunately, this function currently works properly only when given the start vertex (0). I've tried both breadth-first and depth-first search. The cycles seem to be throwing them off in a manner I haven't figured out, yet. I'll keep investigating the problem, but if anyone else has dealt with something like this before, please let me know how I should proceed. Cromwell D. Enage __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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crc.hpp with g++ 3.4.2
by Kathryn Hogg 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

including boost/crc.hpp when compiling with g++ 3.4.2 yields the following compiler error: /users/kjh/src/toolkits/boost/crc.hpp:464: error: ISO C++ forbids variable-size array `table_type' And the code in question is #if defined(__BORLANDC__) && defined(_M_IX86) && (__BORLANDC__ == 0x560) // for some reason Borland's command line compiler (version 0x560) // chokes over this unless we do the calculation for it: typedef value_type table_type[ 0x100 ]; #else typedef value_type table_type[ byte_combos ]; #endif Apparantly some version of g++ need to be included in the #if test as well. Pretty trivial to do but I thought I'd post here so the maintainers of the crc library can get it officially fixed. -- Kathryn http://womensfooty.com

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Boost.Build: how to specify targets on command line
by Davlet Panech 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Hello, I want to build one variant of a one boost DLL library using the regular bjam scripts; I tried the following tools/build/jam_src/bin.ntx86/bjam \ -q \ -d2 \ -sTOOLS=msvc \ -sBUILD="debug <runtime-link>dynamic <threading>multi" \ boost_date_time which builds *both* the DLL and the static lib, but I want only the DLL. I'm guessing I'd have to replace "boost_date_time" with some mangled "fully-qualified" target name, what is it? Another question, is it possible to "stage" individual libraries? Thanks, D.

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boost/thread/xtime.hpp
by Weston Markham 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

The Boost.Threads library provides boost::xtime and boost::xtime_get. I have some questions and concerns about these: I read the page at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/c/ in order to understand what the intended semantics of boost::TIME_UTC are. I assume that this matches the possible C proposal that is referred to in the Boost documentation. I also read the "Terminology" section of the Boost.Date_Time documentation. 1. First of all, should these (boost::xtime and boost::xtime_get) be treated as deprecated, in favor of the types and functions in Boost.Date_Time? (If so, then my further questions might be merely academic.) 2. It appears that the boost::xtime type is used both for the purpose of measuring the length of an interval of time, as well as for designating individual points in time. Is this correct? 3. thread::sleep (as well as other Boost.Thread functions) delays the execution of a thread for a specified interval, which implicitly begins at (approximately) the time of the call. Is its input parameter intended to be the other endpoint of the interval, or is it intended to measure the length of the interval? Both the documentation and the implementation lead me to believe that the former is the case. However, the documentation seems to me to be slightly ambiguous, and, of course, using a function's implementation to determine its expected behavior is questionable. (A similar question applies to the TimedLock concept, although I haven't looked at its details.) 4. The only type of clock that xtime_get supports (according to the documentation) is TIME_UTC. This does not seem useful to me, because I am mainly interested in providing accuracy for the intervals being timed, as opposed to providing accuracy relative to some externally-defined epoch. 5. Does boost::thread::sleep use the boost::TIME_UTC clock? If the parameter specifies the other endpoint, then I don't see how anything else could make sense. 6. What happens when someone applies a correction to the system time on my machine, in an attempt to synchronize it with UTC? Intuitively, I expect any functions that report UTC time to report a discontinuity, because the newer estimate should always be considered more accurate, but it was not known until the adjustment was made. Consider the code that I currently write in order to "sleep 5 seconds": boost::xtime xt; boost::xtime_get(&xt, boost::TIME_UTC); xt.sec += 5; boost::thread::sleep(xt); How long should the waited interval last? In most cases, it will be just under 5 seconds. If a leap second occurs within 5 seconds after the xtime_get, the wait ought to last about 6 seconds. (My guess is that most implementations would not provide this behavior, however.) And in the event that the TIME_UTC clock does not exactly match UTC time, and is subject to adjustments, the sleep could be instantaneous, or perhaps last a minute or more. (Here in my office, my workstation and the phone system disagree by 1 minute right now.) If boost::thread::sleep is intended to wait until a specified UTC time, (this is the conclusion that I have drawn from the documentation and the current implementation) then I think this is a conceptual flaw in the library. I have never had any need to do such a thing. It is always more important to me in this context that the duration of the interval be accurate, rather than its relation to, say, the rotation of the earth. Admittedly, I will get the behavior that I want in most cases. However, it seems senseless to me to confuse the matter of timing short intervals with reasonable accuracy by introducing UTC time, particularly when practically all computing hardware already has the facilities to perform the measurement task at hand, but does not necessarily have any means of discovering the current UTC time. My concerns could be mitigated if boost::TIME_UTC were renamed so that it did not have UTC in its name. It should then be documented as indicating a request for a (monotonic, if possible) clock that is suitable for timing intervals with a resolution around 1 second. The underlying implementations should then prefer system calls that enable accurate measurement of intervals, rather than synchronization with an external time base. Plus, the documentation for boost::thread::sleep should make explicit the manner in which it will interpret its argument. A search of the Boost developers' list on Gmane reveals a "problems with boost::thread" thread that appears to mention the issue of applying adjustments to the clock used for TIME_UTC. (And appears to have good suggestions for adding types to fix the ambiguity that causes questions #2 and #3.) I only found it after typing up the bulk of this message. However, it would be good to know if the future direction of the library is to incorporate the suggestions there. Weston

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Thread within thread
by Leon Mergen 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Hello everyone, I'm currently attempting to create a thread within a thread, and for some reason, the constructor seems to block and things just don't work very well. Consider a class ``BackupHandler'' and a class ``BackupHandlerThread'' - the thread is created for once in the 50ms polling to an output file which might be used by other processes. Now, in BackupHandler, I do this: --- boost::thread thread ( BackupHandlerThread (this->backupFile, this->data) ); --- Which, as far as I am aware of, should first create a BackupHandlerThread object, and then "launch" the thread with this object. Now, since I print out some debug info, it seems like it reaches the BackupHandlerThread constructor once, and the destructor twice. The function BackupHandlerThread::operator() () never is reached even once, and the execution of the initial thread blocks at the creation. Also, according to gdb there is no new thread being created, and it adds any use, this is the stacktrace of the thread that should create the new thread: --- [Switching to thread 3 (Thread 16386 (LWP 24085))]#0 0x401d2b94 in __pthread_sigsuspend () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 (gdb) bt #0 0x401d2b94 in __pthread_sigsuspend () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x401d29d8 in __pthread_wait_for_restart_signal () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #2 0x401d2151 in pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.1 () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #3 0x400a5fc6 in boost::thread::thread(boost::function0<void, std::allocator<boost::function_base> > const&) () from /usr/local/lib/libboost_thread-gcc-mt-1_31.so.1.31.0 #4 0x080846c2 in BackupHandler::addData(std::string) (this=0x40bd2cfc, data= {static npos = 4294967295, _M_dataplus = {<allocator<char>> = {<No data fields>}, _M_p = 0x8084f10 "U\211�\203�\030�D$\f"}, static _S_empty_rep_storage = {0, 0, 0, 0}}) at function_template.hpp:427 #5 0x0808455d in BackupHandler::addData(std::string*) (this=0xfffffffc, data=0xfffffffc) at BackupHandler.cc:36 #6 0x0805a759 in Normaliser::normalise() (this=0x80bd0d8) at Normaliser.cc:81 #7 0x08079c9d in HandleClient::operator()() (this=0x80b9d38) at HandleClient.cc:37 #8 0x08052c81 in boost::detail::function::void_function_obj_invoker0<HandleClient, void>::invoke(boost::detail::function::any_pointer) (function_obj_ptr= {obj_ptr = 0xfffffffc, const_obj_ptr = 0xfffffffc, func_ptr = 0xfffffffc, data = "�"}) at function_template.hpp:128 #9 0x400a69f4 in boost::thread_group::join_all() () from /usr/local/lib/libboost_thread-gcc-mt-1_31.so.1.31.0 #10 0x401cff60 in pthread_start_thread () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #11 0x401d00fe in pthread_start_thread_event () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #12 0x402f7327 in clone () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (gdb) --- Thanks in advance for any ideas! Regards, Leon Mergen

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RE: [Boost-users] Re: Iterators and maps [was Re: Where should ST L suggestionsgo?]
by Foster, Gareth 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

"I believe that iterator theories are as central to Computer Science as theories of rings or Banach spaces are central to Mathematics." -- An Interview with A. Stepanov http://www.stlport.org/resources/StepanovUSA.html <http://www.stlport.org/resources/StepanovUSA.html> that's just the tip of the ice berg, i found that interview to be a real eye opener having been through university where only OO programming got extensive coverage. Always seemed odd to me that what is such a big thing in the C++ community seems to get such a 'bad deal'. I hear things are changing though ... </ramble> gaz -----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces(a)lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lear Sent: 14 December 2004 16:30 To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Re: Iterators and maps [was Re: Where should STL suggestionsgo?] David Abrahams wrote: Jim Lear wrote: So in the absolute most abhorently poor code example (let's just call it "meta-code"), the map operator would behave like: data_type &operator[](const iterator &i) { return i->second; } Am I just too ignorant to make any sense? :-) Maybe I'll crawl back into my hole. :-) You're making sense, but consider this: why should the map get involved in that operation at all when you can do it all with the iterator? Seems like a design flaw to get another object involved needlessly. Not only might it be a design flaw, but it may invite inefficiency. But really it's just consistency with other languages which iterate over the keys (like awk) and code clarity. Someone unfamiliar with STL would find the following obvious: for (m_type::iterator i=m.begin();...) for (mi_type::iterator j=m[i].begin();...) cout << m[i][j] << endl; But they may find for (m_type::iterator i=m.begin();...) for (mi_type::iterator j=i->second.begin();...) cout << j->second << endl; obtuse. Perhaps folks intimately familiar with iterators may find this is hard to believe. :-) An alternative question might be, why should one who uses maps and vectors also be required to be familiar with the intricacies of iterators? To me, that seems like a design flaw. I have never encountered another language that requires the user to understand iterators to the extent STL does. Ease of use and learning ought to be a priority in the design of these objects, to the extent it is efficient and safe. To use iterators in lieu of keys or indices seems to me like a great simplification for users. It completely obviates the need to understand iterators in this case (while still allowing existing iterator functionality). -- Jim Lear

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Re: Re: Boost-1-32 multi_index compilation error on msvc6.
by Jia Pu 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

I forgot to include ordered_index.hpp. I thought including multi_index_container.hpp will give me everything I need. Thank you. > From: Joaquin M Lopez Munoz <joaquin(a)tid.es> > Subject: [Boost-users] Re: Boost-1-32 multi_index compilation error on > msvc6. > To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org > Message-ID: <loom.20041214T083314-505(a)post.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Jia Pu <very.funny.j <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > I am using MSVC 6 with Boost 1-32. Below is my sample code using two indeices: > > > [...] > > When I compile it, I have following errors. The actual message is much > > longer than this. I don't want paste them here to piss off every one > > on this mailing list. :) > > > > Anyway, I am not a template expert. I couldn't figure it out myself. > > Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. > > > > Hi, > > I cannot see what could be going wrong with your example. > The attached complete program compiles OK here > with MSVC 6.0 + SP5. Maybe you can post some complete code > that exhibits the problem? > > JoaquÃn M LÃ³pez MuÃ±oz > TelefÃ³nica, InvestigaciÃ³n y Desarrollo > > #include <boost/multi_index_container.hpp> > #include <boost/multi_index/key_extractors.hpp> > #include <boost/multi_index/ordered_index.hpp> > #include <string> > > struct by_id{}; > struct by_symbol{}; > > struct StringIdPair > { > StringIdPair(int _id, const std::string & _string): > id(_id), > string(_string) > {} > > int id; > std::string string; > }; > > using namespace boost::multi_index; > > typedef multi_index_container< > StringIdPair, > indexed_by< > ordered_unique< > tag<by_id>, > BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER(StringIdPair, int, id) >, > ordered_unique< > tag<by_symbol>, > BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER(StringIdPair, std::string, string) > > > > > StringIdTable; > > int main() > { > StringIdTable string_id_table; > > string_id_table.insert(StringIdPair(0,"zero")); > string_id_table.insert(StringIdPair(1,"one")); > string_id_table.insert(StringIdPair(2,"two")); > > return 0; > }

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Re: newbie boost sample compile program
by Brian Gaber 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

"Martin Lemieux" < <mailto:lemieux@cae.com> lemieux<at>cae.com> wrote: > > As I suspected, those are linker errors! That means steps 1 and 2 worked. Now > (step 3), you need to specify the directory where to find the boost libraries, > as well as the lirbary file(s) for the linker to link with. At this point you > have plenty of choices: static/dynamic, multi-thread or not, debug/release. > > 3a) You might have some of the following library files in your AIX > [...]/boost/lib directory: > > boost_filesystem-AIX-mt-1_31.so > boost_filesystem-AIX-mt-1_31.lib > boost_filesystem-AIX-mt-gd-1_31.so > boost_filesystem-AIX-mt-gd-1_31.lib On AIX v5.2 here are the boost_filesystem* libraries I have under /usr/local/lib libboost_filesystem-xlc-1_32.a libboost_filesystem-xlc-1_32.so libboost_filesystem-xlc-d-1_32.a libboost_filesystem-xlc-d-1_32.so libboost_filesystem-xlc-d.a libboost_filesystem-xlc-d.so libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt-1_32.a libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt-1_32.so libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt-d-1_32.a libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt-d-1_32.so libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt-d.a libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt-d.so libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt.a libboost_filesystem-xlc-mt.so libboost_filesystem-xlc.a libboost_filesystem-xlc.so > On your compiler command line, add "-L /usr/local/include/boost-1_32/boost/lib" > (or make a symbolic link as you did for the include directory > towards /usr/local/include/boost/lib and use this one instead, as you wish). On AIX (maybe all unix's) boost libraries are found in /usr/local/lib > Then (usually at the end of the command line) add the library file you like. > May I the a static one (.lib). Your command line should look like: No boost libraries with a .lib extension > xlc++ -o simple_ls simple_ls.cpp -I /usr/local/include -L /usr/local/include/boost-1_32/boost/lib boost_filesystem-AIX-mt-1_31.lib the actual xlc++ compiler command line that worked was: xlc++ -o simple_ls simple_ls.cpp -I /usr/local/include -lboost_filesystem-xlc-1_32 -L/usr/local/lib NOTE: after the -l the three letters "lib" are removed from the front of the actual library name. > > 2b) On MSDEV6, add "c:\boost\include\boost-1_32" in your project settings. More specifically in the "C++" tab, under "Preprocessor" category (drop-down list), and at "Additional include directories:". > > > > I did this and I can now build, but I get a linker error: > > > > LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "libboost_filesystem-vc6-sgd- > 1_32.lib" > > 3b) On MSDEV6, > > i) add "libboost_filesystem-vc6-sgd-1_32.lib" in your project settings. More specifically in the "Link" tab, under "Input" category (drop-down list), and at "Object/Library modules:". > > ii) and add "c:\boost\include\boost-1_32\boost\lib" in "Additional library path:". On my Windows 2000 the file "libboost_filesystem-vc6-sgd-1_32.lib" is found in c:\boost\lib Martin, thanks for your help. I would have never got this working without your assistane.

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Bug in Boost.Range + Boost.String Algorithms
by Raul Huertas Diaz 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

I think I have found a bug mixing together this two libraries in Boost 1.32.0 Simply doing: #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp> #include <boost/range.hpp> it's a bug because boost::algorithm::iterator_range<IteratorT> is redefined. I have attached a small demo program. ¿Am I wrong? ¿Is there a way to bypass this, apart from changing Boost code? Thanks in advance. P.D.: In case it is interesting, I'am working with: - Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - gcc 3.2.1 P.P.D: Boost.String Algorithms is great !!! Boost.Range is superb !! ;) -- Raúl Huertas Díaz ************************************************************************************************************************************************ *La información contenida en este mensaje de correo electrónico es confidencial y puede revestir el carácter de reservada. * *Está dirigida exclusivamente a la persona destinataria. * *El acceso o cualquier uso por parte de cualquier otra persona de este mensaje no están autorizados y pueden ser ilegales.* *Si no es Ud. la persona destinataria, le rogamos que proceda a borrarlo. * *The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. * *It is intended solely for the addressee. * *Access or any use by any other person to this Internet e-mail is not authorised and may be unlawful. * *If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail. * ************************************************************************************************************************************************

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Antwort: Re: [Boost-users] Using zero characters in regular expessions
by Keno.Basedow＠gedis.rohde-schwarz.com 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Thanks a lot! Works very fine. --- Keno Basedow GEDIS GmbH Sophienblatt 100 D-24114 Kiel Fon: +49-431-60051-24 (-0) Fax: +49-431-60051-11 basedow(a)gedis-online.de |---------+-----------------------------------> | | "John Maddock" | | | <john(a)johnmaddock.co.uk>| | | Gesendet von: | | | boost-users-bounces@list| | | s.boost.org | | | | | | | | | 14.12.2004 13:58 | | | Bitte antworten an | | | boost-users | | | | |---------+-----------------------------------> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | An: <boost-users(a)lists.boost.org> | | Kopie: | | Thema: Re: [Boost-users] Using zero characters in regular expessions | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > i try to use the regex library for binary data. > I tried this code: > > string h("\x81\x05\x00\x48"); > regex e2("\x81\x05\x00(.)"); > smatch m; > if (regex_match(h, m, e2)) > { > cout << "0. matched=" << (m[0].matched?"true":"false") << endl; > cout << "0. match length=" << m[0].str().size() << endl; > cout << "0. match character=" << m[0].str() << endl; > cout << "1. matched=" << (m[1].matched?"true":"false") << endl; > cout << "1. match length=" << m[1].str().size() << endl; > cout << "1. match character=" << m[1].str() << endl; > } The thing is if you pass a const char* to either basic_string or boost::regex then it will assume that the string is null-terminated, which as you have found does the wrong thing in this case. In both cases use the constructor that takes a string length as well as a pointer: string h("\x81\x05\x00\x48", 4); regex e2("\x81\x05\x00(.)", 7, regex::perl); Hope this helps, John. _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users

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Using zero characters in regular expessions
by Keno.Basedow＠gedis.rohde-schwarz.com 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Hello, i try to use the regex library for binary data. I tried this code: string h("\x81\x05\x00\x48"); regex e2("\x81\x05\x00(.)"); smatch m; if (regex_match(h, m, e2)) { cout << "0. matched=" << (m[0].matched?"true":"false") << endl; cout << "0. match length=" << m[0].str().size() << endl; cout << "0. match character=" << m[0].str() << endl; cout << "1. matched=" << (m[1].matched?"true":"false") << endl; cout << "1. match length=" << m[1].str().size() << endl; cout << "1. match character=" << m[1].str() << endl; } But regex seems to have problems with the zero character because the result is: 0. matched=true 0. match length=2 0. match character=ü♣ 1. matched=false 1. match length=0 1. match character= If i change the code above to: string h("\x81\x05\x01\x48"); regex e2("\x81\x05\x01(.)"); and now the result is like intended: 0. matched=true 0. match length=4 0. match character=ü♣☺H 1. matched=true 1. match length=1 1. match character=H Technical it should be possible to work with zero characters in basic_string. Is this a bug of regex or is this technical not possible? Keno Basedow GEDIS GmbH Sophienblatt 100 D-24114 Kiel Fon: +49-431-60051-24 (-0) Fax: +49-431-60051-11 basedow(a)gedis-online.de

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result_of example?
by Fedor Pikus 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

I was trying to come up with a solution for the following problem: say, I want to declare this class template <typename T1, typename T2> class A { public: A( T1 x, T2 y ) : xy( x + y ) {} private: The_Right_Type xy; }; Or I want to declare a function template: template <typename T1, typename T2> The_Right_Type f( T1 x, T2 y ) { return x + y; } The problem is, of course, what is The_Right_Type? I could not get a solution better than something which would require me to "register" all types in some way (then I could get types of all expressions involving registered types). Then Scott Meyers suggested I look at boost::result_of. It looks very cool except I can't figure out how to use it :( I searched the Boost mailing lists, found some incomplete examples and some broken tinyurl links, but nothing which would show me how to use it. Looking at the proposal, I could see how it is used inside a template where I already have types, but not how to get a type out of an expression in the first place. Now the question: can result_of solve the problem above, and would someone be kind enough to show me an example of how to use it? Thanks in advance, Fedor -- Fedor G Pikus (fpikus(a)gmail.com) http://www.pikus.net http://wild-light.com

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Boost-1-32 multi_index compilation error on msvc6.
by Jia Pu 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

I am using MSVC 6 with Boost 1-32. Below is my sample code using two indeices: struct by_id{}; struct by_symbol{}; struct StringIdPair { StringIdPair(int _id, const std::string & _string): id(_id), string(_string) {} int id; std::string string; }; typedef multi_index_container< StringIdPair, indexed_by< ordered_unique<tag<by_id>, BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER(StringIdPair, int, id) >, ordered_unique<tag<by_symbol>, BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER(StringIdPair, std::string, string) > > > StringIdTable; StringIdTable string_id_table; When I compile it, I have following errors. The actual message is much longer than this. I don't want paste them here to piss off every one on this mailing list. :) Anyway, I am not a template expert. I couldn't figure it out myself. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. c:\boost\include\boost_1_32\boost\multi_index\detail\msvc_index_specifier.hpp(45) : error C2039: 'node_class' : is not a member of 'fake_index_type<0>' c:\boost\include\boost_1_32\boost\multi_index\detail\node_type.hpp(42) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::multi_index::detail::msvc_index_specifier<struct boost::multi_index::ordered_unique<struct boost::multi_index::tag <struct by_symbol,struct boost::mpl::na,struct boost::mpl::na>,struct boost::multi_index::member_offset<struct StringIdPair,class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,4>,struct boost::multi_index::detail: :null_arg> >::result_node_class<struct boost::multi_index::detail::index_node_base<struct StringIdPair> >' being compiled c:\boost\include\boost_1_32\boost\mpl\aux_\preprocessed\msvc60\apply_wrap.hpp(102) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::multi_index::detail::index_node_applier::apply<struct boost::mpl::v_iter<struct boost::mpl::vector2<st ruct boost::multi_index::ordered_unique<struct boost::multi_index::tag<struct by_id,struct boost::mpl::na,struct boost::mpl::na>,struct boost::multi_index::member_offset<struct StringIdPair,int,0>,struct boost::multi_index::detail::null_arg>,struct boost::multi_index::ordered_unique<struct boost::multi_index::tag<struct by_symbol,struct boost::mpl::na,struct boost::mpl::na>,struct boost::multi_index::member_offset<struct StringIdPair,class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,c lass std::allocator<char> >,4>,struct boost::multi_index::detail::null_arg> >,1>,struct boost::multi_index::detail::index_node_base<struct StringIdPair> >' being compiled

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boost::threads and dual processor Macs
by Stephen Carson 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

We are having a problem that we have narrowed down to a problem with boost::threads on dual processor Macs. The very same software works fine, with boost::threads, on a single processor Mac. It also works fine with native Mac threads on a dual processor Mac. The crash is repeatable though, as threaded programs are wont to do, it crashes in slightly different places each time. The program does seem to crash during memory allocation. We have CodeWarrior 9 on its way to see if a compiler upgrade might address the problem, (there are some known problems with CodeWarrior 8 and threads, but only in debug builds. We see our crash in release builds as well). Our questions for the boost crew: -Are there any known issues with boost::threads and multi-processor machines? -Has boost::threads been tested on multi-processor machines? On multi-processor Macs? Details: Compiler: CodeWarrior 8.3 Computer: Dual processor 1.8Ghz Macintosh G5 OS: MacOS X 10.3.6 Boost: v1.31 -- Stephen W. Carson, Software Engineer DirXion Software in St. Louis, MO (636) 717-2367 "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." -Donald Knuth

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compiling and using boost using vc toolkit 2003
by Kevin Kuo 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Hi, Has anyone tried and have succeed in compiling and using boost from the command line using the vc toolkit provided by Microsoft? I have tried to compile boost using bjam but I get messages such as "The system cannot find the path specified." I have take care to define VC71_ROOT variable and included the appropriate \bin, \lib, \include directories. Thanks for the help. K

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boost::threads: howto organize them ?
by Martin Pasdzierny 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Hi Boost::Thread users (developers) During the past months I had to create a portable thread management shell around boost::threads to allow a simple thread management. The idea was to (implicitly) put each thread into a hierarchy (just like forked processes but with more features than boost::threadgroup offers). These threads now share a global structure to allow global access to their control interface (mainly a 'stop!' flag). Additionally I wanted to make threads requested to stop (triggered by themselves or from outside) implicitly stop their children and finally remove themselves from the thread management structures. It took me some time to make this approach a stable implementation (would have been much easier if boost::threads exposed their internal and platform-specific id). I think the idea of hierarchially organized threads is quite common and wonder how it could be *elegantly* designed using boost::threads. Any suggestions are welcome ! Martin.

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Need help please
by Laurent AUDIBERT 11 Dec '04

11 Dec '04

Hello I would like ot use g++ to compile a programme which use boost regex To use regex I put this lines in the header of test_expreg.cpp : #include <boost/cregex.hpp> #include <boost/regex.hpp> The file compiles fine with this command line : g++ -c test_expreg.cpp -o test_expreg.o But I can't link : g++ -o test_expreg test_expreg.o Produce error : : undefined reference to `boost::RegEx::RegEx(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, bool)' I tried : g++ -o test_expreg test_expreg.o -L/usr/bin -llibboost_regex And obtained this error : /usr/bin/ld: ne peut trouver -llibboost_regex Someone could tel me how compile correcly this programme that already compiles well en Microsoft Visual C++ but that I can't compile with g++ on Linux Fecora Core 3 Thanks, Laurent

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Problems with compiling Boost 1.32.0 in RHEL 3.0 on Itanium2
by Yuguang Xiong 11 Dec '04

11 Dec '04

First of all, Boost 1.32.0 can be compiled correctly in IA32 platform without any problems. But when I tried to compile it on Itanium2 system, I ran into the following problem: I issued the standard building command: bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" install which supposes to compile both the debug and the release , both the static and the dynamic, both the single-threading and multi-threading versions, specified by the default value of the BUILD variable: "-sBUILD=debug release <runtime-link>static/dynamic <threading>single/multi" However an error always occurred when the compilation went to this place: gcc-C++-action bin/boost/libs/thread/build/libboost_thread.so/gcc/debug/shared-l inkable-true/threading-multi/barrier.o In file included from /home/xyg/downloads/boost_1_32_0/boost/thread/detail/confi g.hpp:18, from /home/xyg/downloads/boost_1_32_0/libs/thread/src/barrier.c pp:12: /home/xyg/downloads/boost_1_32_0/boost/config/requires_threads.hpp:47:5: #error "Compiler threading support is not turned on. Please set the correct command lin e options for threading: -pthread (Linux), -pthreads (Solaris) or -mthreads (Min gw32)" Since my Itanium2 runs RHEL 3.0 with the standard GCC 3.2.3, the same version of the GCC that I used to compile Boost in RHEL 3.0 on IA32 platform, I don't understand why this error happened. Could anyone tell me how to get Boost 1.32.0 compiled smoothly on Itanium2 machine? Any information are greatly appreciated! Thanks a lot! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Quick questions
by TEMPLIE Cédric 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hello, I am new with the build boost sytem, before I wanted to use jam, but it was not enough for me. I have 2 quick questions: - How it is possible to check if a directory is present or not ? - I want to do a system call before building some files, how can i do that (I want to call perforce to sync the files before compiling them....) ? Thanks in advance for your answers. TEMPLIE Cédric

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Serialization: Cannot use name-value-pairs with indirectly serialized maps.
by Martin Proulx 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hello, While evaluating the serialization library, I've ran into a problem while modifying my code to add name value pairs to the serialized objects in order to be able to serialize them to an xml file. before doing this, everything worked fine, but now that I'm using NVPs, I get the following error: c:\projects\dev_tools\libs\c++\boost_1_32_0\boost\serialization\access.hpp(106): error C2039: 'serialize' : is not a member of 'std::map<_Kty,_Ty>' with [ _Kty=std::string, _Ty=std::string ] I'm using VC 7.1, and a stripped-down but compilable version of the code that causes the problem is included at the end of this mail. I'm really puzzled at this problem as the following modifications to the code will have things compile: -) Comment out only the 'oa << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(instanceOfB);' line. -) Comment out only the 'ia >> BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(instanceOfB);' line. -) Serializing and unserializing directly the instanceOfA object instead. -) redefining BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP to 'BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(x) x' is this really a bug or am I missing something ? Thanks! Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <boost/serialization/map.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> using namespace std; class A { private: friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* file_version */) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(mappedData_); } map<string, string> mappedData_; }; class B { private: friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* file_version */) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(privateInstanceOfA_); } A privateInstanceOfA_; }; int main(void) { A instanceOfA; B instanceOfB; std::ofstream ofs("test.txt"); boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs); oa << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(instanceOfB); std::ifstream ifs("test.txt"); boost::archive::text_iarchive ia(ifs); ia >> BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(instanceOfB); } -- Tel: (450) 681-1681, #271 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OKIOK Enterprise and e-business security solutions Solutions de sécurité d'entreprise et d'affaires électronique Tel. : (450) 681.1681 http://www.okiok.com This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and erase this e-mail message immediately. Le présent message électronique (y compris les pièces qui y sont annexées, le cas échéant) s'adresse au destinataire indiqué et peut contenir des renseignements de caractère privé ou confidentiel. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce document, nous vous signalons qu'il est strictement interdit de le diffuser, de le distribuer ou de le reproduire. Si ce message vous a été transmis par erreur, veuillez en informer l'expéditeur et le supprimer immédiatement.

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Some suggest to the author of Serialization Lib
by goodmen 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Dear Robert Ramey , Here is a new boost user ( but an 'old' c++ programmer ) writting to you. Now , with several painful night , my test code of serialization lib has't run. OK , as some letter in the list , I meet the link problem. The libs has been compiled and linked with bjam correctly,and the lib files have been copied to the right position.But the compiler complained there are some symbol not resolved. I have inspected the source code,and find the serialization use some file in the [[archive]] dir. And in the docs, there are no any info about archive. It seems that archive is not an independent lib(bjam not compile the archive files,but copy the header file to the destination dir). Some classes in the archive are used by Serialization, but the implementation of these classes are not processed by bjam,so these class excite link errors(not compile errors!). Another feedback about your code is that There are not any C1204 compile error in MSVC71 if you build in the release mode. It seems that in debug mode, the compiler add addition info to the result binary and madee the scope of compiling became to too large to the compiler. Here are some questions about the serialization: 1, Is the archive written by you ? 2, Is the archive an independent lib? 3, how can I solve the link problem? 4, It seems that there is not a single header file that can be included by user who want to use the serialization(and the user can forget all other header files ). Do you have any plan to add this feature ? Here are my suggestions: 1, Take the archive to be an independent lib. 2, Move the whole serialization code to the head file,so there is no need to compile the lib with the bjam,and this can bring more protablity.( Since the io stream interface of stl is standard, I think it is no need to compile code into platform specific libs ) note: I am a Chinese , and my english is poor . If some word above offends you or seems to be impolite , forgive me please ^_^ 　　　　　　　　goodmen 　　　　　　　　goodmen(a)x263.net 　　　　　　　　　　2004-12-09

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Re: [Boost-users] lu.hpp : permutation matrix error
by Daniel L Elliott 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

On Tuesday 07 December 2004 01:18 am, Toon Knapen wrote: > Daniel L Elliott wrote: > > Thank you for the response! I was unaware of this include-policy > > problem. Will you be merging this code soon? I will try to look for your > > email about this merge. > > Yes. I posted a mail on the ublas-dev just before the weekend about > this. Since no one objected I will go forward and do the merge (although > I'm not sure when exactly because there are a few bugs in the uBLAS_pure > branch that need to be resolved first) > I look forward to your notification that this has been done :) Thanks! > > Since adding > > #include<storage.hpp> to lu.hpp didn't fix the problem, should I expect > > to have to include additional files to my code to fix errors in files > > such as storage.hpp? > > Adding '#include <storage.hpp>' did not solve the problem ? Are you sure > you added this include before you include lu.hpp (or you can also add > the include to the top of you lu.hpp). The problem is that the default > value for the second template argument is an unbounded_array. This need > to be defined of course and the definition is in storage.hpp. I was able > to compile your testcase after adding this include. If this does not > work for you, send your testcase again that demonstrates the problem and > we'll have a look at it. OK, here is the code: #include<boost/numeric/ublas/storage.hpp> #include<boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp> using namespace boost::numeric::ublas; int main(){ // create a permutation matrix permutation_matrix P( 5 ); // default contructions gives the identity-permutation return 0; } The errors are: g++ -c -I. -I/s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32 -Wall -g3 -o permutationTest.o permutationTest.cpp In file included from permutationTest.cpp:5: /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp: In function `typename M::size_type boost::numeric::ublas::axpy_lu_factorize(M&, PM&)': /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:181: error: parse error before `>' token /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:181: error: parse error before `)' token permutationTest.cpp: In function `int main()': permutationTest.cpp:15: error: `permutation_matrix' undeclared (first use this function) permutationTest.cpp:15: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) permutationTest.cpp:15: error: parse error before `(' token I thought that this error might signal the need for including vector.hpp (or vector_expression.hpp or something) but this did not fix it. Including operation.hpp (which I beleive contains the definition for axpy) causes several screen-fulls of errors! Again, I am at a loss and appreciate any help I might receive. Thank you, Dan elliott

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Linker error when building regex (Boost 1.32.0) with Visual C++ 7.1
by Jochen Hammann 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hello, I tried to build the regex library from Boost 1.32.0 with the Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 compiler and without native wchar_t support. Below is the call to bjam: bjam -sTOOLS=vc-7_1 "-sBUILD=<native-wchar_t>off" --with-regex The build results of the dynamic link library (DLL) shows the following linker errors: Creating library bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\native-wchar_t-off\threading-multi\boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.lib and object bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\native-wchar_t-off\threading-multi\boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.exp instances.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) winstances.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) regex.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) regex_debug.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) referenced in function "void __cdecl regex_lib_print_compiler_macros(void)" (?regex_lib_print_compiler_macros@@YAXXZ) w32_regex_traits.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) wide_posix_api.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) c_regex_traits.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) referenced in function "public: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@QBAII@Z) c_regex_traits_common.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) cregex.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) posix_api.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: unsigned int __cdecl boost::cpp_regex_traits<wchar_t>::do_syntax_type(unsigned int)const " (?do_syntax_type@?$cpp_regex_traits@_W@boost@@ABAII@Z) bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\native-wchar_t-off\threading-multi\boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals ...failed vc-Link bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\native-wchar_t-off\threading-multi\boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.dll bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\native-wchar_t-off\threading-multi\boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.lib... ..skipped <@boost!lib>boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!regex!build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\native-wchar_t-off\threading-multi>boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.dll... ...skipped <@boost!lib>boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.lib for lack of <@boost!libs!regex!build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\native-wchar_t-off\threading-multi>boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.lib... The build of the static library succeeds. Do I have to define a special macro, if I want to build regex without native wchar_t support? Or do the regex library support both, native wchar_t support and the mapping to unsigned short? In the header regex_traits.hpp I saw some wrappers to "redirects calls to cpp_regex_traits<unsigned short> to cpp_regex_traits<__wchar_t>". Regards, Jochen.

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Boost 1.32.0: lexcial_cast and wstring problem
by Jochen Hammann 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hello, I have tried to compile the following code with the Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 compiler. #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp> int main(int argc, char** argv) { using namespace std; using namespace boost; wstring wstrFoo = boost::lexical_cast<wstring>( 200 ); return 0; } If I compile this example with native wchar_t support (/Zc:wchar_t) everything works fine. Otherwise, if I compile the example without native wchar_t compiler support, I encounter the following compiler error: d:\Temp\Boost\boost\lexical_cast.hpp(150) : error C2679: binary '>>' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'std::wstring' (or there is no acceptable conversion) d:\Temp\Boost\boost\lexical_cast.hpp(189) : see reference to function template instantiation 'bool boost::detail::lexical_stream<Target,Source>::operator >><Target>(InputStreamable &)' being compiled with [ Target=std::wstring, Source=int, InputStreamable=std::wstring ] d:\Temp\BoostConsole\BoostConsole.cpp(12) : see reference to function template instantiation 'Target boost::lexical_cast<std::wstring,int>(Source)' being compiled with [ Target=std::wstring, Source=int ] As I can see in the header file "lexical_cast.hpp" the macro BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T is defined, if the compiler option /Zc:wchar_t is not specified. This causes the macro DISABLE_WIDE_CHAR_SUPPORT to be defined as well and thus the lexical_stream::operator(std::wstring) will not be compiled. Do anyone know a workaround, so that I can use lexical_cast without native wchar_t compiler support and wstring? Is it really necessary to define DISABLE_WIDE_CHAR_SUPPORT, if BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T is defined only? For testing purposes I have commented out the two #ifndef DISABLE_WIDE_CHAR_SUPPORT statement. Now, I could compile the example without native wchar_t support. But I think, that this results in side effects, which I'm not able to see. Regards, Jochen.

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Re: Re: Unresolved symbols in regex libs on tru64
by Mark Helzer 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

>> Sam results with static linking. >> I'm not good with reading mangled names but it looks to me like they >> are there. Am I perhaps missing a link option? > >I'm not familiar with the True64 linker so I can't say. What happens if you build the >examples with bjam - do those all build OK? > >John. OK I think I found it -- using the ansi object model $cxx -c ... -model ansi I have always just accepted the default - arm. It was in the man page for cxx and also in the documentation for the tru64cxx65 toolset. I should read more carefully. So it looks like all the code has to use ansi or arm, since I have a LOT of stuff compiled in the arm mode, it would be better to build boost using the "-sBUILD=<object-model>arm" switch, however now I'm back to compile errors: cxx: Error: /adp/local/src/boost_1_32_0/libs/program_options/build/../src/convert.cp p, line 62: #434 a reference of type "wchar_t *&" (not const-qualified) cannot be initialized with a value of type "wchar_t [32]" detected during instantiation of "std::basic_string<charT, std::char_traits<charT>, std::allocator<charT>> ...

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Re: [Boost-users] simple regex compile error
by Brian Gaber 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

On AIX would it make a difference if I used the gcc compiler? If so, what would you recommend for the compiler command? Thanks. Brian

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Newbie using multi_index
by Hammann, Jochen 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hello, I'm new in using the MultiIndex container of Boost 1.32.0. To get familiar with this library I wrote a small example. During the compilation with the Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 compiler I encounter an internal compiler error. The error occurs, if I use the MultiIndex container with the following configuration: - Specification of tagged indices. - Specification of one composite_key template parameter. - Specification of at least three indices. Example: struct SFirst { }; struct SSecond { }; struct SBoth { }; typedef std::pair<std::wstring, std::wstring> Element_t; typedef multi_index_container<Element_t, indexed_by<ordered_non_unique<tag<SFirst>, member<Element_t, std::wstring, &Element_t::first> >, ordered_non_unique<tag<SSecond>, member<Element_t, std::wstring, &Element_t::second> >, ordered_unique<tag<SBoth>, composite_key<Element_t, member<Element_t, std::wstring, &Element_t::first>, member<Element_t, std::wstring, &Element_t::second> > > > > MultiIndex_t; //... int main(int argc, char** argv) { MultiIndex_t test; MultiIndex_t::index<SBoth>::type& both = test.get<SBoth>(); return 0; } If I compile this code I get the following internal compiler error: d:\Libraries\DLLs\Boost\Boost_1_32_0\inc\boost\tuple\detail\tuple_basic.hpp(612) : fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'msc1.cpp', line 2701) Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++ Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information If I try to access the first (#0) and second (#1) index with their respective tags, everything works fine. Also, I'm able to access all three indices by their numerical value without an error. Is the declaration of the MultiIndex_t typedef wrong? Regards, Jochen.

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[iostreams] Version of Iostreams compatible with 1.32 available
by Jonathan Turkanis 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hi All, A version of the Iostreams library designed to work with release 1.32 is now available: http://home.comcast.net/~jturkanis/iostreams/ This version does not incorporate all the changes decided on during the review, but most of the name changes have been applied. In particular, - The library is now contained entirely in the iostreams subdirectories of <boost> and <libs>. - Resources are now called Devices - The i/o mode Inout has been renamed Bidirectional - The concept Buffered has been renamed Multi-Character - Filters are now located in the directory boost/iostreams/filter - Devices are now located in the directory boost/iostreams/device The library has been tested on VC7.1, Intel 7.1-8.0 for Windows, Codewarrior 8.3 and GCC 3.2 (mingw). Unfortunately, I have noticed some regressions of GCC 3.3-4, but am working to correct them. I am confident that the library will eventually work on GCC 3.3+ and Borland 5.6.4. In addition, I may be able to provide limited support for VC6-7.0. I'm hoping to get a version into CVS soon. Also, several of the fixes that people sent me during the review have been removed because they caused regressions. They have not been forgotten -- they will be incorporated in to the final version in modified form. -- Jonathan Turkanis technews(a)kangaroologic.com

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shared/weak_ptr conventions?
by Niklas Wiberg 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hi, I have a question that I believe is more a matter of taste than one of functional correctness... Say that I have a model (see Basket below) that formally owns the heap-objects (see Apple below). Basket has a function that is merely a query (hasApple) and involves no ownership-changes. Also assume that there is good reason that Apple:s are allocated on the heap... On one hand, I can see how using a weak_ptr as the parameter type would signal to users that hasApple has no intention of modifying ownership of the pointed-to object. On the other hand, in order to actually use the pointee (search for it in this case), hasApple must convert the weak_ptr to shared_ptr (lock() or shared_ptr constructor), so it would seem more pragmatic to just use shared_ptr as the parameter type. class Apple; class Basket { std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<Apple> > m_contents; bool hasApple( shared OR weak_ptr<Apple> a); // no transfer ...more functions }; Is there a "good style" concensus on how to choose smart pointer type for function arguments among boost smart pointer users? Best regards, Niklas Wiberg

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[variant] BOOST_VARIANT_LIMIT_TYPES and BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_LIST_SIZE
by Christopher D. Russell 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

I'm trying to increase the number of bounded types stored in a boost::variant. It seems like I should be able to #define BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_LIST_SIZE in multiples of ten prior to inclusion of any boost headers but this doesn't seem to work for me. I haven't upgraded to the latest 1_32_0 release yet and am working with out-of-the-box 1_31_0 on Windows using the MS 7.1 compiler (VS .NET 2003). If for example I define BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_LIST_SIZE as: #define BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_LIST_SIZE 20 #include "my_boost_headers.h" I get an error: d:\ENCAPSULE-EXTLIB\boost\boost_1_31_0\boost_1_31_0\boost\variant\detail\make_variant_list.hpp(54) : error C2977: 'boost::mpl::list' : too many template arguments d:\ENCAPSULE-EXTLIB\boost\boost_1_31_0\boost_1_31_0\boost\mpl\aux_\preprocessed\plain\list.hpp(124) : see declaration of 'boost::mpl::list' d:\ENCAPSULE-EXTLIB\boost\boost_1_31_0\boost_1_31_0\boost\variant\detail\make_variant_list.hpp(59) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::detail::variant::make_variant_list<T0,T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9,T10,T11,T12,T13,T14,T15,T16,T17,T18,T19>' being compiled Shouldn't this just work? What am I missing here. TIA - Chris

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Boost.Serialization link errors (VC++ 7.0)
by Ray Hilton 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

I get 17 link errors trying to compile a very simple example from the touturial section of the documention (what im trying to compile is listed at the end of this post verbatim). My enviorment is all default except for an include path to boost. Any solution? #include <fstream> #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> class gps_position { private: friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & degrees; ar & minutes; ar & seconds; } int degrees; int minutes; float seconds; public: gps_position(){}; gps_position(int d, int m, float s) : degrees(d), minutes(m), seconds(s) {} }; int main() { std::ofstream ofs("filename"); boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs); const gps_position g(35, 59, 24.567f); oa << g; ofs.close(); std::ifstream ifs("filename", std::ios::binary); boost::archive::text_iarchive ia(ifs); gps_position newg; ia >> newg; ifs.close(); return 0; }

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Compile error of data_time
by zhengyi 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

boost-users: Here is a new user's letter for help: when i compile the whole boost(version_1_32_0), it show some error of data_time. the file greg_month.cpp failed. in the lexical_cast.hpp，line 126 string_type s(boost::lexical_cast<string_type>("not-a-date-time")); the compiler said : binary '>>' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type_put<Config,charT,OutputIterator>::string_type' (or there is no acceptable conversion) When tracing down the error message, I found that [[date_names_put::string_type]] actually means [[std::basic_string<charT>]] and in file lexical_cast.hpp line 146 -- 168 there are right overload of operator>>. Why the compiler complain about can't find the wellformed operator? My Compiler is msvc71 and STLport-5.0-0125 was installed with it's own iostream. the cmdline is bjam "-sVC71_ROOT=D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7" "-sSTLPORT_PATH=D:\Program Files\Programming_Tools\STLport-5.0-0125\stlport" "-sSTLPORT_5.0-0125_PATH=D:\Program Files\Programming_Tools\STLport-5.0-0125" "-sSTLPORT_VERSIONS=5.0-0125" "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1-stlport" "--prefix=D:\Program Files\Programming_Tools\Boost_1_32" install --with-date_time this problem has killed so many brain cells of mine ! 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　zhengyi 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　goodmen(a)x263.net 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2004-12-08

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Re: [Boost-users] simple regex compile error
by Brian Gaber 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

I tried moving <boost/regex.hpp> to be the first include statement, but got the same error. I tried the following compile statement: /usr/vacpp/bin/xlc++ -c -DNDEBUG -O3 -qstrict -qinline -qnotempinc -qfuncsect -qeh -qrtti regex.cpp -o regex -I /usr/local/include and again got the same error as before. Any other suggestions? What is the ETA of the fix you mentioned.

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Re: Unresolved symbols in regex libs on tru64 (John Maddock)
by Mark Helzer 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

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Boost.iostream and boost_1_32
by Giuseppe Vacanti 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

Hello, I'm trying to compile boost.iostream (approved but not yet included in the official distribution) with boost_1_32. First I had to replace the few occurences of apply_if with eval_if, due to a change in mpl. No probs here. Then I had to add #include<boost/io/operations.hpp> to simmetric_filter_adapter.hpp so that boost::io::{read,write,flush} can be found. But now I'm stuck with ..boost/io/operations.hpp: In static member function `static void boost::io::detail::read_impl<boost::io::input>::putback(T&, typename boost::io::char_type<T>::type)': ..boost/io/operations.hpp:107: error: incomplete type `boost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< false>' used in nested name specifier and I do not know what the next move should be. Would anybody have a suggestion? I run with linux and g++ 3.4.1. Thanks, Giuseppe

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select_parent
by Agoston Bejo 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

Hi! Is there such a class in boost? What I'm thinking of is fairly simple, it could be written easily with type_traits and mpl::if_, but I prefer using the standard boost components, if they exist. select_parent<T1, T2>::type is a) T1 if T1 is T2's (direct or indirect) parent b) T2 if it is the other way round c) T1 if T1 and T2 are the same d) and generates some compiler error if T1 and T2 are not related at all. Thx, Agoston

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Boost.Serialization library link errors (VC++ 7.0)
by Ray Hilton 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

I get 17 link errors trying to compile a very simple example from tourorial section in the documention. This is the one (took out comments and changed some spacing to save some room here)

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Compiling boost examples
by Saqib bin Sohail 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

I have installed BGL on my linux machine and I was wondering, how do I compile the examples, I wanted to compile the dijkstra's example but couldn't find any make files and simply doing g++ dijkstra***.cpp doesn't do the trick. (i placed the hpp files so that the example can easily access them) Thanks -- Saqib bin Sohail University of Colorado at Boulder (303) 484 8381

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Boost format library Segmentation fault with Intel 8.1
by Filipe Sousa 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Hi! I get a segmentation fault with Intel compiler 8.1 using the fallowing code #include <boost/format.hpp> #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << boost::format("writing %1%, x=%2% : %3%-th try") % "toto" % 40.23 % 50 << std::endl; return 0; } (idb) bt #0 0x0804aba8 in ctype<char>::is (this=0x41016b50, __m=2048, __c=49 '1') at ctype_inline.h:40 #1 0x08051d55 in std::isdigit (__c=49 '1', __loc=& { ... }) at locale_facets.h:4528 #2 0x0805517f in boost::io::detail::wrap_isdigit (c=49 '1', os=& { ... }) at parsing.hpp:36 #3 0x0805509b in boost::io::detail::wrap_scan_notdigit (beg= { ... }, end= { ... }, os=& { ... }) at parsing.hpp:46 #4 0x08054f7b in boost::io::detail::upper_bound_from_fstring (buf=& { ... }, arg_mark=37 '%', os=& { ... }, exceptions=-1 '\377') at parsing.hpp:351 #5 0x0804d33a in basic_format<char,std::char_traits<char> >::parse (this=0xbffff480, buf=& { ... }) at parsing.hpp:377 #6 0x0804ceab in basic_format<char,std::char_traits<char> >::basic_format (this=0xbffff480, str=0x80572a8 "writing %1%, x=%2% : %3%-th try") at format_implementation.hpp:37 #7 0x0804d02c in basic_format<char,std::char_traits<char> >::basic_format (this=0xbffff480, =<no value>) at format_implementation.hpp:38 #8 0x0804a41c in main () at test.cc:5 #9 0x4102e7f8 The same code works perfectly with gcc-3.4.2 under linux. Is this a bug in boost format library or a Intel compiler problem? My system: Debian, boost-1.31.0, gcc-3.4.2, Intel compiler 8.1 -- Filipe Sousa

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serialization library - Serializing classes from a DLL
by Florian Preknya 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Hello, I am trying to use the boost serialization library to serialize the classes from my application (I use Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 compiler). The most of the classes are placed in a DLL, some are in my executable project. For this, I had to link (statically) the DLL and the executable with boost serialization library. I used the BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT macro for all the derived classes that I serialize through a base class pointer: in each header, after the class declaration, I added the BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT(class_name) line. The DLL and executable compilation time increased drastically, and both the DLL and the executable export tables contain all the entities (classes & functions) resulted from the BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT macro expansion (and because the BOOST_DLLEXPORT is defined as __declspec(dllexport) in force_include.hpp). This happens because I have to include the header files from the DLL source files, also from the executable project source files. My question is: where should I put the BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT declarations for the DLL classes? Note that I invoke the serialization/deserialization only from the executable (not from the DLL). I tried to group all the BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT declarations in a cpp file in the executable project. It went pretty good, but after inserting many declarations, I received the C1204 error (internal structure overflow). Are there "things to know" for using the serialization library from a DLL? Also, there are no test projects that cover this aspect. Thanks a lot, Florian Preknya

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Possible Serialization demo.cpp issue.
by Holmes, Michael A (Mike) 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

I don't know is this is a bug as such, but thought I should bring it up. I boiled down an un handled exception I was receiving in VC 7.1 and related it to the demo.cpp The demo does not close or flush the ofstream before it reads back from the same file it wrote to, this appears to work correctly for the demo, but in the attached very simple case it does not. I am assuming that it is because the ofstream did not get flushed and the file contains no data. I think that adding a flush or close would make the demo more robust and complete. int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { std::string filename(boost::archive::tmpdir()); filename += "/demofile.txt"; std::string b1("mike"); std::ofstream ofs(filename.c_str()); boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs); oa << b1; // FIX ofs.flush(); ofs.close(); // Without either of these VC7.1 gives // Unhandled exception at 0x77e738b2 in bstTest.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: // boost::archive::archive_exception @ 0x0012f7bc. " // END FIX std::string b3; std::ifstream ifs(filename.c_str()); boost::archive::text_iarchive ia(ifs); ia >> b3; } Call stack -> bstTest.exe!boost::throw_exception<boost::archive::archive_exception>(co nst boost::archive::archive_exception & e={...}) Line 40 C++ bstTest.exe!boost::archive::detail::common_iarchive<boost::archive::text _iarchive>::init() Line 69 + 0x31 C++ bstTest.exe!boost::archive::text_iarchive_impl<boost::archive::text_iarc hive>::text_iarchive_impl<boost::archive::text_iarchive>(std::basic_istr eam<char,std::char_traits<char> > & is={...}, unsigned int flags=0x00000000) Line 70 C++ bstTest.exe!boost::archive::text_iarchive::text_iarchive(std::basic_istr eam<char,std::char_traits<char> > & is={...}, unsigned int flags=0x00000000) Line 82 + 0x33 C++

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Link problems with boost.serialization
by Jeffrey Holle 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Now I'm experiencing link problems in attempting to apply boost.serialization to my application. I can avoid them by commenting out the bodies of all my serialize methods. If I leave a simple serialize method intact, I can run the sucessfully linked application and produce an archive file. I am linking to this serialization library: $BOOST_ROOT/bin/boost/libs/serialization/build/libboost_serialization.a/gcc/release/runtime-link-static/boost_serialization.a With all serialization uncommented, I get the following link errors: ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::archive::detail::archive_pointer_iserializer<boost::archive::binary_iarchive>::archive_pointer_iserializer(boost::serialization::extended_type_info const&)' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::serialization::void_downcast(boost::serialization::extended_type_info const&, boost::serialization::extended_type_info const&, void const*, bool)' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::serialization::void_upcast(boost::serialization::extended_type_info const&, boost::serialization::extended_type_info const&, void const*, bool)' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::serialization::void_cast_detail::void_caster::self_register()' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::archive::detail::archive_pointer_iserializer<boost::archive::binary_iarchive>::find(boost::serialization::extended_type_info const&)' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::archive::basic_binary_iprimitive<boost::archive::binary_iarchive, std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> > >::load(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&)' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive::register_basic_serializer(boost::archive::detail::basic_iserializer const&)' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive::next_object_pointer(void*)' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive::load_pointer(void*&, boost::archive::detail::basic_pointer_iserializer const*, boost::archive::detail::basic_pointer_iserializer const* (*)(boost::serialization::extended_type_info const&))' ../../install/libUMLModel.so: undefined reference to `boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive::load_object(void*, boost::archive::detail::basic_iserializer const&)' What is the solution?

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Trouble using shared_ptr with g++ -O0 and -O2 options
by Bear 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Hello there I'm getting a SIGSEGV when using the boost::shared_ptr in my program and compiling with the g++ -O2 option, whereas if I'm using the g++ -O0 option my programs works the way it should. My program is multi-threaded but to the best of my knowledge it is mutex'ed correctly. I compile my program the following way when using -O2 and -O0 g++ -O0 -ggdb3 -DNDEBUG -DTTSERVER .... g++ -O2 -ggdb3 -DNDEBUG -DTTSERVER .... When I use gdb to step through the program (only with 'n') I go into the shared_count.hpp file when using the -O2 option whereas the version compiled with -O0 disregards this file in gdb. The -O2 version of the program crashes in the file checked_delete.hpp and the member "checked_delete": template<class T> inline void checked_delete(T * x) { // intentionally complex - simplification causes regressions typedef char type_must_be_complete[ sizeof(T)? 1: -1 ]; (void) sizeof(type_must_be_complete); => delete x; } Here's the gdb output: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x08053370 in boost::detail::sp_counted_base_impl<teamtalk::server::ServerChannel*, boost::checked_deleter<teamtalk::server::ServerChannel> >::dispose() ( this=0x8107170) at checked_delete.hpp:36 (gdb) As I mentioned earlier, the -O0 run without problems. Has anyone experienced similar problems? I'm using Boost 1.31 g++ (GCC) 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7) GNU gdb 6.0 Kind regards Bjoern D. Rasmussen

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simple regex compile error
by Brian Gaber 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

I have a very simple regex program that will not compile on AIX using IBM's xlc++ compiler. Here is the program: #include <iostream> // for I/O #include <string> // for string #include <boost/regex.hpp> // for pattern matching using std::cout; using namespace std; using namespace boost; int main() { const string tmp1("abc234tree"); static const regex expression(" \\w+"); cout << regex_match(tmp1, expression) << endl; return 1; } Here is the compile statement: /usr/vacpp/bin/xlc++ -o regex regex.cpp -I /usr/local/include -lboost_filesystem-xlc-1_32 -L/usr/local/lib Here is the compiler error: "/usr/local/include/boost/regex/v4/cregex.hpp", line 75.4: 1540-0063 (S) The text "0x001" is unexpected. "/usr/local/include/boost/regex/v4/cregex.hpp", line 100.4: 1540-0063 (S) The text "0x100" is unexpected. "/usr/local/include/boost/regex/v4/cregex.hpp", line 135.3: 1540-0063 (S) The text "1" is unexpected.

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Unresolved symbols in regex libs on tru64
by Mark Helzer 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Hi, I have several unresolved symbols in a test routine compiled on tru64, using libboost_regex-tru.so. The same routine runs great on linux with libboost_regex-gcc.so. I'm using boost 1.32, cxx version 6.5-041 cxx -o regex regex.o -hidden -lcxxstd -non_hidden -rpath /usr/lib -L/usr/lib -lboost_regex-tru ld: Unresolved: boost::regbase::regbase(void) boost::c_regex_traits<char>::init(void) ... boost::re_detail::c_traits_base::lower_case_map ... boost::c_regex_traits<char>::transform(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits< char>, std::allocator<char> >&, const std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<c har>, std::allocator<char> >&) Mark Helzer ADP Dealer Services 2525 S.W 1st Portland, OR. (503) 402-3481

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[review-results] Smart Container Library
by Pavol Droba 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Hi, I hereby announce that the Smart Container library is ACCEPTED into Boost. Congratulations and thanks to Thorsten Ottosen for providing us with this library. Most of the reviewers were in favor of acceptance, but there were several requests for improvements. I have consulted them with Thorsten and he proposed to do following changes. I consider them sufficient for acceptance. 1. add support for boost.range in insert functions, constructors etc 2. use void* implementation 3. improve docs as discussed during the review 4. add support for null values: - remove preconditions - add functions is_null( size_t idx ); is_null( iterator ); 5. add more debug checks after access to ptr_begin(), ptr_end() 6. reconfigure policies: ptr_vector<T,clone_manager> becomes ptr_vector<T,clone_allocator = something, std::allocator<T*> = std::allocator<T*> > or perhaps ptr_vector<T,clone_allocator = something< std::allocator<T* > > 7. improve tests I also suggest, that before the inclusion of the library into the boost distribution, the library should be brought in the discussion to verify, that all issues above have been addressed. Best Regards, Pavol Droba Review Manager

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uBlas, using assign on a symmetric matrix range
by Thomas Lemaire 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

dear list, I am using ublas from boost 1.32, gcc 3.3.3, solaris 9 I need to copy some independant submatrix (matrix_range) of a symmetric matrix. I use the assign() method to do so. first, I compile without NDEBUG, and a postcondition check in assignment is not met... Assertion failed in file /usr/local/boost/include/boost/numeric/ublas/matrix_assign.hpp at line 797: equals (m, cm) E: src/slamEkf.cpp:325: std::exception ** std::exception: ** external logic I checked that compiling with NDEBUG the assignement is not correct. If I copy the two submatrix using a stupid for loop, it works... I use the default version of symmetric_matric (lower), and I assign _upper_ part of the matrix. I tried to assign the _lower_ part of the matrix and it works ! nothing in the doc tells that using the assign() functions is different with symmetric_matrix... this problem arises only when assigning a submatrix to another submatrix. When assigning an expression to a submatrix in the _upper_ part of the lower symmetric matrix it works fine. Is it a bug ?? -- thomas

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[Build v2] How-to: Link a CPP target with purify (on Solaris) ?????
by Sylvain, Gregory M 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Hello all, This should be a relatively simple problem, but I haven't figure it out yet either.... In Boost.Build v2, how can you link a C++ program with purify on Solaris ? I assumed it would be something like: sun.link.c++="purify CC" but the link action uses "$(.root)/CC" and not a variable. Do you have to write a new purify.jam Jamrules file to make this happen our is there another variable that needs to be defined ? -- Thanks in advance for any clues... greg

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[BGL]newbie bcc32 5.6.4 dijkstra-example.cpp compilation errors
by Yoshi Fujiwara 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Borland bcc32 5.6.4 (Borland builder 6 updated #4) boost_1_32_0 Being a newbie, i tried to compile dijkstra-example.cpp, an example given in BGL tutorial, but got the following compilation errors (message truncated somewhat). bcc32 -w- dijkstra-example.cpp Borland C++ 5.6.4 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 Borland dijkstra-example.cpp: E2406 C:\include\boost/property_map.hpp 25: Dependent type qualifier 'int *' is not a class or struct type E2406 C:\include\boost/property_map.hpp 26: Dependent type qualifier 'int *' is not a class or struct type E2406 C:\include\boost/property_map.hpp 27: Dependent type qualifier 'int *' is not a class or struct type E2406 C:\include\boost/property_map.hpp 28: Dependent type qualifier 'int *' is not a class or struct type E2451 C:\include\boost/graph/dijkstra_shortest_paths.hpp 243: Undefined symbol max( ... E2285 C:\include\boost/graph/dijkstra_shortest_paths.hpp 243: Could not find a match for 'choose_param<P,Default>(error_property_not_found,undefined)' ... E2285 C:\include\boost/graph/dijkstra_shortest_paths.hpp 245: Could not find a match for 'choose_param<P,Default>(error_property_not_found,undefined)' ... E2285 C:\include\boost/graph/dijkstra_shortest_paths.hpp 247: Could not find a match for 'dijkstra_shortest_paths<VertexListGraph,Param,Tag,Rest>( ... *** 8 errors in Compile *** It seems that this may be FAQ, but i could not find any answer to such posts as [BGL]bellman_ford_internet example by Kaled Ahmed [BGL]DIJKSTRA - ospf-example by Khaled Saleh i appreciate advice from bcc32 5.6.4 users who are doing well with it. best wishes, Yoshi

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RE: Re: Re: Compiling boost on tru64 (Richard Hadsell) (Peter Dimov)
by Mark Helzer 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

>Mark Helzer wrote: >> >>Kewl, that works, I got a little further down the path. Next problem: >> >> cxx: Error: /adp/local/src/boost_1_32_0/boost/bind.hpp, line 206: #266 >> "value" is ambiguous > >Can you please try adding _bi:: in front of value and see if this fixes the problem? Success! I added the "_bi::" at lines 206 & 208 of boost/bind.hpp & the compile was successful.

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FW: VS 7.1 and boost-1_32 serialization error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
by Holmes, Michael A (Mike) 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

> I have just installed the latest boost library and managed to run the > serialization demo from the included VS7 project. However being a > skeptic I thought I would build the demo myself before committing to a > real use of the library. I made a new win32 console application and > pasted in the serialization demo.cpp code and it fails with errors > like the one shown. > > boostTest1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: > __thiscall boost::archive::basic_text_oprimitive<class > std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > > >::~basic_text_oprimitive<class std::basic_ostream<char,struct > std::char_traits<char> > >(void)" > (??1?$basic_text_oprimitive@V?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@s > td@@@archive@boost@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "public: virtual > __thiscall boost::archive::text_oarchive_impl<class > boost::archive::text_oarchive>::~text_oarchive_impl<class > boost::archive::text_oarchive>(void)" > (??1?$text_oarchive_impl@Vtext_oarchive@archive@boost@@@archive@boost@ > @UAE@XZ) > > I did make sure that > "c:\boost\include\boost-1_32" is in the Tools - options - projects - > vc++ directories - include files > "C:\boost\lib" is in the Tools - options - projects - vc++ > directories - library file And I included "C:\boost\lib" explicitly for the project > I have been looking for the answer with Google search for a couple of > hours, it must be something stupid on my part, any pointers > appreciated. > Thanks Mike >

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serialization library - reloading objects
by Sergey Skorniakov 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Hello, All! Are there any way to load existing objects by base class pointer without creating new? Examination of input archives source code does not give me any idea how I can achieve it. I think I need some mechanism for runtime switching archive object tracking behaviour in that way so all objects will interpreted as already created (or per-object tracking registration without actual object loading to pre-register pointer to object as already created before object loading). With best regards, Sergey.

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building boost with dev-cpp
by Katti Faceli 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Hi, I need some help on building boost. I am trying to build boost 1.32.0 with dev-cpp. I am employing the command line: bjam "-sTOOLS=mingw" "--with-python-root=C:\Python24" "-sMINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp" install And I am getting the errors: D:\katti\programasOutros\bibliotecasC++\boost\boost_1_32_0>bjam "-sTOOLS=mingw" "--with-python-root=C:\Python24" "-sMINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp" install ...found 11553 targets... ...updating 1601 targets... gcc-C++-action bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\gr eg_month.obj In file included from D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0 /boost/config.hpp:40, from D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0 /boost/date_time/constrained_value.hpp:12, from D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0 /boost/date_time/gregorian/greg_month.hpp:12, from D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0 /libs/date_time/src/gregorian/greg_month.cpp:14: D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/config/select_s tdlib_config.hpp:20:19: utility: No such file or directory In file included from D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0 /boost/shared_ptr.hpp:26, from D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0 /boost/date_time/gregorian/greg_month.hpp:14, from D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0 /libs/date_time/src/gregorian/greg_month.cpp:14: D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/detail/shared_c ount.hpp:34:61: memory: No such file or directory D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/detail/shared_c ount.hpp:35:41: functional: No such file or directory D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/detail/shared_c ount.hpp:36:46: exception: No such file or directory D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/detail/shared_c ount.hpp:37:46: new: No such file or directory D:/katti/programasOutros/bibliotecasC++/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/detail/shared_c ount.hpp:38:61: typeinfo: No such file or directory ....

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Boost Python installation Windows XP+Visual C++ 7.1
by Nguyen Xuan Son 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Hi, My problem is the following 1/ I install Python 2.4 at D:\Programs\Python24 using the binary file from www.python.org 2/ following the document from the boost.org I type the command >bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1 --with-python-root=D:\Programs\Python24" stage But I receive the following error > --with-python-root=D:\Programs\Python24-tools.jam: Invalid argument I think I do something wrong here. If I use the simple command >bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1 " stage I get the message: >skipping Boost.Python ..... Can someone show me how can I install Boost.Python correctly? Thanks Xuan Son

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Re: Re: [Boost-users] lu.hpp : permutation matrix error
by Daniel L Elliott 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

------------------------------ Toon Knapen wrote: This is again the old include-policy problem. Previously the headers of ublas were not self-contained. This has been fixed but only on a branch (and thus not in the 1.32 release). I plan to merge this branch also to the HEAD. For now, you just need to include storage.hpp before you include lu.hpp. In that case, on line 24 of lu.hpp will it recognise unbounded_array (which is defined in storage.hpp) ------------------------------ Toon, Thank you for the response! I was unaware of this include-policy problem. Will you be merging this code soon? I will try to look for your email about this merge. I tried fixing this within lu.hpp and it appeared as if errors were being added recursively so I gave up and posted the question. Since adding #include<storage.hpp> to lu.hpp didn't fix the problem, should I expect to have to include additional files to my code to fix errors in files such as storage.hpp? Thanks again for your time and effort, - dan elliott

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Re: [BUG] Missing method in gregorian::greg_year
by Bart 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:59:01 -0500, Joel Reed wrote: > the class gregorian::greg_year in the date_time library is missing a method > implemented in greg_day and greg_month. > > the method is: > > unsigned short as_number() const {return value_;} > > i checked cvs, on 12/6/04, to confirm this is still an issue. > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/boost/boost/boost/date_time/gregorian… > > we have been very impressed with this library and wanted to report > this minor inconsistency as a small, small way to say thanks. > > jr greg_year shouldn't need an as_number function. It's a constrained unsigned short with a min of 1400 & a max of 10000. The as_number function was added to greg_month and greg_day to ease math operations. Since greg_year is a constrained value math simply "works", as does operator<<. Is there a specific reason why you'd like one added to greg_year? Thx, Bart

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Re: boost filesystem path question
by Surya Kiran Gullapalli 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

>> Maybe it isn't the backslash that is causing the problem. What exactly is >> the value of path_from_fs_dialog::string()? >> >> --Beman Well, path_from_fs_dialog::string () some thing like "C:\ProgramFiles \MicrosoftVisualStudio" --Surya

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RE: Boost-users Digest, Vol 389, Issue 2
by Mark Helzer 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Today's Topics: 9. Re: Re: Newbie using regex libraries (John Maddock) (Caleb Epstein) ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:35:00 -0500 From: Caleb Epstein <caleb.epstein(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Re: Newbie using regex libraries (John Maddock) To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Message-ID: <989aceac04120416352e161707(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:25:16 -0800, Mark Helzer <mark_helzer(a)adp.com> wrote: > No, they are not. Although that is what I would have expected... > -rwxr-xr-x 1 eoapi clients 4976367 Apr 22 2004 > libboost_regex-gcc-mt-d-1_31.so.1.31.0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 629005 Jun 29 06:16 > libboost_regex-gcc.so > > I shall clean it up and try rebuilding Note that one of these is for use with multi-threaded builds (-mt) and one is for single-threaded. Depnding on how you're compiling your code, this may explain the linker error. I rebuilt (and downloaded 1.32 along the way) and now libboost_regex-gcc.so is a hard link to libboost_regex-gcc-1_32.so.1.32.0. I don't believe it was before (could be wrong) Anyway, compiling with the generic name now works great, thanx.

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Compiling boost on tru64
by Mark Helzer 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi, I'm getting this error trying to build boost tru64cxx65-C++-action bin/boost/libs/date_time/build/libboost_date_time.so/tru64 cxx65/debug/greg_month.o cxx: Error: /adp/local/src/boost_1_32_0/boost/cstdint.hpp, line 87: #5 could not open source file "inttypes.h" Quite true, it doesn't exist. Here's my command line: bjam -sTOOLS=tru64cxx65 install Compiler is >cxx -V Compaq C++ V6.5-041 for Digital UNIX V4.0F (Rev. 1229) Compiler Driver V6.5-041 (cxx) cxx Driver Is this a configuration issue? Mark Helzer ADP Dealer Services 2525 S.W 1st Portland, OR. (503) 402-3481

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[Review Results] Named Parameters Library
by Doug Gregor 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

The Named Parameters Library has been accepted into Boost. Congratulations to the authors, David Abrahams and Daniel Wallin. The vast majority of reviews were positive, although most reviewers requested additional documentation. Here is a list of the most important/commonly-requested changes or additions to the library: - More documentation! Specifically, + Automatic overload generation should go into the tutorial + Document operator, + Performance data (what's the cost?) + Reference section + "Best practices" section. - Add a metafunction for getting the type of a parameter, e.g., param_type<Params, width_t>::type. - Add test cases for the automatic overload generation macros. - Fix the BOOST_NAMED_PARAMS_MAX_ARITY bug; Cromwell Enage provided a solution. Doug Gregor Review Manager

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Q: Stopping threads (Win32) or... the mysterious case of the thread with split personality
by Dan Dimerman 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hello, I would like to ask the group if you know of an efficient and clean way to stop a thread. What I've been using till now was a while loop in the function operator()() given to the boost::thread when created, whose condition was a boolean data member. This boolean was the means to stop the thread, such that when it was turned off, the child thread would exit the while loop and join the main thread. I am seeing now that this data member is being held twice (one copy for the main thread and one copy for the child thread) and there's no synch between the two copies; so when the main thread turns it off / false, the child thread goes on (since its copy is still on / true) and hell breaks loose. I am using VC7 in debug mode, so I started looking for some kind of flag/optimization I might be inadvertently using that makes data members into registers (thus explaining the copies), but couldn't find anything of the sort. Any help will be greatly appreciated... Dan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.805 / Virus Database: 547 - Release Date: 03-Dec-04

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determining a sensible result type for a function
by Agoston Bejo 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi! Let's consider this function object: template<typename TLeft, typename TRight> struct mixed_plus : public binary_function<TLeft, TRight, TLeft> { result_type operator() (first_argument_type left, second_argument_type right) const { return left + right; } };

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get_wider<int, float> == float - what is it called in boost?
by Agoston Bejo 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi! I may have posted the first half of this question once, sorry for that! : ) The question in short: which boost library enables me to get the "wider" datatype of two, such that get_wider<int, float>::type will be float, and get_wider<float, int>::type will also be float. Hopefully get_wider<int, string>::type will generate a compile-time error, since the two are not convertible to each other. More verbosely: Let's take a look at this simple functor class: template<typename TLeft, typename TRight> struct mixed_plus : public binary_function<TLeft, TRight, TLeft> // result_type: bad solution! { result_type operator() (first_argument_type left, second_argument_type right) const { return left + right; } }; All is fine if I write this: cout << mixed_plus<float, int>()(5.5, 5) << endl; OUTPUT: 11.5 (as expected) But when I write this: cout << mixed_plus<int, float>()(5, 5.5) << endl; OUTPUT: 10 (as expected but not as intended) I vaguely remember that there is a boost library that is able to generate the "wider" data type of two data type, with the help of which I would be able to have the result_type typedef always the appropriate one.

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lu.hpp : permutation matrix error
by Daniel L Elliott 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hello, I am completely stumped. Using the cvs head 1.32 version of boost with the following program: #include<lu.hpp> #include<vector.hpp> #include<io.hpp> #include<iostream> using std::cout; using std::endl; using namespace boost::numeric::ublas; int main(){ // create a permutation matrix permutation_matrix<size_t> P( size ); // default contructions gives the identity-permutation cout << P << endl; return 0; } I get the following errors: g++ -c -I. -I/s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas -Wall -g3 -I. -I/s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas -o permutationTest.o permutationTest.cpp In file included from permutationTest.cpp:1: /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:24: error: parse error before `,' token /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:29: error: ` vector_type' is not a class or namespace /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:29: error: ` size_type' is not a class or namespace /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:29: error: ` vector_type' fails to be a typedef or built in type /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:29: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `size_type' with no type /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:29: error: template declaration of `typedef int boost::numeric::ublas::size_type' /s/chopin/a/grad/dane/thesis/code/boost-1.32/include/boost-1_32/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp:29: confused by earlier errors, bailing out Any ideas as to what might be wrong here? Thank you. -- dan elliott ************************** Dan Elliott 402-210-6429 (me) or 402-210-6735 (amy) dan_elliott(a)cox.net **************************

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HowTo Iterator Facade
by Duane Murphy 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

I am implementing an iterator via iterator facade. The container that the iterator is being used with can only return dereferenced values by value (not by reference). If I implement the dereference() function (for facade) by returning a value (instead of reference) then it appears that the iterator works properly. The most important operation that does _not_ work is that the iterator cannot be used with bind(). (bind cannot be used with non-const return types.) If I change the iterator to return a reference type then the iterator functions still work and so does bind. What is the proper way of implementing an iterator with this limitation so that it works properly with bind? In the past, I keep a mutable value member along with the iterator to store the last dereferenced value. Of course this is fraught with problems. Is there an example iterator that demonstrates the proper way of doing this? Is there some kind of proxy class that can be used to overcome this limitation? Thanks for your help, ...Duane

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