[boost] Fwd: [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search

15 Mar 2018

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From: Michael Kiros 
Date: 15 March 2018 at 02:30
Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search
To: David Bellot 

Hi David,

I have written the draft of a proposal to add a new library (or work on it
during the Summer of Code 2018). It's a proposal
for the addition of Boost.Hook, a function hooking and control flow
augmentation library. It's something I've worked on
a lot in the past and would like to incorporate into Boost so that both I
and others have a centralized, agreed way of
taking an approach to function hooking. I also have plans of integrating it
with Boost.Process and some memory
mapping libraries from Boost so that there are fewer "third-party
dependencies".

Here's a link to the draft: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nh436adVvIHC_
AXTAJi6Wr_uLpM4-SSc/view?usp=sharing

I would really like to know the feedback to this and if anyone's
interesting in mentoring me during the build up
of this project. It's a very interesting, useful topic. I can assure anyone
that.

On 14 March 2018 at 07:01, David Bellot  wrote:
...
an explanation of the idea with examples would be good.
Please follow the instructions on https://github.com/boostorg
/boost/wiki/Boost-Google-Summer-of-Code-2018
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Michael Kiros 
wrote:
...
Would the proposal be in the form of code or just an explanation of the
idea?
On Mar 14, 2018 7:41 AM, "David Bellot"  wrote:
Hi Michael,
as it is a new project in Boost, ideally you want to write a first draft
proposal and submit it to this list too (via a link please, do not attach
document).
I'm sure someone would be interested in mentoring for GSoC especially if
the idea is brilliantly explained.
As we have a few days left before submission to Google, I encourage you
to start working on it right now.
Cheers,
David
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Michael Kiros via Boost <
boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
...
Hello,
I'm a C++ developer and have been developing in C++ for over 6 years now
in
my personal time. I wanted to accomplish two things with this post:
1. Propose the idea of boost::detour
   2. Find a mentor in the process
Boost.Detour is not something new that I'd like to implement but a
concept
in programming that I have been using for a very long time now and would
love to have it easily accessible with the inclusion of a simple
. The idea is to have function hooking easily
accessible
to everyone using C++. Though it may seem like a niche feature, function
hooking is more commonly used than most people think (e.g. modifying
binaries after compilation for feature addition, reverse engineering
proprietary software). It's a beautiful concept when you see it working.
In the process I need a mentor to guide me through the process of putting
down my ideas to paper and implementing them according to the standards
that Boost holds. This includes replacing components from my library with
Boost concepts (e.g. boost::process).
I'm also a student at Texas Tech University studying Computer Science.
Can't wait to hear from someone.
Michael
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