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[serialization] Plans for C++ standard style reference docs
by Andreas Huber 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

At the risk of asking something that has probably been asked before: Are there any plans to add C++ standard style reference documentation for serialization? The current tutorial & reference are good and probably describing most of what one would like to know about the library. However, at various places I would really have preferred a description of the exact effects of a particular function, complete with pre-/post-conditions and exceptions that could possibly be thrown. Regards, -- Andreas Huber When replying by private email, please remove the words spam and trap from the address shown in the header.

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Circular log buffer
by Darren Cook 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

I'm finding an increasing need for an in-file memory log: specifically when my program asserts I want to see where it has been. There are two problems with normal logging, i.e. appending to a disk file: * The files get very, very big (I've filled my home partition before) * All that writing to disk slows the application down noticeably. I checked log4cpp and John Torjo's logging library and neither seem to offer this, but it seems it could fit as one of the logging targets. I had in mind an object that is a wrapper for e.g. a 1Mb char buffer with the same interface as std::ostream, so I can just write: log_buffer<<"In func1, x="<<x<<", obj="<<obj<<"\n"; And then when my program asserts I can pass log_buffer as a parameter to be output (requires it to have operator<< defined): SMART_ASSERT(y!=1)(y)(log_buffer); Does anyone know of anything along these lines? Does anyone have the same need, or just me? I found some circular buffers that nearly do what I want [1] [2] [3], but they are lower-level as they don't offer the ostream interface. (In my case I don't need thread-safety.) Darren [1]: http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/Cpp/cpp_mfc/arrays/article.php/c4013/ [2]: http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/Cpp/cpp_mfc/buffers/article.php/c859/ [3]: Thread-safe circular queue, CUJ, June 2004.

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ATTN: Merging changes to the release branch
by Aleksey Gurtovoy 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Folks, Can I gently ask everybody to be more careful with integration of changes from the main trunk to the release branch? If you have to do it, please double-check everything (in particular, run the diffs) before committing the merged files. We've already got the new "boost/index.html" contents with *1.33.0* section stub in the release branch, and dealing with more of something like this is not going to help the release. Thanks, -- Aleksey Gurtovoy MetaCommunications Engineering

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[1.32 Release] Fixing tabs/links/filenames -- the last round
by Aleksey Gurtovoy 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Dear All, I'd appreciate if you bear with me one more time and find a moment to fix the following issues ASAP (see http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/boost/issues.html) algorithm --------- libs/algorithm/minmax/index.html: broken link: ../../../../boost/minmax.hpp, broken link: minmax_benchs.html assign ------ libs/assign/test/list_inserter.cpp: tabs in file libs/assign/test/list_of.cpp: tabs in file build ----- tools/build/v2/index.html: broken link: ../../../doc/html/bbv2.installation.html, broken link: doc/html/index.html tools/build/v2/test/railsys/program/Jamfile: tabs in file tools/build/v2/test/test_system.html: unlinked file BoostBook-generated, need to be fixed in sources: doc/html/bbv2/advanced/jamfiles.html: broken link: ../../doc/extending.html#main_target_rules doc/html/bbv2/extender.html: broken link: ../../../example/customization doc/html/bbv2/howto.html: broken link: ../../../../../more/mailing_lists.htm#jamboost doc/html/bbv2/installation.html: broken link: ../../../jam_src/index.html#building_bjam, broken link: ../../jam_src/index.html doc/html/bbv2/tutorial/prebuilt.html: broken link: ../../doc/recipes.html#site_config_targets date_time --------- boost/date_time/local_time/posix_time_zone.hpp: tabs in file boost/index.htm: broken link: libs/date_time/doc/Changes.html BoostBook-generated, need to be fixed in sources: doc/html/date_time/details.html: broken link: ../../../libs/tokenizer/index.htm doc/html/date_time/doxy.html: broken link: ../../../boost/date_time/dst_transition_day_generators.hpp, broken link: ../../../boost/date_time/local_time_base.hpp doc/html/date_time/posix_time.html: broken link: ../../../libs/date_time/doc/time_duration_inherit.png graph ----- boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp: tabs in file boost/graph/detail/adjacency_list.hpp: tabs in file libs/graph/src/graphviz_digraph_parser.cpp: tabs in file libs/graph/src/graphviz_graph_parser.cpp: tabs in file boost/index.htm: broken link: libs/graph/doc/astar_search.html, broken link: libs/graph/doc/floyd_warshall_shortest.html, broken link: libs/graph/doc/fruchterman_reingold.html iterator -------- libs/iterator/doc/filter_iterator_ref.html: unlinked file libs/iterator/doc/indirect_iterator_ref.html: unlinked file libs/iterator/doc/issues.html: unlinked file libs/iterator/doc/iter-issue-list.html: unlinked file libs/iterator/doc/iterator_adaptor_ref.html: unlinked file libs/iterator/doc/make_filter_iterator.html: unlinked file libs/iterator/doc/ref_problem.html: unlinked file libs/iterator/doc/zip_iterator.html: broken link: ../example/zip_iterator_examples.cpp numeric ------- libs/numeric/conversion/doc/converter.html: broken link: udt_support.html libs/numeric/conversion/doc/converter_policies.html: broken link: udt_support.html python ------ libs/python/doc/new-conversions.html: unlinked file libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/index.html: broken link: ../../index.htm, broken link: ../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../people/people.htm, broken link: libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/embedding.html: broken link: ../../../../building.html%20Building, broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../../v2/handle.html, broken link: ../../v2/handle.html#allow_null-spec, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/exception.html: broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/exposing.html: broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/functions.html: broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/hello.html: broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/iterators.html: broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/object.html: broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/techniques.html: broken link: ../../../index.htm, broken link: ../../../more/faq.htm, broken link: ../../../more/index.htm, broken link: ../../../people/people.htm, broken link: ../libraries.html libs/python/doc/v2/bibliography.html: unlinked file libs/python/doc/v2/errors.html: broken link: ../../../function/doc/reference.html#functionN libs/python/doc/v2/faq.html: broken link: ../tutorial/doc/creating_packages.html, broken link: ../tutorial/doc/reducing_compiling_time.html libs/python/doc/v2/from_python.html: unlinked file libs/python/doc/v2/header.html: unlinked file libs/python/doc/v2/overview.html: unlinked file libs/python/doc/v2/pickle.html: broken link: ../tutorial/doc/extending_wrapped_objects_in_python.html libs/python/doc/v2/rationale.html: broken link: ../../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm, unlinked file libs/python/pyste/doc/introduction.html: broken link: ../../doc/tutorial/doc/exposing_classes.html libs/python/pyste/doc/policies.html: broken link: ../../doc/tutorial/doc/call_policies.html libs/python/pyste/doc/running_pyste.html: broken link: ../../doc/tutorial/doc/building_hello_world.html libs/python/pyste/index.html: broken link: introduction.html range ----- libs/range/doc/intro.html: unlinked file regex ----- libs/regex/performance/input.html: unlinked file serialization ------------- libs/serialization/doc/contents.html: broken link: definitions.html, broken link: doc/configuration.html, broken link: faq.html, invalid character in URL: overview.html#Other implementations libs/serialization/doc/serialization.html: broken link: ../../../boost/serialization/shared_count.hpp, broken link: bibliograph.html#14 libs/serialization/src/basic_iarchive.cpp: tabs in file libs/serialization/test/Jamfile: tabs in file libs/serialization/test/test_non_default_ctor2.cpp: tabs in file libs/serialization/vc7ide/Boost Serialization Library.sln: nonportable path libs/serialization/vc7ide/Boost Serialization Library.suo: nonportable path signals ------- boost/signals/signal_template.hpp: tabs in file boost/signals/slot.hpp: tabs in file libs/signals/src/signal_base.cpp: tabs in file libs/signals/src/slot.cpp: tabs in file thread ------ libs/thread/src/xtime.cpp: invalid (cr only) line-ending utility ------- boost/utility/base_from_member.hpp: tabs in file libs/utility/generator_iterator.htm: unlinked file libs/utility/operators.htm: broken link: function_output_iterator.htm TIA, -- Aleksey Gurtovoy MetaCommunications Engineering

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guidelines on portable 'catch(...)' usage
by Stefan Seefeld 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

hi there, I'v recently run into a problem with 'catch(...)' on MSVC 7.1, where a segmentation fault resulted in a 'first-class exception' (!) that was caught by 'catch(...)' even though the stack wasn't unwound. My first reaction was to abandon the use of 'catch(...)' entirely, replacing it with a more specific equivalent (which I believe to be better practice anyways). However, browsing some boost code I now find other people using such catch-all statements, and so I'd like to get your feedback on how to use it portably. Are my findings false concerning MSVC's highjacked use of C++ exceptions for program errors (i.e. POSIX' equivalent of signals) ? Thanks, Stefan

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teststreams.cpp and VC8.0
by Victor A. Wagner Jr. 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

I got tired of getting the exceptions so I fixed time_formatters.hpp which had a logic error in it. It's possible that the test should now be run on all platforms again. Since I don't know how to alter which tests actually run on which platforms I cannot fix that. 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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reverse_iterator_example binaries cleanup
by Aleksey Gurtovoy 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Martin, Could you please remove "reverse_iterator_example" test binaries ("libs/utility/reverse_iterator_example") for the next regression run? I've moved this and other iterator examples over to "libs/iterator/test", not the least so that the report tools have a chance to correctly report their failures. TIA, -- Aleksey Gurtovoy MetaCommunications Engineering

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[1.32 Release] Some libs missing from doc/src/boost.xml
by Joaquín Mª López Muñoz 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Some new libs (assign, minmax, multi_index, numeric_conversion, range, I think these are all) are not listed in doc/src/boost.xml 1. Should they be there? I don't know for sure what this .xml is supposed to do, and I couldn't find info about it either in the submission guidelines nor in the releasing procedure notes. 2. If so, I'd volunteer to fill the gap, but I'm afraid I'll be out of CVS access during this weekend, so somebody else will have to take up the task. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

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MPL for_each test case
by Hugo Duncan 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Aleksey, The normal case and the borland workaround in for_each.cpp test case seem to be the wrong way round. Hugo Index: libs/mpl/test/for_each.cpp =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/libs/mpl/test/for_each.cpp,v retrieving revision 1.12 diff -r1.12 for_each.cpp 67,70d66 < mpl::for_each<numbers>( < boost::bind(&std::vector<int>::push_back, &v, _1) < ); < #else 74a71,74 > #else > mpl::for_each<numbers>( > boost::bind(&std::vector<int>::push_back, &v, _1) > );

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Test
by Victor A. Wagner Jr. 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Several of my recent messages have gone awry (they had multiple recipients). This is a test of a message with but one destination to see if it can get delivered. 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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