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Serialization support for colony container
by Brian Wood 17 Apr '17

17 Apr '17

Shalom It's looking like Matthew Bentley's colony container -- http://plflib.org -- is going to pass over Boost on it's way to the standard. I've added serialization support for this container to the C++ Middleware Writer and added some code that tests that support to my repo -- https://bitbucket.org/webenezer/onwards . I enjoyed Jon Kalb's CppChat show where he talked to Matthew about this container -- http://www.slashslash.info/cppchat/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFAJ238rBNw -- Brian Ebenezer Enterprises - In G-d we trust. http://webEbenezer.net

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[CallableTraits] Review results
by Louis Dionne 17 Apr '17

17 Apr '17

Dear Boost, I am pleased to announce that the CallableTraits library is CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED into Boost. I counted the following formal reviews: - Bruno Dutra: Yes - Emil Dotchevski: Yes - John P. Fletcher: Yes - Klemens Morgenstern: Yes - Peter Dimov: Yes - Zach Laine: Yes The following people also participated to the review by providing informal feedback: - Edward Diener - Gavin Lambert - Niall Douglas - Paul Fultz II - Tim Song I also based my decision on previous experience I've had using the library, and some issues we faced in the Standard Committee where we could have used CallableTraits. I'd like to thank everyone who participated to the review for their feedback, and also Barrett Adair for his submission. The following lists the conditions for acceptance, and also summarizes the general feedback received during the review. GitHub issues are leveraged to make the tracking of these comments easier. Below, whenever I refer to #XYZ, the corresponding ticket can be found at https://github.com/badair/callable_traits/issues/XYZ To see all the issues that were discussed during the review, you can search for tickets labeled with `review` on GitHub (please allow some time for Barrett to update the new issues I just filed): https://github.com/badair/callable_traits/issues?page=1&q=+label%3Areview Conditions for acceptance ------------------------- The following are points that must be addressed for the library to be accepted. Once all of the associated GitHub issues are closed, I ask that the author post to this list with links to the closed issues. Unless major problems (having to do with the closed issues) are raised at that time, the library will be automatically accepted into Boost, no additional review required. - The library needs to clearly document the advantages of CallableTraits over FunctionTypes. Concrete examples must be given (at least one, preferably two). See #117. - The level of C++ conformance required for the whole library needs to be clearly stated in the documentation. Individual components should only document divergences from that base level of conformance. The current state of things is quite confusing for users. See #118. - The "algorithmic" parts of the library must be removed, since they are out of scope. This has already been partly done in issue #114, but the following algorithms must be discussed too (let's follow up in #114): + args_at + clear_args + pop_front_args + push_front_args + expand_args_right + expand_args_left - The lazy metafunctions and predicate traits should be SFINAE-friendly, just like the aliases are. I think this inconsistency is a big deal, enough to be a condition for acceptance. See #134. Summary of the feedback received -------------------------------- The following is a compilation of other points that were made during the review, but which are not requirements for acceptance. I trust, but do not require, that all of those points will be considered by the author: - There is a loss of information with the `args` metafunction. For example, `void(T)` and `void(T, ...)` both give the same result. See #132. - Consider adding a way of obtaining the parameter list of a function without the type of `*this`. See #133. - The documentation uses the terms of art "implementation defined" and "undefined behavior" incorrectly. See #103 and #131. - The non-reference documentation should present at least one real-world use case. See #116. - The library should handle top-level cv-qualifiers. See #106. - Consider supporting different calling conventions (e.g. `__cdecl`). See #102. - Consider adding a pre-C++17 implementation of `is_invocable` and friends. See #119. - The documentation should clearly state that the library can be used without the rest of Boost. See #99. - Consider combining `expand_args` and `args` into a single metafunction with a default "output" parameter of `std::tuple`. See #126. - Consider adding `make_fn` and `make_mem_fn` metafunctions to construct a signature from a return type and a tuple of the arguments. See #113. - Consider renaming some traits, like `is_reference_member`. See #108. - Reword some parts of the documentation that look odd due to the use of passive tense. See #105. - Consider adding a version of `apply_member_pointer` which carries cv-qualifiers. See #138. - Consider adding `remove_member_cv_ref` and `copy_member_cv_ref`. See #139. - Why does `qualified_parent_class_of` always returns a const& for PMDs? See #112. - Why does `qualified_parent_class_of` return a ref-qualified type even for unqualified PMFs? See #112. A few of my own comments: - Consider using alphabetical order in the table of contents of the reference. See #135. - Consider renaming `apply_member_pointer` to something like `make_member`. See #136. - Consider dropping the `parent_` in `parent_class_of`, or adding a note to justify the name. See #137. Again, thanks to everyone who participated in the review, and congratulations to Barrett for his work! Regards, Louis Dionne

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How to setup log directory in an directory that is not fixed?
by Bruce 17 Apr '17

17 Apr '17

Hi, I am using boost.Log. I config the log using a logconfig.ini file. Now the requirement changed, we need to put the log in an directory specific to a login account. The account may change so we have to first create the directory then set the log output file to this directory. I tried to first log the logconfig.ini and then set the logging::add_file_log(...), but the file path set in the .ini files created too. If I don't setup the FileName in the .ini file, it throws a exception. Is there anyway to set the path and the file name separately? Or change the file path after loading the .ini config file? Thanks

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Re: [Boost-users] Issue with Boost.Test using Oracle Developer Studio 12.5
by Leo Carreon 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

I have not received any response on this mail therefore I have decided to report a bug via tracs. The tracs ticket# 12877. From: Leo Carreon Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 6:25 PM To: Boost Users Mailing List Subject: Issue with Boost.Test using Oracle Developer Studio 12.5 Hi, This is a continuation of the issues I’ve encountered with Boost 1.63.0 using Developer Studio 12.5. I’m assuming that even with the Boost 1.63.0 build issues that libraries unaffected by the build issues are usable. Therefore, I have attempted to build one of my small projects in both C++11 and C++14 modes. The builds of this small project failed with the following error message: "/opt/boost1.63.0/include/boost/test/unit_test_log.hpp", line 218: Error: boost::unit_test::unit_test_log_t::test_unit_skipped hides the virtual function boost::unit_test::test_observer::test_unit_skipped(const boost::unit_test::test_unit&). This error was encountered compiling a source file containing the following: #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE TestImport #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp> Is this a Boost.Test issue or is it a Developer Studio 12.5 issue? If it is a Boost.Test issue, how do I resolve it? Kind regards, Leo

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[build] Unexpected static libraries in 1.63
by Gavin Lambert 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

I've recently rebuilt Boost 1.63 locally for both Windows and Linux, requesting dynamic libraries only (link=dynamic). However several libraries are still being built in both static and dynamic forms: - chrono - system - timer - unit_test_framework Additionally some libraries are being built only in static forms: - exception - test_exec_monitor I assume the latter is intentional, as presumably some libraries can only work as static libraries. Is the former intentional or a bug? It seems like a bug. Or do these contain symbols that the dynamic libraries do not?

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Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] Using intel MKL instead of ACML with the boost testing framework
by anandram sundar 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

Update: This doesn’t seem to have anything to do with MKL. Just linking with all the boost libraries is enough to cause this. I was able to repro this with just a few files. I am fairly certain this is because of some issue with linking incorrect libraries. Please let me know. I realize that I don’t need all these libraries for the simple test cases I have written. My g++ version is 4.4.6 Boost version 1.63 File1: // cat mklmain.cpp #define BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK #define BOOST_TEST_MAIN #include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp> File2: // cat mkl1.cpp #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp> #include "logging-helper.h" BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(mkltest1, Fixture) BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(math_test_functions1) { BOOST_LOG_SEV(lg, trace) << "Starting test case for mkl test 1"; float dot = 3; BOOST_TEST(dot == 3); BOOST_LOG_SEV(lg, trace) << "Ending test case for mkl test 1"; } BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() File3: // cat mkl2.cpp #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp> #include "logging-helper.h" BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(mkltest2, Fixture) BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(math_test_functions2) { BOOST_LOG_SEV(lg, trace) << "Starting test case for mkl test 2"; float dot = 3; BOOST_TEST(dot == 3); BOOST_LOG_SEV(lg, trace) << "Ending test case for mkl test 2"; } BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() File4: // cat logging-helper.h // I realize that not all these headers are necessary. Was trying out different things. #pragma once #define BOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK 1 #include <boost/move/utility_core.hpp> #include <boost/log/sources/logger.hpp> #include <boost/log/sources/record_ostream.hpp> #include <boost/log/sources/global_logger_storage.hpp> #include <boost/log/utility/setup/file.hpp> #include <boost/log/utility/setup/console.hpp> #include <boost/log/utility/setup/common_attributes.hpp> #include <boost/log/trivial.hpp> #include <boost/log/expressions.hpp> #include <boost/log/sinks/text_file_backend.hpp> #include <boost/log/sources/severity_logger.hpp> namespace logging = boost::log; namespace src = boost::log::sources; namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks; namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords; using namespace logging::trivial; class Fixture { public: src::severity_logger<severity_level> lg; Fixture(){ logging::core::get()->remove_all_sinks(); logging::add_console_log ( std::cout, keywords::format = "[%TimeStamp%]: %Message%" ); logging::add_common_attributes(); } }; My compile/link line is this g++ -I/home/anandrs/Downloads/boost_1_63_0 -L/home/anandrs/Downloads/boost_1_63_0/stage/lib mkl1.cpp mkl2.cpp mklmain.cpp -lboost_prg_exec_monitor -lboost_unit_test_framework -lboost_context -lboost_locale -lboost_log -lboost_log_setup -lboost_timer -lboost_type_erasure -lboost_wave -lboost_chrono -lboost_filesystem -lboost_graph -lboost_random -lboost_thread -lboost_wserialization -lboost_atomic -lboost_container -lboost_date_time -lboost_iostreams -lboost_math_c99 -lboost_math_c99f -lboost_math_c99l -lboost_math_tr1 -lboost_math_tr1f -lboost_math_tr1l -lboost_program_options -lboost_regex -lboost_serialization -lboost_signals -lboost_system -lboost_exception -lboost_test_exec_monitor -o BoostMKL valgrind ./BoostMKL ==83998== Memcheck, a memory error detector ==83998== Copyright (C) 2002-2012, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==83998== Using Valgrind-3.8.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info ==83998== Command: ./BoostMKL ==83998== Running 2 test cases... [2017-02-23 10:11:04.603945]: Starting test case for mkl test 2 [2017-02-23 10:11:04.759958]: Ending test case for mkl test 2 [2017-02-23 10:11:04.824863]: Starting test case for mkl test 1 [2017-02-23 10:11:04.830820]: Ending test case for mkl test 1 *** No errors detected ==83998== Invalid read of size 4 ==83998== at 0x93124B6: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.13) ==83998== by 0x9A4AEBC: __cxa_finalize (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== by 0x5083745: ??? (in /local/home/anandrs/Downloads/boost_1_63_0/stage/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.63.0) ==83998== by 0x50DBE00: ??? (in /local/home/anandrs/Downloads/boost_1_63_0/stage/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.63.0) ==83998== by 0x9A4AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== by 0x9A33D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== Address 0xa1d4cd0 is 16 bytes inside a block of size 32 free'd ==83998== at 0x4C26FD6: operator delete(void*) (vg_replace_malloc.c:480) ==83998== by 0x93124C8: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.13) ==83998== by 0x9A4AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== by 0x9A33D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== ==83998== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc() ==83998== at 0x4C26FD6: operator delete(void*) (vg_replace_malloc.c:480) ==83998== by 0x93124C8: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.13) ==83998== by 0x9A4AEBC: __cxa_finalize (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== by 0x5083745: ??? (in /local/home/anandrs/Downloads/boost_1_63_0/stage/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.63.0) ==83998== by 0x50DBE00: ??? (in /local/home/anandrs/Downloads/boost_1_63_0/stage/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.63.0) ==83998== by 0x9A4AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== by 0x9A33D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== Address 0xa1d4cc0 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 32 free'd ==83998== at 0x4C26FD6: operator delete(void*) (vg_replace_malloc.c:480) ==83998== by 0x93124C8: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.13) ==83998== by 0x9A4AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== by 0x9A33D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so) ==83998== ==83998== ==83998== HEAP SUMMARY: ==83998== in use at exit: 1,552 bytes in 34 blocks ==83998== total heap usage: 3,704 allocs, 3,698 frees, 221,397 bytes allocated ==83998== ==83998== LEAK SUMMARY: ==83998== definitely lost: 1,032 bytes in 28 blocks ==83998== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==83998== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==83998== still reachable: 520 bytes in 6 blocks ==83998== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==83998== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory ==83998== ==83998== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v ==83998== ERROR SUMMARY: 112 errors from 2 contexts (suppressed: 6 from 6) Thanks, Anand On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:03 PM, anandram sundar <sundaranandram(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I recently wrote some tests using the Boost testing framework and > everything was working fine until I used the intel MKL with my project. As > soon as I started linking these libraries, the tests started failing with a > segmentation fault. This happens after the test execution is done and when > the cleanup is happening. Looking at what valgrind outputs, it seems like > there is some memory being released which is invalid(not sure if it is > because of calling free on already freed memory). This actually happens > even if none of the code depends on the MKL. Just adding them to the linked > libraries is enough to cause this. > > GCC 4.9.3 > Boost ver 1.62 > > *==85160== Invalid read of size 4* > *==85160== at 0x10916C57: std::basic_string<char, > std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in > /lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.20)* > *==85160== by 0x1104AEBC: __cxa_finalize (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x41981E2: ??? (in > /lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.62.0)* > *==85160== by 0x400EC5B: _dl_fini (in /lib64/ld-2.12.so > <http://ld-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x1104AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x11033D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== Address 0x1262fab0 is 16 bytes inside a block of size 30 > free'd* > *==85160== at 0x4C26FD6: operator delete(void*) > (vg_replace_malloc.c:480)* > *==85160== by 0x1104AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x11033D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > > > *==85160== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()* > *==85160== at 0x4C26FD6: operator delete(void*) > (vg_replace_malloc.c:480)* > *==85160== by 0x1104AEBC: __cxa_finalize (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x41981E2: ??? (in > /lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.62.0)* > *==85160== by 0x400EC5B: _dl_fini (in /lib64/ld-2.12.so > <http://ld-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x1104AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x11033D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== Address 0x1262faa0 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 30 free'd* > *==85160== at 0x4C26FD6: operator delete(void*) > (vg_replace_malloc.c:480)* > *==85160== by 0x1104AB21: exit (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > *==85160== by 0x11033D63: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.so > <http://libc-2.12.so>)* > > > I am not sure why this is happening. Are there any known compatibility > issues between MKL and Boost testing framework. I was using ACML before > this and the tests were working fine with them. > > > Thanks, > Anand >

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Howard Hinnant
by Leo Carreon 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

Hi Boost Users, Does any know how to contact Howard Hinnant by email? Kind regards, Leo

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What is the effective way to use boost::asio::deadline_timer for udp socket receive_from?
by jupiter 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

Hi, My program needs a sync udp socket send / receiver so I use the deadline_timer as timeout for udp socket receive_from on Debian Jessie: boost::asio::deadline_timer deadline(io_service, boost::posix_time::seconds(2)); In checkDeadline function, when the timer expires, it calls socket.cancel, otherwise calls the deadline.async_wait(checkDeadline); again. Apparently when the program runs to socket.receive_from(), it is blocked and the timer is never called because both socket.receive_from and the timer in the same thread. I've been thinking to run the timer in another thread, but I checked Internet, there are comments said deadline_timer is not thread safe, please correct me if I am wrong here. It will be a simple solution for me if I can run timer on another thread. Anyone has other ideas to run the timer effectively? Appreciate your comments. Thank you.

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Re: [Boost-users] udp::endpoint listen_endpoint invalid argument
by Bjorn Reese 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

On 04/11/2017 07:32 AM, jupiter via Boost-users wrote: > To simplify it, I changed to: > udp::endpoint listen_endpoint( > boost::asio::ip::address::from_string("localhost"), 15555); Quoting the documentation: "from_string Create an address from an IPv4 address string in dotted decimal form, or from an IPv6 address in hexadecimal notation." You need to resolve "localhost" first.

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udp::endpoint listen_endpoint invalid argument
by jupiter 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Hi, I built doc/html/boost_asio/example/timeouts/blocking_udp_client.cpp on Debian Jessie, but when I run it, I got Invalid argument on the statement of udp::endpoint listen_endpoint( boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(argv[1]), std::atoi(argv[2])); To simplify it, I changed to: udp::endpoint listen_endpoint( boost::asio::ip::address::from_string("localhost"), 15555); Appreciate any clues what's wrong with that statement and why it caused invalid argument? Thank you.

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