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[boost.process] Review
by Klemens Morgenstern 27 Oct '16

27 Oct '16

Boost.Process 0.6, as can be found here (https://github.com/klemens-morgenstern/boost-process) will be in review from October 27 to November 5. The review manager will be Antony Polukhin. Doc (http://klemens-morgenstern.github.io/process/) I really hope this library gets through the review, since boost (or C++ for that matter) really needs a process library. I would be really happy, if some of you could take the time to look into it - if you find any major issues, they might be addressed, before the actualy review. That would then increase the probability of the library getting accepted.

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Review request: Beast
by Vinnie Falco 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Can Beast please be added to the review queue? Michael Caisse has volunteered to act as the review manager. Beast provides C++11, header-only implementations of the HTTP and WebSocket protocols using Boost.Asio and presenting a consistent, modern synchronous and asynchronous interface style. Beast project repository https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast HTML documentation http://vinniefalco.github.io/beast Boost incubator link: http://blincubator.com/bi_library/beast-2/?gform_post_id=1579 Thanks!

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Extending Boost.Python with NumPy support
by Stefan Seefeld 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hello, I'm presently working on a few improvements to the Boost.Python module. As part of this I'm refactoring the numeric API to actually support NumPy. There has been quite a lot of effort we put into this in the past (notably a GSoC project I mentored a few years ago), but we never managed to include this into the Boost master branch, so it's never been formally released. As I'm now getting ready to polish this work off, I wonder whether any of this would require a formal submission as a new Boost library, or whether it can just be done under the Boost.Python umbrella ? I reckon this is somewhat of a gray area, so I'd like to clarify whether there are concrete rules for what changes / additions require a formal review process. Thanks, Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...

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How to build Boost with VS15
by Olaf van der Spek 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi, How does one build Boost (1.62) with VS15 (Preview 4)? I know it's not officially supported.. C:\VC\boost>bootstrap.bat Building Boost.Build engine 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Failed to build Boost.Build engine. Please consult bootstrap.log for further diagnostics. -- Olaf

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CMake Modularization
by Philip Woods 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

CMake is a widely used build system and has become for many the de facto standard. Boost is a widely used collection of modules and has become for many part of the de facto standard. However, the two do not play very well together. I know there is another port of boost to CMake, but it has lain dormant for years and uses an old version of boost; plus I chose to take a different route. The old project attempted to completely replace Boost.Build with CMake. My example port simply allows people to more easily use boost modules in their projects. I created an example project https://github.com/Elzair/cmake-boost-filesystem-test to demonstrate my ideas. I added CMake build support to the minimum number of modules needed to support this demo: https://github.com/Elzair/assert https://github.com/Elzair/config https://github.com/Elzair/core https://github.com/Elzair/filesystem/tree/master and https://github.com/Elzair/system I even added CMake build support to the header only boost libraries. I did this for two reasons. First, I did not want users to have to fool with CMake's find_package(). Second, I wanted to add helpful error messages in case a user has not included all of a module's dependencies (or added them in the wrong order). Would the community be interested in modular CMake support for more modules? Any comments, questions, critiques or suggestions are welcome.

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Cannot open include file: 'pyconfig.h'
by Olaf van der Spek 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Hi, Boost 1.62 @ VC15, no Python installed: call "C:\Users\W7\AppData\Local\Temp\b2_msvc_default_vcvarsall_x86.cmd" >nul cl /Zm800 -nologo @"bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc\debug\link-static\threading-multi\import.obj.rsp" ...failed compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc\debug\link-static\threading-multi\import.obj... compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc\debug\link-static\threading-multi\exec.obj exec.cpp C:\VC\boost\boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp(50): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'pyconfig.h': No such file or directory Should it be trying to build Python stuff? -- Olaf

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[release] Boost 1.62.0 release available
by Rene Rivera 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Release 1.62.0 of the Boost C++ Libraries is now available. These open-source libraries work well with the C++ Standard Library, and are usable across a broad spectrum of applications. The Boost license encourages both commercial and non-commercial use. This release contains two new libraries and numerous enhancements and bug fixes for existing libraries. New Libraries * Fiber: Framework for userland-threads/fibers, from Oliver Kowalke. * QVM: Boost QVM is a generic library for working with quaternions, vectors and matrices of static size with the emphasis on 2, 3 and 4-dimensional operations needed in graphics, video games and simulation applications, from Emil Dotchevski. For details, including download links, see http://www.boost.org/users/ news/version_1.62.0 You can also download directly from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/ projects/boost/files/boost/1.62.0/ The SHA256 checksums are as follows: b91c2cda8bee73ea613130e19e72c9589e9ef0357c4c5cc5f7523de82cce11f7 boost_1_62_0.7z 36c96b0f6155c98404091d8ceb48319a28279ca0333fba1ad8611eb90afb2ca0 boost_1_62_0.tar.bz2 440a59f8bc4023dbe6285c9998b0f7fa288468b889746b1ef00e8b36c559dce1 boost_1_62_0.tar.gz 084b2e0638bbe0975a9e43e21bc9ceae33ef11377aecab3268a57cf41e405d4e boost_1_62_0.zip Tom Kent has made pre-built windows binaries, and they are available at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.62.0/ To install this release on your system, see http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/ release/more/getting_started/index.html Thanks, --The Boost release team

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[release] Master open for changes.
by Rene Rivera 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

FYI.. Master branches are now open for changes for the next release. Note that because of the late 1.62.0 release the window for the next release is shorter than usual. And there is now less than a month before master closes again for new libraries. Please consult the calendar for further dates. -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net -- rrivera/acm.org (msn) - grafikrobot/aim,yahoo,skype,efnet,gmail

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[asio] inefficiency in the polling
by Tatsuyuki Ishi 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

The current run/poll_one does polling regardless if there's task in the queue. If there's task in the queue, polling is just a waste of system call, since there's already a job to do. Also, my common use case is "wait and consume all work", which is not covered efficiently by current design. (run_one+poll takes two system calls) Side note: on Windows asio performs even worse, it only retrieve one event per syscall... Not sure if it's intended. Friendly note: please use "Reply to All" when replying to me.

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Population count procedure in dynamic_set
by Wojciech Muła 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

Hello! The library dynamic_bitset contains a slow population count procedure: https://github.com/boostorg/dynamic_bitset/blob/340822f979371973fe4a8436362… There are several better, faster and (more or less) portable algorithms. Daniel Lemire, Nathan Kurz and I work on a library which provides fastest possible implementations for CPU having AVX2 instruction set, you can check out its current state: https://github.com/CountOnes/hamming_weight. I also did an extensive comparison of different algorithms on different machines: https://github.com/WojciechMula/sse-popcount, one example https://github.com/WojciechMula/sse-popcount/blob/master/results/skylake/sk… As I mentioned these algorithms are different, the fastest use SIMD instructions, other depends on a CPU instruction. However, some approaches are portable, machine-independent, like this https://github.com/WojciechMula/sse-popcount/blob/master/popcnt-bit-paralle… It's possible to provide better solution at small cost, a lot of work has already been done. Would you be interested in including such boosted procedures as part of dynamic_bitset (or a new library)? Popcount itself is used in number of fields: I've found it in DNA matching (Jaccard index), computer vision, databases, and Daniel recently reported application in machine learning. best regards Wojciech

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