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Boost.ProgramOptions issues porting from 1.56 to 1.64
by Dominique Devienne 28 Jul '17

28 Jul '17

I have an SVN-like "multi-command" single executable, i.e. exe [global-options] command [command-options] It uses two levels of option parsing. First level: typedef std::vector<std::string> UnparsedArgs; inline boost::program_options::typed_value<UnparsedArgs>* anyArgs() { return boost::program_options::value<UnparsedArgs>(); } options_description global_all_desc("Global Options", columns); global_all_desc.add_options() ("command", txtArg(), "Command to execute") ("cmdargs", anyArgs(), "Arguments for command") ...; // from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15541498 // see also https://gist.github.com/randomphrase/10801888 po::positional_options_description pos; pos .add("command", 1) .add("cmdargs", -1); variables_map global_args; parsed_options parsed = po::command_line_parser(argc, argv) .options(global_all_desc) .positional(pos) // for implicit command and cmdargs above .allow_unregistered() // for command-specific arguments. .run(); po::store(parsed, global_args); std::vector<std::string> cmd_args = po::collect_unrecognized( parsed.options, po::include_positional ); Second level parsed_options reparsed = po::command_line_parser(cmd_args) .options(cmd_all_desc) .run(); po::store(reparsed, args_); // JIRA FOO-426 for (const auto& option : reparsed.options) { if (option.position_key >= 0) { std::ostringstream oss; for (const auto& token : option.original_tokens) { oss << token << ' '; } auto s = oss.str(); s.resize(s.size() - 1); err() << "Error: Too many commands: " << command() << ' ' << s << endl; return 1; } } in this particular case, the option that fails is ( "new", txtArgOpt(), "Creates a new group" ), with txtArgOpt() as below: inline boost::program_options::typed_value<std::string>* txtArg() { return boost::program_options::value<std::string>(); } inline boost::program_options::typed_value<std::string>* txtArgOpt(const std::string& implicit_value = "") { return txtArg()->implicit_value(implicit_value); } in the case that fails, the first parsing works fine, and remains ["--new", "groupA"] as cmd_args. in 1.56, reparsed.options contains 1 element: - [0] {string_key="new" position_key=-1 value={ size=1 } ...} boost::program_options::basic_option<char> + string_key "new" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > position_key -1 int - value { size=1 } std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > [size] 1 __int64 [capacity] 1 __int64 + [0] "GroupA" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > + [Raw View] 0x0000000009fae6c0 {...} std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > * - original_tokens { size=2 } std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > [size] 2 __int64 [capacity] 2 __int64 + [0] "--new" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > + [1] "GroupA" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > + [Raw View] 0x0000000009fae6e0 {...} std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > * unregistered false bool case_insensitive false bool but in 1.64, it contains 2 elements: - [0] {string_key="new" position_key=-1 value={ size=0 } ...} boost::program_options::basic_option<char> + string_key "new" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > position_key -1 int - value { size=0 } std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > [capacity] 0 __int64 + [allocator] allocator std::_Compressed_pair<std::_Wrap_alloc<std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,std::_Vector_val<std::_Simple_types<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,1> + [Raw View] {...} std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > - original_tokens { size=1 } std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > [capacity] 1 __int64 + [allocator] allocator std::_Compressed_pair<std::_Wrap_alloc<std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,std::_Vector_val<std::_Simple_types<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,1> + [0] "--new" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > + [Raw View] {...} std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > unregistered false bool case_insensitive false bool - [1] {string_key="" position_key=0 value={ size=1 } ...} boost::program_options::basic_option<char> + string_key "" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > position_key 0 int - value { size=1 } std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > [capacity] 1 __int64 + [allocator] allocator std::_Compressed_pair<std::_Wrap_alloc<std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,std::_Vector_val<std::_Simple_types<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,1> + [0] "GroupA" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > + [Raw View] {...} std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > - original_tokens { size=1 } std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > [capacity] 1 __int64 + [allocator] allocator std::_Compressed_pair<std::_Wrap_alloc<std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,std::_Vector_val<std::_Simple_types<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > >,1> + [0] "GroupA" std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > + [Raw View] {...} std::vector<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >,std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> > > > unregistered false bool case_insensitive false bool This is copy/pasted from VS, sorry, a little hard to read, but basically 1.56 has #0 string_key = "new" position_key = -1 value = ["groupA"] original_tokens = ["--new", "groupA"] unregistered = false case_insensitive = false while 1.64 has 2 items: #0 string_key = "new" position_key = -1 value = [] original_tokens = ["--new"] unregistered = false case_insensitive = false #1 string_key = "" position_key = 0 value = ["groupA"] original_tokens = ["groupA"] unregistered = false case_insensitive = false as-if the arg to --new was now a positional parameter, instead of an optional arg to --new. And this triggers the work-around code that errors out I had put in place to catch cases when the old 1.56 code wouldn't complain about extra arguments (e.g. "exe ... cmd1 cmd1_args cmd2" would be silently accepted, despite the extra cmd2, or "exe ... cmd --arg1 read-only" was accepted, when "exe ... cmd --arg1 --read-only" was expected), and this even though the second parsing doesn't have .allow_unregistered(). I'm trying to understand what's going on; obviously there's some kind of semantic change with optional argument to switches. Could anyone shed some light on this please? I'm not sure how to proceed now. TIA, -DD

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error: 'function' in namespace 'boost' does not name a template type
by jupiter 28 Jul '17

28 Jul '17

Hi, Cannot I define a following boost function? Any workarounds? typedef boost::function<bool (const uint32_t, const std::shared_ptr<boost::asio::streambuf> &)> Subscriber_t; Thank you. Kind regards,

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using ssl::context in boost 1.53 versions
by dipti Burli 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Hi , I am currently using boost 1.53 version. cannot upgrade to latest version. Using ssl asio. Here is my requirement. I need to support tls1.1.and tls1.2 protocol in the server, but not tls1.0 . As there are no options for tls1.1. and tls1.2 ,and context is not present with relevant tls1.1 and tls1.2 versions, I created the ssl::context with tlsv1 method and used long ssl_disallowed = SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2; ssl_disallowed &= ~SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2; ssl_disallowed &= ~SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1; SSL_CTX_set_options(myBoostSslcontext.native_handle(), ssl_disallowed|SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE); But handshake seems to be failing for any other versions other than tlsv1. Can you please let me know how to I set the options so that my sserver can accept tls connections on tls1.1 and tls1.2 with boost version 1.53. Thanks in advance. Dipti

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[mpl] [msm] wrong number of template arguments (120, should be at least 0)
by Alessandro Marzialetti 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Hello, I'm working on a msm with a big transition table (120 elements) I already tried with #define BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_PREPROCESSED_HEADERS then #define BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_LIST_SIZE <custom value> But I can't go over a size of 50 (including "boost/mpl/vector/vector50.hpp") Any idea on how I can make a bigger table? Thanks, Alessandro <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/libs/mpl/doc/refmanual/cfg-no-preproce…>

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[Boost Graph Dijkstra Shortest Path]: Could not deduce template argument
by Choppin, Simon 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

Hello all, I use boost graph library for some point cloud processing and have had great success. However, I'm struggling to compile Dijkstra shorted path on MSVC v140. I am using boost library 1.53 and compiling in 64 bit. I used the example as a starting point but when I try to compile I get the error: Error C2784 'E boost::detail::get(boost::detail::underlying_edge_desc_map_type<E>,const boost::detail::reverse_graph_edge_descriptor<EdgeDesc> &)': could not deduce template argument for 'boost::detail::underlying_edge_desc_map_type<E>' from 'double *' I understand the fundamental problem that the template can't deduce type, however I'm struggling to source the problem. My graph type is: typedef adjacency_list < vecS, vecS, undirectedS, no_property, property <edge_weight_t, double> > WeightedGraph; Because I'm using MSVC I use the suggested non parameter name version: property_map<WeightedGraph, vertex_index_t>::type indexmap = get(vertex_index, GraphW); property_map<WeightedGraph, edge_weight_t>::type weightmap; std::vector<Vertex> p(num_vertices(GraphW)); std::vector<double> d(num_vertices(GraphW)); Vertex s = vertex(indices.first, GraphW); Vertex s_end = vertex(indices.second, GraphW); dijkstra_shortest_paths (GraphW, s, &p[0], &d[0], weightmap, indexmap, std::less<double>(), closed_plus<double>(), (double)(std::numeric_limits<double>::max)(), (double)0, Custom_visitor(s_end) ); I'm using a custom visitor to stop processing early as in this stackoverflow post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32047840/make-boost-dijkstra-algorithm-… Any ideas? All help greatly appreciated. Simon C

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how to generate PDF formate documentations of Boost?
by easior 23 Jul '17

23 Jul '17

Hi, all in the list. I plan to build boost documentation in pdf format for latest version of boost. However, it's no luck to me even following the link: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/boostbook/getting/started.html. I can only find HTML formatted documentation for boost. I don't know what about the relationship between boost and doxygen. I also have no idea about the mechanism of the boostbook. Any suggection? Thanks in advance, Easior Lars

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Boost Regex - Alternation documentation example
by Nick 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

According to the Boost Regex documentation for Alternation (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_64_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax…) Quoting a piece of the documentation: ----- |abc is not a valid expression, but (?:)|abc is and is equivalent, also the expression: (?:abc)?? has exactly the same effect. ----- Is the last expression: (?:abc)?? correct? Why does it need two '?' operators instead of only one? If I try this expression with the input "abc" the Boost engine does not match "abc" as I'd have expected. However the expression: (?:abc)? matches as expected. Nick

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MS controlled email domains - not going to work
by Michael Caisse 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

The irony in sending this message is that the people who need to see it probably wont get it. We are having trouble with hotmail.com, live.com, msn.com, and outlook.com. Microsoft is filtering the dedicated IP address used by the mail lists and most recently has responded with: Not qualified for mitigation [ip address] Our investigation has determined that the above IP(s) do not qualify for mitigation. These IP(s) have previously received mitigations from deliverability support, and have failed to maintain patterns within our guidelines, so they are ineligible for additional mitigation at this time. We have tried to explain multiple times that the IP address has a new owner but we seem to be stuck in almost an auto-response loop. We will continue to try and get service unblocked; however, I would recommend that you dump your MS controlled accounts for Boost mail lists and use another service. michael -- Michael Caisse Ciere Consulting ciere.com

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[review][beast] Beast Review Results
by Michael Caisse 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

In an effort to get you all to just read this announcement sequentially, I will start with the result: Beast is ACCEPTED into Boost without conditions The entire community is served when the Boost review process works well and I would like to personally thank each of you who took your valuable time and worked to make Boost better. We had 21 formal reviews submitted from a demographic that included both seasoned participants and first-time reviewers. It is gratifying to have such participation for what some might see as a niche library. * Thank you Vinnie for your effort to assemble a high-quality package for review and for your responsiveness on the mail-lists. GitHub, and Slack. * Thank you to the individuals that submitted their first Boost review. * Thank you to the veteran contributors and authors for continuing to devote energy to the community. I found the discussion surrounding the library beneficial and I know that Vinnie walked away with actionable items to improve Beast. -------------------- The Stats: -------------------- While the review process is not exactly tallying up votes and casting a verdict, we can gain some insight of the general, gross-scale opinion of the library. Official reviews were received from: Reviewer Accept | Reject ------------------------------------------ * Zach Laine : X * Nik Bougalis : X * Artyom Beilis : X * Peter Dimov : X * Klemens Morgenstern : X * Glen Fernades : X * Marcel Ebmer : X * Scott Determan : X * Stanislav Karchebnyy : X * Michael Larson : X * Vadim Zeitlin : X * Jared Wyles : X * Niall Douglas : X * Barrett Adair : X * Gyorgy Szekely : X * Daniela Engert : X * Jens Weller : X * Phil Endecott : X * Bjorn Reese : X * Rüdiger Berlich : X * Christopher Kohlhoff : X Most of the reviewers agreed on the inclusion of Beast into Boost and at the same time that Beast isn't a great name for the library. (Just say Boost.Beast 10-times-fast). Vinnie has a FAQ item discussing the name and his continuing use is deliberate. He has heard the petitions to change and weighed them. -------------------- Concerns: -------------------- A variety of concerns and comments were made during the review. An impressive number of items were addressed in code or documentation during the review period itself. Some of the stated concern for rejection included: * Too many templates * Run-time polymorphism / OO would be better. * Library scope is too small and provides no real value to users - This is clearly one of those value judgements and for some users the not-in-scope nature of Beast made the feature set not compelling enough to use or have as a Boost library. Other users spent time converting existing projects to use Beast. This included projects previously running POCO, libcurl, and homegrown solutions. Beast has existing commercial and open-source users. The library clearly meets the needs of some users. * Premature optimization * Security concerns * Poor support for HTTP chunking - Vinnie proposed and then later made changes addressing the chunking concerns. Unfortunately, the reviewer with the complaint did not respond to multiple requests for feedback. * Licensing - Four files have dual licenses (BSL and another). Boost's legal counsel is reviewing the situation and we hope to have guidance by the end of this week. I have not placed a condition on the acceptance of Beast based on the legal feedback because Vinnie knows licensing issues must be remedied before the repository is merged into Boost. -------------------- The Upsides: -------------------- There were lots of great things said about the Beast package. Some of these include: * Great documentation * High quality implementation. * Thorough test suites * Already being used by commercial entities and others * Lots of successful real-life conversions of existing clients/servers * Extremely responsive developer (do you sleep Vinnie?) -------------------- An Author as much as a Library: -------------------- Accepting a library into Boost is also accepting an author. Boost authors have enormous latitude in the control and modifications of their libraries. Vinnie has shown dedication to addressing issues, listening to constructive input, making changes when appropriate, and protecting his vision of what the Beast is. I believe Vinnie will serve the community well as a contributor. -------------------- Final Thoughts: -------------------- Reviews are hard. It is hard to have your work torn apart and remain considerate. It is hard to repeat answers to previously asked questions. It is hard to explain specific use-cases and why it is important a library supports them. It is difficult to critique a large body of work. It is hard to stick with conversations to make overall improvements. I was impressed with the participants in the review. We are all opinionated and passionate -- likely a prerequisite to being part of the Boost community. Thank you all for making Boost better. I'm looking forward to seeing additional libraries and application built with Beast. -- Michael Caisse Ciere Consulting ciere.com

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Re: [Boost-users] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee
by Oliver Kowalke 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

I'm one of the maintainers of the CMake Boost support ( https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/blob/master/Modules/FindBoost.cmake Roger, can Cmake be used for boost.context? Especially this library required to know the architecture, ABI, binary format, address model ... in order to select the right assembler?

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