September 2014 - Boost - lists.preview.boost.org

Submodules of Boost libraries
by Mathias Gaunard 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hi folks, I'd like to ready my library for inclusion into Boost. My library is made of several modules, and I'd like to keep that into Boost. How does Boost handles multiple submodules within a library submodule?

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[modularization] LocalFunction and ScopedExit cycle
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

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[static_if] Is there interest in a `static if` emulation library?
by Lorenzo Caminiti 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hello all, With C++14 generic lambdas, it is possible to implement a sort of `static if` (see also N3613): template< typename T > void assign ( T& x, T const& y ) { x = y; static_if<boost::has_equal_to<T>::value>( std::bind([] ( auto x, auto y ) { assert(x == y); std::cout << "asserted for: " << typeid(T).name() << std::endl; }, x, y) ).else_( [] ( ) { std::cout << "cannot assert for: " << typeid(T).name() << std::endl; } ); } The bind around the generic lambda is a bit verbose... but this code compiles, asserts when called on int, and does not assert when called on x_t (tested on clang 3.4.2): int i = 1; struct x_t { } x; assign(i, i); // asserts assign(x, x); // does not assert I have attached a reference implementation. Thank you. --Lorenzo P.S. I didn't do much background research... sorry if this topic has already been considered and discussed in Boost.

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[move] Build failures in develop
by Andrey Semashev 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hi, I'm seeing lots of build errors that originate from Boost.Move, such as: In file included from ../libs/log/src/text_file_backend.cpp:41: In file included from ../boost/filesystem/path.hpp:28: In file included from ../boost/iterator/iterator_facade.hpp:12: In file included from ../boost/iterator/interoperable.hpp:11: In file included from ../boost/mpl/or.hpp:23: ../boost/mpl/aux_/nested_type_wknd.hpp:27:10: error: no type named 'type' in 'boost::move_detail::is_rv<boost::rv<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::aux::light_function<void ()> > >' : T::type ~~~^~~~ See the full error logs: http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/marshall-ma… http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-08b… http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-tes… I didn't change Boost.Log for quite some time, so there seems to have been some breaking change. Could this be fixed?

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[thread] Build failures in develop
by Andrey Semashev 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hi, Boost.Thread currently fails to build on MSVC, which affects other libraries: http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-08d… Could it be fixed?

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[modularization] request for a new modularization status for develop branch
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hi Peter, could you upload a new modularization status, as in http://www.pdimov.com/tmp/report-d53f656/module-levels.html ? Best, Vicente

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[Modularization][optional][functional] boost::none - what do we want it to be?
by Andrzej Krzemienski 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

Hi Everyone, I know it may be premature to to think about removing every cycle in Boost, but while looking at the cycle reports I found that at least one library is using boost::none, for a purpose different than indicating an uninitialized boost::optional. It is in Boost.Functional: https://github.com/boostorg/functional/blob/master/include/boost/functional… It uses none_t as a default type for a template type parameter Allocator. My question is: what do we want boost::none_t to indicate, at least in Boost? 1. A value-semantic alternative to void, that anyone can use? 2. A tag indicating boost::optional<T> without a value? The answer to this question dictates how we should untie the cycle. I know it is too soon to care about small cycles right now, but my question is more about "the principles". Regards, &rzej

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"Easy Build and Install" fails at bootstrap.sh
by Josh Juran 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

I'm building Boost from Git since there's no secured download option, only HTTP. josh@alice:~/src/boost$ git log --oneline -n1 43bb782 Update thread from master. josh@alice:~/src/boost$ ./bootstrap.sh ./bootstrap.sh: 1: ./bootstrap.sh: ./tools/build/src/engine/build.sh: not found Building Boost.Build engine with toolset ... Failed to build Boost.Build build engine Consult 'bootstrap.log' for more details josh@alice:~/src/boost$ cat bootstrap.log ./bootstrap.sh: 218: cd: can't cd to ./tools/build/src/engine Do I need to run git-submodule? It would be helpful if Getting Started covered this. Josh

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[iostreams]Bugs in dual seekable mode
by Jorge Lodos 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Currently there are no tests for dual seekable streams. New tests (dual_seekable_test.cpp in the ticket) uncover the following bugs: 1. The functions test_seekable_in_chars and test_seekable_in_chunks in test/detail/verification.hpp use seekp in several places where seekg should be used. This has no effect when there is a single head but does not work when the stream is dual seekable. 2. indirect_streambuf::seek_impl does not work for dual seeking. The problem is that both heads are modified for both input and output operations. Since the modification is the same (just resetting the pointers) everything works when there is a single head. This is a duplicate of https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7681. 3. The function shared_buffer() does not consider dual_seekable stream buffers as shared. 4. The function init_put_area() does not consider the existing input position. This is a duplicate of https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8572. With the attached (in the ticket) versions of verification.hpp and indirect_streambuf.hpp all previously existing tests passed. I recommend adding the new tests in dual_seekable_test.cpp. I have created the ticket https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10561 Best regards Jorge

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[thread] Specific old move semantics usage
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 27 Sep '14

27 Sep '14

Hi all, I would like to remove the specific move semantics included in Boost.Thread as it was flawed. This has been replaced by the Boost.Move one long time ago. Is there someone still using it? Could I at least define by the default (even for BOOST_THREAD_VERSION 2) BOOST_THREAD_USES_MOVE for Boost 1.57? Best, Vicente

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