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New Version (0.4) of Boost.Application (Aspect Based) available to comments (RFC).
by Renato Forti 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi All, I have a new "Prototype" version (Version 0.4) of Boost.Application ready to use. This version use a concept of "aspects" suggested by 'Vicente J. Botet Escriba'. Thus the library is much more flexible than version 0.3 (old-version), now the components are independents (loosely coupled). The documentation (work in progress status) is available on : <http://www.dokfile.com/appbeta4/docs/libs/application/doc/html/index.html> http://www.dokfile.com/appbeta4/docs/libs/application/doc/html/index.html The lib can be downloaded on : <https://github.com/retf/Boost.Application> https://github.com/retf/Boost.Application Please send your feedback! -- Older Version (0.3): If you want to make a comparison with the previous version (0.3), check: <http://www.dokfile.com/appbeta3/docs/libs/application/doc/html/index.html> http://www.dokfile.com/appbeta3/docs/libs/application/doc/html/index.html Thanks

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[1.55.0] Release candidate 2 available
by Marshall Clow 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

RC2 files for 1.55.0 are available at http://boost.cowic.de/rc/ As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. This helps ensure the candidates build OK before we push them out to SourceForge. The files (and associated md5s) are: 93780777cfbf999a600f62883bd54b17 *boost_1_55_0_rc2.tar.gz d6eef4b4cacb2183f2bf265a5a03a354 *boost_1_55_0_rc2.tar.bz2 8aca361a4713a1f491b0a5e33fee0f1f *boost_1_55_0_rc2.zip 4e5bbc15fc8c80df8be428f8a5b5a823 *boost_1_55_0_rc2.7z Thanks! -- The release managers === Changes to release since rc1 === ---- Author: bemandawes Date: 2013-10-28 13:16:50 EDT (Mon, 28 Oct 2013) New Revision: 86503 URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/86503 Log: Merge 86426 from trunk. This should fix msvc test failures. ---- Author: bemandawes Date: 2013-10-29 09:15:03 EDT (Tue, 29 Oct 2013) New Revision: 86514 URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/86514 Log: Merge 84443 from trunk, to fix mpl assert failures for msvc in many libraries. ---- Author: eric_niebler Date: 2013-10-29 12:53:08 EDT (Tue, 29 Oct 2013) New Revision: 86516 URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/86516 Log: merge [86460] from trunk, fix bootstrap on mingw --- Author: jhunold Date: 2013-10-29 13:19:33 EDT (Tue, 29 Oct 2013) New Revision: 86519 URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/86519 Log: Merge 84402 from ^/trunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r84402 | jhunold | 2013-05-21 14:23:20 +0200 (Di, 21 Mai 2013) | 4 lines Fix: cache file loading and saving must use native paths Fixes caching at least on Windows platform ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Author: johnmaddock Date: 2013-11-01 05:32:55 EDT (Fri, 01 Nov 2013) New Revision: 86532 URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/86532 Log: Merge fix for dependency tracking. --- Author: danieljames Date: 2013-11-03 14:20:09 EST (Sun, 03 Nov 2013) New Revision: 86551 URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/86551 Log: Merge Visual C++ 12 fix for Unordered. --- Author: viboes Date: 2013-11-03 15:43:42 EST (Sun, 03 Nov 2013) New Revision: 86552 URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/86552 Log: Thread: merge [86540] to fix #9319.

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Re: [boost] [1.55.0] Release candidate 2 available
by Peter Dimov 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Robert Ramey wrote: > lol - I'm already dealing with the fallout from a previous "trivial one > line fix". I actually do understand, because most trivial one-line fixes aren't. This one (adding the missing #include <algorithm>) really is, though. (At least according to my experience.)

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Re: [boost] [1.55.0] Release candidate 2 available
by Eric Niebler 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

On 11/5/2013 1:46 AM, LeMay.Steve wrote: > VS2013 needs archive's transform_width.hpp to #include <algorithm> so > that std::min will be properly defined. Looks like it. Can you file the bug please? -- Eric Niebler Boost.org http://www.boost.org

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[math] Contribution and TODO-list implementation.
by Bikineev 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hello. I'm russian student. My department is Applied Math. I need to make my magister work and I would like to relate it with Boost.Math development. I think this work could be something like implementation of tasks mentioned in TODO-list. New feature development may take a long time. In the best case, I would be glad to take job and reviewer for it. If anyone has an idea - I'm ready to take serious and big job for 1,5 years. Thanks.

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Boost API System or Library Calls ..
by Rahul Mathur 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Out of curiosity, wish to know if BOOST ASIO calls like - boost::asio::read() boost::asio::transfer_all() boost::asio::write() BOOST LEXICAL calls like - boost::lexical_cast<std::string>() BOOST POSIX TIME calls like - boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::universal_time() boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::ptime() are LIBRARY or SYSTEM calls. How to know which calls of BOOST are SYSTEM and LIBRARY calls? Thanks.

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Re: [boost] [modularization] Dependency to Boost.Exceptionunavoidable?
by Ahmed Charles 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

What about combining throw_exception.hpp and exception.hpp and move that header to config, since it won't depend on anything else and only really does configuration anyways? Note, if you don't like config as a choice, the new version of detail which only depends on config sounds nice as well. ________________________________ From: Emil Dotchevski Sent: 11/3/2013 12:29 PM To: boost(a)lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [modularization] Dependency to Boost.Exceptionunavoidable? On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge(a)nedprod.com> wrote: > On 1 Nov 2013 at 16:01, Emil Dotchevski wrote: > >> 1. If BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS is defined, libraries should not throw. One >> option to implement that behavior is to pass exception objects (of the >> usual documented library-defined types) to boost::throw_exception. > > I wonder how useful supporting exceptions disabled is in recent years? I agree that many Boost libraries are impractical with exception handling disabled, but there is no harm done in supporting BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS via boost::throw_exception, since its specification does not allow it to return. -- Emil Dotchevski Reverge Studios, Inc. http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost

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[unordered] Visual C++ 2013 initializer_list overload failure.
by Daniel James 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Hi, I'm getting some test failures for inserting an initializer_list into the unordered containers: http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/output/teeks99-10-wi… I don't have access to Visual C++ 12 to investigate this. This is just a guess, but I think the problem is converting an initializer_list of string literals to an initializer list of std::string. This works okay with clang and g++ so I assume it's allowed. A minimal test might be something like the following (although it might not). #include <initializer_list> #include <string> template <typename T> struct thing { void insert(T const&) {} void insert(T&&) {} void insert(std::initializer_list<T>) {} }; int main() { thing<std::string> x; x.insert("a"); x.insert({"a"}); x.insert({"a", "b"}); }

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[tweener] Doxygen documentation issues
by Julien Jorge 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Hi, I am writing the documentation of Boost.Tweener and I encounter various difficulties. One of them is the generation of the class documentation with doxygen. It seems that it cannot extract the class and member documentation from .ipp files. I like to document the methods of my classes near the implementation. In Boost.Tweener, most of the class documentation is then in the .ipp files and I have written the following lines in the Jamfile.v2: import quickbook ; using boostbook ; using doxygen ; doxygen reference : [ glob ../../../boost/tweener/*.hpp ] [ glob ../../../boost/tweener/detail/*.hpp ] [ glob ../../../boost/tweener/detail/impl/*.ipp ] [ glob ../../../boost/tweener/detail/impl/easing/*.ipp ] [ glob ../../../boost/tweener/easing/*.hpp ] But when I try to build the documentation, I have the following error: boost_1_52_0/tools/build/v2/build/generators.jam:1085: in ensure-type from module generators error: target { ../../../boost/tweener/detail/impl/tweener_group.ipp. } has no type Moreover, if I remove the ipp files, the generation of the documentation does not fail but the doxygen documentation is not extracted, except for the private members. So, how can I also disable the extraction of the private members in the documentation? You can check the Jamfile.v2 in the git repository of the project: http://libclaw.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libclaw/boost-tweener;a… Regards, Julien

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[modularization] Modularizing Boost (modularization)
by Stephen Kelly 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Hi there, my plan for modularizing and modernizing Boost was roughly this: * Phase 0 - remove dead weight by bumping compiler feature requirements * Phase 1 - move some files around so that the modularized repos form a mostly directed graph * Phase 2 - Form some kind of 'boost core library' or 'boost feature normalization library' from the guts of existing libraries like type_traits, static_assert, config mpl and utilities. * Phase 3 - Try to port the mpl to variadic templates so that the dependency on Boost.PP is not needed when variadic templates are available. I recommend completing up to phase 2 before migrating to git, as otherwise files will have to be deleted from one repo, and added to another without history. Phase 0 is aborted, so let's look at phase 1. [Note: This should go without saying, but my experience on this list tells me it needs to be said: * I do not propose making many commits with the commit message 'migrate' * The below is scripted for your understanding only. Scripting gives an exactness which prose does not, and allows reproducibility. Don't take it too literally. * Of course, forwarding headers should be understood to be left behind when a file is moved, where possible. * Don't cry too loudly about where I'm moving files to. See Phase 2 above, and understand that this is partly only an experiment to see how modularization can be done. EndNote] If the dependencies between repositories are analysed, the result is this graph: http://steveire.com/boost/graph_all.dot http://steveire.com/boost/graph_all_small.png There are 104 nodes and 1159 edges. Each edge is a real dependency which exists between repos, and which will exist between boost modularized packages. They should not be considered optional. If we remove any nodes which are not strongly connected, we are left with a new graph of nodes which are all strongly connected: http://steveire.com/boost/graph_strong.dot http://steveire.com/boost/graph_strong_small.png There are 68 nodes and 675 edges. Move enable_if from utility to type_traits: git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P utility/enable_if.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|utility/enable_if.hpp|type_traits/enable_if.hpp|" || echo' mv libs/utility/include/boost/utility/enable_if.hpp libs/type_traits/include/boost/type_traits git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' There are now 670 edges and 68 nodes. Next, move boost/detail/workaround.hpp to the config library/repo: git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/detail/workaround.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/detail/workaround.hpp|boost/config/workaround.hpp|" || echo' mv libs/detail/include/boost/detail/workaround.hpp libs/config/include/boost/config/ git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' There are now 661 edges and 68 nodes. Next, move boost/limits.hpp to the config library/repo: git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/limits.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/limits.hpp|boost/config/limits.hpp|" || echo' mv libs/detail/include/boost/limits.hpp libs/config/include/boost/ git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' There are now 653 edges and 68 nodes. Next, move boost/detail/iterator.hpp and boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp to the type_traits library/repo: git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/detail/iterator.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/detail/iterator.hpp|boost/type_traits/detail/iterator.hpp|" || echo' git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp|boost/type_traits/iterator_traits.hpp|" || echo' mv libs/detail/include/boost/detail/iterator.hpp libs/type_traits/include/boost/type_traits/detail/ mv libs/iterator/include/boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp libs/type_traits/include/boost/type_traits git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' There are now 650 edges and 68 nodes. Next, move boost/iterator.hpp from iterator to the utility library/repo: mv libs/iterator/include/boost/iterator.hpp libs/utility/include/boost/ git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' There are now 649 edges and 68 nodes. utility no longer depends on iterator. Move boost/version.hpp to config: mv libs/detail/include/boost/version.hpp libs/config/include/boost/ git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' There are now 512 edges and 64 nodes. The config, integer, io and static_assert libraries are no longer part of the mesh Next, move boost/pointee.hpp from iterator to detail: mv ./libs/iterator/include/boost/pointee.hpp libs/detail/include/boost/ git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' Move exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp into config: git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp|boost/config/attribute_noreturn.hpp|" || echo' mv libs/exception/include/boost/exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp libs/config/include/boost/config/ git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' Move boost/throw_exception.hpp and exception.hpp into utility: mv libs/exception/include/boost/throw_exception.hpp libs/utility/include/boost mv libs/exception/include/boost/exception/exception.hpp libs/utility/include/boost/utility git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/exception/exception.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/exception/exception.hpp|boost/utility/exception.hpp|" || echo' git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' There are now 485 edges and 64 nodes. Several libraries form an inner mesh: $ grep -P "^\s*(type_traits|mpl|detail|utility|smart_ptr|typeof)" output.dot detail->mpl detail->type_traits detail->smart_ptr detail->utility utility->mpl utility->type_traits utility->detail type_traits->detail type_traits->mpl type_traits->typeof type_traits->utility smart_ptr->type_traits smart_ptr->detail smart_ptr->utility mpl->type_traits mpl->detail mpl->utility typeof->mpl typeof->type_traits If we treat them as one element for now, we get a new graph from the rest http://steveire.com/boost/graph_with_corelib.dot http://steveire.com/boost/graph_with_corelib.png There are now 138 edges and 39 nodes Move parts of {vector_,}property_map into graph_parallel: sed '1,/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/d;/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/,$d' libs/property_map/include/boost/property_map/property_map.hpp > tmp.hpp sed -i '/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/,/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/d' libs/property_map/include/boost/property_map/property_map.hpp sed '1,/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/d;/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/,$d' libs/property_map/include/boost/property_map/vector_property_map.hpp >> tmp.hpp sed -i '/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/,/BOOST_GRAPH_USE_MPI/d' libs/property_map/include/boost/property_map/vector_property_map.hpp sed -i '/#undef PBGL_DISTRIB_PMAP/r tmp.hpp' libs/property_map/include/boost/property_map/parallel/distributed_property_map.hpp rm tmp.hpp git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/property_map/parallel/distributed_property_map.hpp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/property_map/parallel/distributed_property_map.hpp|boost/graph/parallel/distributed_property_map.hpp|" || echo' git submodule foreach 'git grep -l -P boost/property_map/parallel/impl/distributed_property_map.ipp -- include/boost | xargs sed -i "s|boost/property_map/parallel/impl/distributed_property_map.hpp|boost/graph/parallel/detail/distributed_property_map.hpp|" || echo' mv libs/property_map/include/boost/property_map/parallel/distributed_property_map.hpp libs/graph_parallel/include/boost/graph/parallel mv libs/property_map/include/boost/property_map/parallel/impl/distributed_property_map.ipp libs/graph_parallel/include/boost/graph/parallel/detail git submodule foreach 'git add . || echo' git submodule foreach 'git commit -am migrate || echo' http://steveire.com/boost/graph_after_parallel.dot http://steveire.com/boost/graph_after_parallel.png There are now 95 edges and 33 nodes The remaining problematic edges are: conversion->range conversion->math range->algorithm math->multiprecision concept_check->parameter Assuming they can be broken by moving some files aroung (I believe they can be), we end up with a small graph of strongly connected components: http://steveire.com/boost/graph_after_remaining.dot http://steveire.com/boost/graph_after_remaining.png There are now 18 edges and 11 nodes. Looking at the entire graph again, we get this: http://steveire.com/boost/graph_final.dot http://steveire.com/boost/graph_final_small.png Obviously, this is not perfect, but it is a beginning, and it is mostly now a directed graph. Any comments? Thanks, Steve.

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