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GitHub issues for superproject
by Olaf van der Spek 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Hi, James wrote: > I would have opened up a github issue on the superproject to track this and resolve it, however the "issues" section is not activated for the superproject. Why's this? IMO it'd be nice to track issues there. As a Boost user I vastly prefer GitHub over Trac. -- Olaf

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Superproject 1.55.0 tags incorrect for libs/uuid?
by James E. King, III 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

Hello, Someone reported a discrepancy in boost trac that needs to be investigated by folks on the superproject team. What is claimed is that the superproject tag for boost-1.55 contains commit id 8c395a888c2d77bdc91e956ef24a07c0c87cdd24 for uuid, however this commit id does not exist. The tag id in the boost/uuid repository points to commit 98cf8322aef86e6398dbac7f9cd6bf766621d645. I would have opened up a github issue on the superproject to track this and resolve it, however the "issues" section is not activated for the superproject. https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/13071 Instructions given to reproduce the issue are as follows: git clone https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git cd boost git submodule init libs/uuid git checkout boost-1.55.0 git submodule update libs/uuid and the last step will fail with: fatal: reference is not a tree: 8c395a888c2d77bdc91e956ef24a07c0c87cdd24 Unable to checkout '8c395a888c2d77bdc91e956ef24a07c0c87cdd24' in submodule path 'libs/uuid' Thanks, Jim

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Interest in thermodynamic properties of water and steam
by Belcourt, Kenneth 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

Hi, Would there be any interest in an implementation of the IAPWS-95 in Boost? Here’s the reference: The IAPWS Formulation 1995 for the Thermodynamic Properties of Ordinary Water Substance for General and Scientific Use. Authors: W. Wagner and A. Pruss J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2002, pages 387-535 For those with access to the paper, the code reproduces Table 6.6 (results agree to all published digits), as well as well significant parts of both Table 13.1 (vapor-liquid phase boundary properties as function of temperature) and Table 13.2 (properties of water in single-phase as function of temperature and density for pressures in range of 0.05 MPa to 1000 MPa). Also implemented are the full set of algorithms in Table 6.3, including pressure, enthalpy, entropy, sound speed, heat capacities. There’s also an algorithm for computing the thermal saturation properties (pressure, liquid and vapor densities), given the saturation temperature. At present the code has a required dependency on Boost.Units and is about 2k loc. If you're interested in this, feel free to reply or contact me directly. — Noel Belcourt [1] http://www.iapws.org

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Question/Remark to your include/boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp
by Ziehe, Dieter 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

Dear development community, first of all, thanks for your work, I use boost sometimes to ease from it in my development of math algorithm. Normally I try and check your code and documentation till it works (for example Edmonds karp, remez ...) But now I came to one point, which I don't understand and only workarounded it (although I'm a mathematician and the topic LU-Decomposition is easy). My Problem is lu.hpp:: lu_factorize and this part : (*) #if BOOST_UBLAS_TYPE_CHECK swap_rows (pm, cm); BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK (singular != 0 || detail::expression_type_check (prod (triangular_adaptor<matrix_type, unit_lower> (m), triangular_adaptor<matrix_type, upper> (m)), cm), internal_logic ()); #endif Despite the fact, that I can BOOST_UBLAS_TYPE_CHECK switch off (with BOOST_UBLAS_NDEBUG) I don't understand the sense of these lines. As far as I know, LU is in every case possible, either a matrix is singular or not. For example the ZERO-Matrix is also LU- decomposable (Solution ZERO-Matrix and Identity Matrix). And so, IMHO the lines are too strong for this situation. These lines lead in remez to an Exception : remez failed with exception: internal logic , but the remez algorithm is right (without BOOST_UBLAS_TYPE_CHECK) I got the correct results. Is it possible to weaken the lines (*) to a hint only (the return-value singular is also available for other user, who need regularity). Maybe I'm wrong. But if so, I'd like to know the argument, which lead to such strong reaction in the normal case of singular Matrix inside the LU-Algorithm ? I'm looking forward to hear from you. Many thanks. Dieter from Berlin

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[Intrusive]
by degski 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

I having trouble understanding the documentation of Boost.Intrusive. I'm referring to this section in particular: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_0/doc/html/intrusive/intrusive_vs_nontru… "The main difference between intrusive containers and non-intrusive containers is that in C++ non-intrusive containers store *copies* of values passed by the user." This is confusing, as that might not be true in case of C++11 and up. Does (or rather, can) move-construction invalidate the use case for Intrusive containers? "On the other hand, an intrusive container does not store copies of passed objects, but it stores the objects themselves. The additional data needed to insert the object in the container must be provided by the object itself." But then in the example for slist, it seems from the example code that (a) pointer(s) to the original object are stored (and makes it look like the object), but that's not what I read from the quoted text. class MyClass{ MyClass *next; MyClass *previous; //Other members...}; int main(){ acme_intrusive_list<MyClass> list; MyClass myclass; list.push_back(myclass); //"myclass" object is stored in the list assert(&myclass == &list.front()); return 0;} I would like to ask for somebody to confirm I'm right, or explain to me in language (palatable to a thick user) what is actually stored (in terms of implementation). Thanks in advance, degski -- "*Ihre sogenannte Religion wirkt bloß wie ein Opiat reizend, betäubend, Schmerzen aus Schwäche stillend.*" - Novalis 1798

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[detail] boost/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp broken by recent change
by Beman Dawes 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

boost/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp fails to compile for STL's MinGW distro from https://nuwen.net/mingw.html The error message is: ..\..\../boost/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp:117:29: error: function 'boost::filesystem::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet::~utf8_codecvt_facet()' definition is marked dllimport virtual BOOST_UTF8_DECL ~utf8_codecvt_facet(){} The problem (on develop) is caused by Robert Ramey's Aug 13 commit 73c12230c31a851c15ecb9a649468425ebd92f8e "adjustment to avoid linking problem: vtable not found found for ~utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp" which added "BOOST_UTF8_DECL" to line 117. This is breaking my local filesystem tests for GCC/MinGW. If the change is reverted, the tests start passing again. Robert, could you please revert the change? I can also to it, but thought you needed to be alerted first so you can revisit whatever you were trying to fix. Thanks, --Beman

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[release] 1.65.1 closing on Thursday
by Daniel James 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Hi, I've added a schedule for 1.65.1 to the calendar: http://www.boost.org/development/ I think it should be possible to get the changes ready in the next two days, although the schedule is a little flexible. I might also release a little early if everything goes smoothly. We don't want to spend too much time on this. Daniel

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[iterator] What documentation is actual?
by Andrey Semashev 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

Hi, While moving next_prior.hpp to Boost.Iterator I've noticed that thete are basically two versions of the documentation in Boost.Iterator: rst and QuickBook. It seems like QuickBook is in progress of being written and is largely a conversion of rst, but is incomplete in some places. I'd like to ask what's the plan about it? Since I don't know rst I converted the original documentation of next_prior.hpp to QuickBook and added it to the current QuickBook docs. I also converted advance() and distance() docs to QuickBook and fixed a few problems in the docs so that it is at least browsable and readable. If we have no plans to switch to QuickBook then I suppose it is better to remove them to avoid confusion. Also, someone has to convert next_prior.hpp docs to rst (I don't know how to do this).

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Purchasing Travis Resources for boostorg (was Re: [1.65.0] Point release?)
by Tom Kent 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Daniel James via Boost < boost(a)lists.boost.org> wrote: > On 26 August 2017 at 18:02, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > wrote: > > Daniel James wrote: > > > But we don't rely that much on the testers nowadays, so this would be > less > > of an issue. > > I do. The turnaround on Travis is pretty terrible at the moment, and > that's going to get worse as more modules use it. While I'm a big fan of Boost's test system, and believe that it is an awesome resource that can't be replicated on the common CI services (lots of platforms and compiler versions/configs!), I also think that good per-commit CI on a service like travis is hugely important. Maybe someone should present a proposal to the steering committee to start paying for boostorg's account to have additional build resources? Tom

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[1.65.0] Point release?
by Daniel James 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

Hello all, What do you think about having a point release? I tried asking the other release managers but didn't get any reply. Some are away, and I don't known when they will be available again. I think we have to decide soon, as it's holding up development. This would deal with the issues in thread, context, fiber, and possibly others. I've added patches to the release notes: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_65_0.html A point release should take a week or two, perhaps more if we include other changes. thanks, Daniel

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[Boost-build] Broken installation with `./b2 --prefix=/tmp/boost --with-stacktrace install`
by Antony Polukhin 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

Hi, People complain about the broken installation. Command `./b2 --prefix=/tmp/boost --with-stacktrace install` does not copy the boost/stacktrace/detail/push_options.pp and boost/stacktrace/detail/pop_options.pp files into the destination folder. See https://github.com/boostorg/stacktrace/issues/29 How this could be fixed? Is that a b2 issue? -- Best regards, Antony Polukhin

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boost.process 1.64.0 and 1.65.0 are equal
by Egor Pugin 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

Hi, See https://github.com/boostorg/process/releases Both boost/process 1.64.0 and 1.65.0 have same commit 4075371. Looks like that boost process 1.65.0 was not updated. Is this a bug or feature? For reference, this was detected in https://github.com/klemens-morgenstern/boost-process/issues/121 -- Egor Pugin

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Important Regression of Boost.Thread on Windows
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

Hi, there is an important regression of Boost Thread on Windows https://github.com/boostorg/thread/issues/130 windows: Bug in boost::condition_variable on Windows Please, merge these two patches 1 https://github.com/boostorg/thread/commit/fdc0cbcd8ce8f34a19c7cdaf6f1fa679f… 2 https://github.com/boostorg/thread/commit/395e3d786bc1dce9c60eb84da85f5845a… I've sent a PR for the boost-1.65 release notes https://github.com/boostorg/website/pull/267 If there is a 1.65.1 point release, this issue should be a good candidate. Sorry for the disturbance Vicente

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1.65 build failure on FreeBSD 11.1
by rleigh＠codelibre.net 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

The error is "boost/stacktrace/detail/collect_unwind.ipp:55:7: error: no member named '_Unwind_Backtrace' in the global namespace". The details are below. A creeping Linux-ism? Regards, Roger $ clang++ --version FreeBSD clang version 4.0.0 (tags/RELEASE_400/final 297347) (based on LLVM 4.0.0) Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd11.1 Thread model: posix InstalledDir: /usr/bin $ uname -a FreeBSD brill 11.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE #0 r321309: Fri Jul 21 02:08:28 UTC 2017 root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 -- Building boost (Unix) with toolset=clang cxxflags= -I/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include linkflags= -L/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/lib Performing configuration checks - 32-bit : no - 64-bit : yes - arm : no - mips1 : no - power : no - sparc : no - x86 : yes - symlinks supported : yes - C++11 mutex : no - lockfree boost::atomic_flag : yes - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_auto_declarations : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_constexpr : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_defaulted_functions : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_final : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_mutex : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_tuple : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_lambdas : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_noexcept : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_nullptr : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_rvalue_references : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_template_aliases : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_thread_local : no - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_variadic_templates : no - has_icu builds : no warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components. note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam - zlib : yes - bzip2 : yes - lzma : yes - iconv (libc) : yes - icu : yes - xlocale supported : yes - native-atomic-int32-supported : yes - native-syslog-supported : yes - pthread-supports-robust-mutexes : yes - compiler-supports-visibility : yes - compiler-supports-ssse3 : yes - compiler-supports-avx2 : yes - gcc visibility : yes - long double support : yes warning: skipping optional Message Passing Interface (MPI) library. note: to enable MPI support, add "using mpi ;" to user-config.jam. note: to suppress this message, pass "--without-mpi" to bjam. note: otherwise, you can safely ignore this message. - libbacktrace builds : no - addr2line builds : yes - WinDbg builds : no - WinDbgCached builds : no Component configuration: - atomic : building - chrono : building - container : building - context : building - coroutine : building - date_time : building - exception : building - fiber : building - filesystem : building - graph : building - graph_parallel : building - iostreams : building - locale : building - log : building - math : building - metaparse : building - mpi : building - program_options : building - python : not building - random : building - regex : building - serialization : building - signals : building - stacktrace : building - system : building - test : building - thread : building - timer : building - type_erasure : building - wave : building [...] clang-linux.compile.c++.without-pth bin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi/addr2line.o "/usr/bin/CC" -c -x c++ -I/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include -O3 -Wno-inline -Wall -pedantic -pthread -fPIC -m64 -I/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_STACKTRACE_DYN_LINK=1 -DNDEBUG -I"." -o "bin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi/addr2line.o" "libs/stacktrace/build/../src/addr2line.cpp" In file included from libs/stacktrace/build/../src/addr2line.cpp:10: In file included from /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/detail/frame_unwind.ipp:15: In file included from /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/frame.hpp:20: In file included from /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/safe_dump_to.hpp:213: /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/detail/collect_unwind.ipp:55:7: error: no member named '_Unwind_Backtrace' in the global namespace ::_Unwind_Backtrace(&boost::stacktrace::detail::unwind_callback, &state); ~~^ 1 error generated. ...skipped <pbin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi>libboost_stacktrace_addr2line.so.1.65.0 for lack of <pbin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi>addr2line.o... ...skipped <p/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/lib>libboost_stacktrace_addr2line.so.1.65.0 for lack of <pbin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi>libboost_stacktrace_addr2line.so.1.65.0... ...skipped <p/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/lib>libboost_stacktrace_addr2line.so for lack of <p/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/lib>libboost_stacktrace_addr2line.so.1.65.0... clang-linux.compile.c++.without-pth bin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi/basic.o "/usr/bin/CC" -c -x c++ -I/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include -O3 -Wno-inline -Wall -pedantic -pthread -fPIC -m64 -I/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_STACKTRACE_DYN_LINK=1 -DNDEBUG -I"." -o "bin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi/basic.o" "libs/stacktrace/build/../src/basic.cpp" In file included from libs/stacktrace/build/../src/basic.cpp:9: In file included from /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/detail/frame_unwind.ipp:15: In file included from /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/frame.hpp:20: In file included from /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/safe_dump_to.hpp:213: /opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/include/boost/stacktrace/detail/collect_unwind.ipp:55:7: error: no member named '_Unwind_Backtrace' in the global namespace ::_Unwind_Backtrace(&boost::stacktrace::detail::unwind_callback, &state); ~~^ 1 error generated. ...skipped <pbin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi>libboost_stacktrace_basic.so.1.65.0 for lack of <pbin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi>basic.o... ...skipped <p/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/lib>libboost_stacktrace_basic.so.1.65.0 for lack of <pbin.v2/libs/stacktrace/build/clang-linux-4.0.0/release/threading-multi>libboost_stacktrace_basic.so.1.65.0... ...skipped <p/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/lib>libboost_stacktrace_basic.so for lack of <p/opt/hudson/workspace/OME-FILES-CPP-DEV-merge-superbuild/BUILD_TYPE/Release/node/brill/build/stage/lib>libboost_stacktrace_basic.so.1.65.0... common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/timer

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Bug in Boost-1.65 Windows binaries.
by Stefan Seefeld 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Hello, I just received a bug report (https://github.com/boostorg/python/issues/129) related to the Boost 1.65 Windows binaries. Not being able to reproduce the error when building from source myself (on Windows), I wonder where to file issues that are specific to the Windows binaries. Does that have a dedicated maintainer ? (The bug is that the Boost.Python libraries built for Python3 actually link to Python27.) Thanks, Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...

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[github] Super-project not updating.
by Rene Rivera 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

It seems that the super-project is not getting updated for any branch since yesterday. -- -- 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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[trac][poly_collection][stacktrace] request for Trac components
by Joaquin M López Muñoz 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Hi, Can a "poly_collection" component (assigned to me) be added to the Trac ticketing system? I guess Vinnie'll need a "stacktrace" component, too. Thank you, Joaquín M López Muñoz

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fix release for 1.65?
by Oliver Kowalke 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Hello, is a fix-release for 1.65 possible? It seams that the fixes that were too late to get merged into 1.65 are need to prevent segfaults in 1.65. Oliver

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[Root.Ptr] C Crash Proof - Completed
by Phil Bouchard 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Greetings, Most of you know the former programming language I was working on: https://github.com/philippeb8/root_ptr/tree/bb++/bbpp2cpp I decided to turn this into a C parser which converts C code into C++ and adds the memory manager I wrote plus other utilities to detect the exact location the memory leaks (missing call to free()). It works with traditional missing sequential calls to free() and even references that are cyclic as you can see in the attached example (input2.c). Please note that the attached C code uses basic C++ functionality such as constructors and destructors to help having a descriptive output (input2.txt). So if you have such a memory leak problem in C then please let me know and I'll be happy to offer consulting services, remotely preferably, to the employer you're working for. The problem should be solved fairly quickly. On my side I will perhaps improve the parser if necessary and automate the whole process soon. All the best! -Phil Note: For the moment the size of arrays allocated with malloc() needs to be a compile-time constant and the returned line number is not precise.

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[config] BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR in C++11 vs C++14
by Lakshay Garg 23 Aug '17

23 Aug '17

This conversation is in reference to https://github.com/boostorg/math/pull/82 but I'm posting it here because it might be of interest to some. On 22 August 2017 at 13:53, jzmaddock <notifications(a)github.com> wrote: > Note that those changes don't actually make the functions constexpr - or > indeed change the way the constants are initialized - in fact in C++14 > BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR doesn't even imply the constants are "const > (C++11 is different, and early implementations prevent you from writing > "constexpr const" which is what C++14 permits). Since BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR behaves differently in C++11 and 14, would it be a good idea for boost.config to provide a macro for handling the `static const var = ...;` kind of variable initializations in a portable manner? Maybe something like BOOST_COMPILETIME_CONSTANT? Such a macro might will be useful for declarations where we want the variable to be a constant in all possible senses (compile-time, run-time) and allow generating the most optimal code possible with the language version, compiler being used in a portable manner. An example of the kind of constants I am talking about can be seen here: https://github.com/boostorg/math/blob/develop/include/boost/math/special_fu… Lakshay

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Review Request: impl_ptr (pimpl)
by Vladimir Batov 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

After much procrastination I would like to request a formal review for the pimpl library... once and for all :-) (given it's been through a few almost-reviews and discussions)... to get some kind of a resolution one way or the other. :-) On one hand it is embarrassingly simple and no match to a string of late TMP submissions. On the other hand it seems quite handy for ordinary s/w folk (like me) as it formalizes, streamlines and noticeably simplifies (IMO) pimpl-based deployments and makes code-review process quite simple and straightforward. Its benefits are more visible for pimpls with exclusive-ownership proxy-implementation relationships (value-semantics pimpls) as it uses internally an incomplete-type management smart pointer instead of std:unique_ptr. Given that it is policy-based I am hoping others might get interested writing additional policies within that framework such as COW or stack-based. The major oddity/peculiarity (that caused a stir before and Gavin mentioned about a year ago) is that the main class -- impl_ptr -- is declared in the global namespace. That might happen to be a deal breaker but that's the best I could come up with to get it to work. If anyone has a better working solution, I am all ears. That "oddity" is an "implementation detail" and does not affect the user -- from the user side it appears inside boost. Like boost::impl_ptr... Internally to address that we might think of striking a compromise. For ex., instead of the traditional namespace boost { template<> class impl_ptr } have template<> class _boost_impl_ptr_ Again, that is an implementation nit, wrinkle, niggle (IMO anyway). From the outside it all looks kosher -- boost::impl_ptr<...> and such. The code and the docs are at https://github.com/yet-another-user/pimpl <https://github.com/yet-another-user/pimpl>. Due to personal circumstances Glen -- Pimpl's original manager -- had to bail out. So, if anyone kindly steps forward to manage the review, that'd be immensely appreciated. Thank you, Vladimir. P.S. Ron, I am only CCing you so that you'd put it to the schedule... Tnx.

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[release] Boost 1.65.0
by Daniel James 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

Release 1.65.0 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. For details, including download links, see <http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_65_0.html> You can also download directly from: <https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.65.0/> To install this release on your system, see <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/more/getting_started/index.html> Thanks to everyone who participated in this release. Thanks, -- The Boost Release Team Vladimir Prus, Rene Rivera, Marshall Clow, Eric Niebler, Daniel James, Beman Dawes

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[math] regression tests failing in develop (2017-08-21)
by Ion Gaztañaga 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

I'm receiving the following error in my runners: error: Unable to find file or target named error: 'polynomial_concept_check.cpp' error: referred to from project at error: '../libs/math/test' It seems related to the following change: https://github.com/boostorg/math/commit/f6495af64c05416ed098d6acf6da70911c7… Best, Ion

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Broken unary_functions in numeric conversions
by Gary Furnish 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

SHA-1: 2009f0d4fc49a6db59b950a3140f8d1f58e1a8c6 * Revert "removed deprecated std::unary_function from various conversion functors" This reverts commit 593aafab5a7aba86f14df5f9a14a53fc4353bb00. Without this commit boost\libs\numeric\conversion\include\boost\numeric\conversion\detail\converter.hpp is broken on MSVC C++17. (See https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/12972) This is still fixed in develop, does anyone know why the changes were reverted? Can we get someone to actually recommit a fix? Is numeric conversion abandoned? It doesn't look like it has been touched in over a year. Thanks

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[math] mark constants as constexpr
by Lakshay Garg 21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

Hello all The boost.math library stores quite a few constants for improving performance of various operations (example: boost/math/special_functions/detail/unchecked_factorial.hpp). I was wondering if marking these constants as constexpr would be desirable. Please provide feedback / suggestions so that I can get started :) Lakshay

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