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Code complexity
by Vard Antinyan 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Dear Boost developers, We have undertaken a task to assess code complexity triggers and generate recommendations for developing simple and understandable code. Our intension is to share the results with you, developers, so everyone can learn the triggers behind complex software. We need your help for rigorous results. My request to you is - if you get 5-10 min. time, would you please consider to answer the questions of this survey on code complexity? https://goo.gl/forms/h9WXZ8VSEw7BUyHg1 You are welcome to learn preliminary results through this link: https://www.facebook.com/SoftwareCodeQuality/photos/?tab=album&album_id=163… The results will be shared in a public webpage and everyone possible will be invited to learn and discuss them. Your knowledge and experience is vital for achieving substantial and generalizable results, and your effort is much appreciated! Sincerely Vard Antinyan PhD candidate in University of Gothenburg, Sweden Tel: 0046317725707

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(Boost) Synapse update
by Emil Dotchevski 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

(Synapse is not part of Boost. I appreciate feedback as well as looking for someone willing to volunteer as review manager when Synapse is submitted for formal review.) Synapse is a signal-programming library similar to the Qt signal/slot system and Boost Signals 2. The difference is that Synapse is non-intrusive: any object of any static type whatsoever can serve as an emitter. I've just updated Synapse with support for interthread communication. It is available on github: http://zajo.github.io/boost-synapse/index.html. Thanks, Emil

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Need help with errors while building boost for clang on android NDK
by Robert Dailey 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

I'm using NDK r11 and I'm setting up project-config.jam to build boost using clang + llvm STL. I'm running into a few errors that I do not know how to solve. I will post my config file at the bottom. First problem is that boost does not know where to find tools 'ar' and 'ranlib': clang-linux.archive bin.v2\libs\container\build\clang-linux-android\release\link-static\runtime-link-static\target-os-linux\threading-multi\libboost_container-clang-mt-s-1_61.a '"ar"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. '"ranlib"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. How can I explicitly specify the NDK path to these executables? Second problem is related to some assembler stuff, I think. I get these errors while compiling boost thread: clang-linux.compile.asm bin.v2\libs\context\build\clang-linux-android\release\link-static\runtime-link-static\target-os-linux\threading-multi\asm\make_i386_ms_pe_gas.o libs\\context\\src\\asm\\make_i386_ms_pe_gas.asm:30:1: error: unknown directive .def _make_fcontext; .scl 2; .type 32; .endef ^ libs\\context\\src\\asm\\make_i386_ms_pe_gas.asm:30:22: error: unknown directive .def _make_fcontext; .scl 2; .type 32; .endef ^ libs\\context\\src\\asm\\make_i386_ms_pe_gas.asm:30:36: error: expected identifier in directive .def _make_fcontext; .scl 2; .type 32; .endef ^ libs\\context\\src\\asm\\make_i386_ms_pe_gas.asm:30:40: error: unknown directive .def _make_fcontext; .scl 2; .type 32; .endef ^ libs\\context\\src\\asm\\make_i386_ms_pe_gas.asm:136:1: error: unknown directive .def __exit; .scl 2; .type 32; .endef ^ How can I solve this? I have no idea at this point. I'm invoking the build using: b2 --without-python threading=multi link=static runtime-link=static toolset=gcc-android target-os=linux threadapi=pthread --stagedir=android stage And my project-config.jam looks like: import option ; option.set keep-going : false ; androidNDKRoot = E:/android/ndk ; androidAbiVer = 4.9 ; androidPlatform = windows-x86_64 ; using clang : android : $(androidNDKRoot)/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/$(androidPlatform)/bin/clang++ : <compileflags>--sysroot=$(androidNDKRoot)/platforms/android-15/arch-arm <compileflags>-Os <compileflags>-fno-strict-aliasing <compileflags>-O2 <compileflags>-DNDEBUG <compileflags>-g <compileflags>-I$(androidNDKRoot)/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++abi/libcxxabi/include <compileflags>-I$(androidNDKRoot)/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libcxx/include <compileflags>-I$(androidNDKRoot)/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/armeabi-v7a <compileflags>-I$(androidNDKRoot)/sources/android/support/include <compileflags>-DANDROID <compileflags>-D__ANDROID__ <compileflags>-D__arm__ <compileflags>-D_REENTRANT ;

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[Math/Special Functions] Is there any interest in the Lambert W function?
by Balázs Cziráki 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Greetings! I'm working on a C++ implementation of the Lambert W (a.k.a. product logarithm or Omega function) and I wanted to ask the Boost developer community if there is interest in adding it to the library. The current version can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/CzB404/lambert_w/ I've successfully tested it with Cygwin GCC v5.4, v6.2 and with MinGW GCC that is supplied with Code::Blocks, and also on Visual Studio 2015. A test on a Linux based OS (probably Ubuntu) is also going to happen. Any suggestions or constructive criticism is welcome. Best regards, Balázs Cziráki

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[range] sub_range of istream_range
by Andrew Hundt 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

I’m trying to iterate through a file using sub_ranges of an istream_range of an ifstream. However, it seems if I construct sub ranges of various subsets of the full istream_range, try to adjust the limits with advance_begin and advance_end, and then access them I get null dereferences. Any thoughts? I can produce an example if needed. Cheers! Andrew Hundt

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markable -- informal review request
by Andrzej Krzemienski 24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

Hi Everyone, I would like to ask your opinion, suggestions, and perhaps an informal review of the 'markable' library. An alternative to boost::optional when performance really matters. It is the second incarnation of the 'compact_optional' library that I have presented last year. The main differences from the previous version: * name change: it is called 'markable' so that it is not confused with 'optional'. It uses "mark values" and mark policies" * it has the ability to mark an empty state even for the types with strong invariants, by marking a bit pattern rather than any proper value of T (an idea by Matt Calabrese) An example use case: typedef markable<mark_int<int, -1>> opt_int; opt_int oi; opt_int o2 (2); assert (!oi.has_value());assert (o2.has_value());assert (o2.value() == 2); static_assert (sizeof(opt_int) == sizeof(int), ""); The github repository: https://github.com/akrzemi1/markable And documentation therein: https://github.com/akrzemi1/markable/tree/master/documentation Any comments, suggestions or critique are most welcome. Regards, &rzej;

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[fiber] Suggestions regarding asio
by Tatsuyuki Ishi 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

The current example seems non-flexible and very hacky. 1. The timer handler has no problem, since it's expected to be called from any thread. (Description in "Deeper Dive into asio" is meaningless) 2. Possible alternatives: * A post(empty lambda) is a little bit waste but solves the threading problem. It wakes up one thread by doing interrupt of epoll etc. Maybe adding a interrupt method to asio codebase could be more efficient. * One thread doing event polling and the other doing condvar is enough. Since we're not expecting a slow handler (most times, it just make a fiber ready), this should be sufficient. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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[interprocess] Improved shared_memory lifetime using file locks?
by Sebastian Theophil 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

Hi, coming from Windows, the filesystem persistence of basic_managed_shared_memory is giving us headaches. When we have N processes accessing the same shared memory, and one of them crashes, the other N-1 are in an undefined state. That’s the same on Windows and POSIX platforms and is ok for us. On Windows, the problem resolves itself when the other N-1 processes are all closed and then restarted, because Windows deletes the shared memory automatically. On POSIX systems, I think we can use file locks to make sure that the shared memory is reinitialized by the first process to access it. I’d appreciate any feedback, especially if it points out the problems with this approach: - basic_managed_shared_memory(boost::interprocess::open_or_create, …) opens the backing file with flags O_CREAT | O_EXLOCK | O_NONBLOCK - if that succeeds: - we are the first - (re-) initialize shared memory - also a good time to unlink/open the named POSIX semaphore that’s hanging around in an invalid state too! - degrade exclusive lock using flock(LOCK_SH) - else - open file with flag O_SHLOCK (open only, and blocking!) - when that succeeds, open shared memory Problems I can see: - Only works when (advisory) shared and exclusive locking and the degradation of one to the other is supported (at least flock not supported on Windows, e.g.) - What about other file systems? NFS? - Somebody could lock all your files. (OTOH, sb could also delete all my backing files all the time. My application would run, but not have any shared memory. Might be an advantage that my application does *not* run when the file is locked.) - What else? Is this worth implementing in boost.interprocess? I appreciate any feedback, Sebastian PS: I’ve googled previous discussions about shared memory lifetime in boost.interprocess. I don’t claim that my proposal gives the same semantics as Windows shared memory. It doesn’t and it seems impossible to achieve. I’m looking for, erm, usable semantics on POSIX systems. Clearly, everybody has to implement some lifetime tracking. It would be nice if boost.interprocess provided one or more solutions. -- Dr. Sebastian Theophil | stheophil(a)think-cell.com Senior Software Engineer We are looking for C++ Developers: https://www.think-cell.com/career think-cell Software GmbH | Chausseestr. 8/E | 10115 Berlin | Germany https://www.think-cell.com | phone +49 30 666473-10 | US phone +1 800 891 8091 Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 180042 Directors: Dr. Markus Hannebauer, Dr. Arno Schödl

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[release] 1.62.0 Master branch is closed
by Rene Rivera 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

The master branch is now closed for all changes, except by permission from a release manager. Thanks, The Release Team -- -- 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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[release] Boost 1.62.0. Beta 2
by Rene Rivera 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

The packages for 1.62.0 beta 2 are now available: <https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.62.0.beta.2/> The SHA256 checksums are as follows: 95feae3620b3e604e93f14d97195fc04a4b67063692859af8df19657d41b82d5 boost_1_62_0_b2.7z 27bc9b328ff73d7dbf80cd9d4b5f79b0878221e5d8e4b6c47444b135edc1080a boost_1_62_0_b2.tar.bz2 3939d5efa683449e87b374d7e92e3eeb6490063ddb2877919f0fad26e3a0f53e boost_1_62_0_b2.tar.gz cff9ab5db0928244c4c836cf3da5140e6e93db7756e2791ba99a21104ad3aa72 boost_1_62_0_b2.zip As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the archive of your choice and give building and using it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. Thanks! -- The release managers -- -- 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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