[boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - ()s are a key issue.

2003-06-18 Thread Daniel Frey
Paul A Bristow wrote: Absolutely, but on the previous review, many users wanted to Keep It Simple Sir and deliberately only have (for example) double const pi - avoiding the complexity of other schemes, get warnings of conversions, difficulty during debugging, and inefficient code from older

RE: [boost] Re: como-win32 toolset help needed

2003-06-18 Thread Aleksey Gurtovoy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Comeau) wrote: On a more general note... what are the regression results for? Who is supposed to be their readers? What information is one supposed to gleam from perusing them? What should one walk away from them knowing or saying? FWIW, I tried to answer these here -

[boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - ()s are a key issue.

2003-06-18 Thread Gennaro Prota
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:47:50 +0200, Daniel Frey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul A Bristow wrote: I am confident that your system also generates efficient code using an efficient compiler. But have you considered or tried debugging? Currently, I don't have time for that. Maybe at the weekend,

[boost] [test] BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS and chars

2003-06-18 Thread Vladimir Prus
It appears that the error reporting is a little bit less helpfull when 'char' type is compared. I've just run the following program: #define BOOST_INCLUDE_MAIN #include boost/test/test_tools.hpp using namespace boost; int test_main(int, char*[]) { char m1[] = {'a', 'b',

[boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - ()s are a key issue.

2003-06-18 Thread Daniel Frey
Gennaro Prota wrote: On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:47:50 +0200, Daniel Frey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul A Bristow wrote: I am confident that your system also generates efficient code using an efficient compiler. But have you considered or tried debugging? Currently, I don't have time for that. Maybe

Re: [boost] test_tools_test metrowerks failure

2003-06-18 Thread Peter Dimov
Gennadiy Rozental wrote: Hi, I am having problems with subject test with Metrowerks compiler. I was able to minimize the issue to the following snippet: #include list #include iostream templatetypename T inline void print( std::ostream ostr, T const t, long ) { ostr t; }

[boost] Re: test_tools_test metrowerks failure

2003-06-18 Thread David Abrahams
Gennadiy Rozental [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I am having problems with subject test with Metrowerks compiler. I was able to minimize the issue to the following snippet: #include list #include iostream templatetypename T inline void print( std::ostream ostr, T const t, long ) { ostr

[boost] Missing copyright on pending files

2003-06-18 Thread John Maddock
A large number of files in the boost/pending directory have no licence or copyright information: boost/pending/container_traits.hpp boost/pending/cstddef.hpp boost/pending/detail/disjoint_sets.hpp boost/pending/detail/property.hpp boost/pending/fenced_priority_queue.hpp

Re: [boost] Re: Interest in luabind

2003-06-18 Thread dalwan01
Daniel Wallin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 18:03 2003-06-17, you wrote: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/16 73338 is more recent and also relevant to your question. In short, I'd love to see luabind in Boost, and I'd hate to see it happen without substantial code

Re: [boost] Weak pointers owning object

2003-06-18 Thread Peter Dimov
Bruno Martínez wrote: Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to have two weak pointers that together own an object. That is, if one of the two is destroyed the other fails to construct a shared_ptr, but as long as both exist the object is not destroyed, even if no other weak/shared ptr

Re: [boost] Re: The Boost C++ Metaprogramming Library (small slip sin docs)

2003-06-18 Thread Tarjei Knapstad
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 01:56, David Abrahams wrote: Aleksey Gurtovoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Abrahams wrote: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: snip Here - http://www.jclark.com/sp/. Been there, done that, got the Windows binary package. No 'sx' executable. Really? It was

[boost] Re: test_tools_test metrowerks failure

2003-06-18 Thread David Abrahams
Peter Dimov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: since the only namespace associated with the 'print(ostr, t, 0)' call is 'std', the second print is not found. Of course; I missed that part. Peter got all the details of the explanation right. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

[boost] problems with config for intel-7.1 on Linux

2003-06-18 Thread Martin Wille
Hi, I found a problem with the intel configuration for Linux. For that compiler the macro BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T gets defined although the compiler has an intrinsic wchar_t. Neither _WCHAR_T_DEFINED nor _NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED is defined on Linux. __WCHAR_TYPE__ is defined to int. Never-

[boost] Re: Missing copyright on pending files

2003-06-18 Thread David Abrahams
John Maddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A large number of files in the boost/pending directory have no licence or copyright information: snip boost/pending/iterator_adaptors.hpp boost/pending/iterator_tests.hpp snip Any chance of the authors concerned fixing these? Done. -- Dave

[boost] Re: Interest in luabind

2003-06-18 Thread David Abrahams
Moving this to the C++-sig as it's a more appropriate forum... dalwan01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Daniel Wallin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 18:03 2003-06-17, you wrote: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1673338 is more recent and also relevant to your question. In

[boost] Re: The Boost C++ Metaprogramming Library (small slip s indocs)

2003-06-18 Thread David Abrahams
Tarjei Knapstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 01:56, David Abrahams wrote: Aleksey Gurtovoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Abrahams wrote: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: snip Here - http://www.jclark.com/sp/. Been there, done that, got the Windows binary

RE: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - accuracy is vital too

2003-06-18 Thread Paul A Bristow
| -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Frey | Sent: 17 June 2003 11:19 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review I have now studied your code - only on paper - rather more carefully, which I

[boost] Spirit example typo

2003-06-18 Thread Michael Walter
In http://www.boost.org/libs/spirit/doc/number_list.cpp.html, using namespace spirit should read using namespace boost::spirit; I think. Apologies if this is the wrong list for such an unimportant report ;) - Michael ___ Unsubscribe other changes:

Re: [boost] Spirit example typo

2003-06-18 Thread Joel de Guzman
Michael Walter wrote: In http://www.boost.org/libs/spirit/doc/number_list.cpp.html, using namespace spirit should read using namespace boost::spirit; I think. Apologies if this is the wrong list for such an unimportant report ;) Hey, Thanks! -- Joel de Guzman joel at

[boost] Experimental audience-targeted regression results

2003-06-18 Thread Aleksey Gurtovoy
... as per http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/20648 are available from here: * user summary page - http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/user_summary_page.html * developer summary page - http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/developer_summary_page.html Please

[boost] Re: [C++-sig] Re: Interest in luabind

2003-06-18 Thread Joel de Guzman
David Abrahams wrote: [ snip [] syntax ] * We like the syntax :) It is nice for C++ programmers, but Python programmers at least are very much more comfortable without the brackets. FWIW, I like the syntax ;-) But then of course I'm biased :o) Regards, -- Joel de Guzman joel at

Re: [boost] Experimental audience-targeted regression results

2003-06-18 Thread Peter Dimov
Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote: ... as per http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/20648 are available from here: * user summary page - http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/user_summary_page.html * developer summary page -

[boost] Re: Experimental audience-targeted regression results

2003-06-18 Thread David Abrahams
Aleksey Gurtovoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... as per http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/20648 are available from here: * user summary page - http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/user_summary_page.html * developer summary page -

RE: [boost] [test] BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS and chars

2003-06-18 Thread Rozental, Gennadiy
I will see what could be done. Gennadiy. ___ Unsubscribe other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost

[boost] Re: Experimental audience-targeted regression results

2003-06-18 Thread Gennaro Prota
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:01:58 -0500, Aleksey Gurtovoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... as per http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/20648 are available from here: * user summary page - http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/user_summary_page.html * developer summary page -

Re: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - accuracy is vital too

2003-06-18 Thread Reece Dunn
Gennaro Prota wrote: In fact it's not a matter of speed, but of precision. I'm sure there are compilers where the -sin(pi/2.) in the example code is faster than -sin(pi/two ). However an overload allows you to specify that the value of, say, arccos(-1) [math::acos(minus_one)] is exactly pi. Also,

RE: [boost] test_tools_test metrowerks failure

2003-06-18 Thread Rozental, Gennadiy
-Original Message- From: Peter Dimov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:43 AM To: Boost mailing list Subject: Re: [boost] test_tools_test Metrowerks failure Gennadiy Rozental wrote: Hi, I am having problems with subject test with Metrowerks

RE: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - optimal code?

2003-06-18 Thread Paul A Bristow
| -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Frey | Sent: 18 June 2003 11:15 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review | Paul A Bristow wrote: | I am confident that your system also generates

RE: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - does static_castmerely select?

2003-06-18 Thread Paul A Bristow
| -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gennaro Prota | Sent: 18 June 2003 15:45 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - accuracy | is vital too | | the proposed code uses namespaces | to

RE: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - accuracy is vital too

2003-06-18 Thread Paul A Bristow
| -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reece Dunn | Sent: 18 June 2003 20:23 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: [boost] Re: Math Constants Formal Review - | Also, using constructs like this is easier for the | programmer. You

[boost] Re: Exception testing for Boost.Test incomplete

2003-06-18 Thread Daryle Walker
On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 12:38 AM, Gennadiy Rozental wrote: Daryle Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] While writing some other code, I checked out how some of the macros in Boost.Test are implemented. The BOOST_CHECK_THROW and BOOST_CHECK_EXCEPTION macros flag

[boost] Re: BOOST_STATIC_WARNING ?

2003-06-18 Thread Daryle Walker
On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 7:03 AM, David Abrahams wrote: Daryle Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 10:15 AM, Robert Ramey wrote: H - I never imagined that something like this would be so problematic. For now with my VC 7.0 compiler I can use the following and

[boost] Re: BOOST_STATIC_WARNING ?

2003-06-18 Thread David Abrahams
Daryle Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My point was that warnings are non-portable constructions made up by compiler makers. So are the semantics of #include. That doesn't mean we can't count on certain similarities (though they may be hard to find). Actually, the semantics of #include

[boost] Re: Experimental audience-targeted regression results

2003-06-18 Thread Vladimir Prus
Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote: ... as per http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/20648 are available from here: * user summary page - http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/user_summary_page.html * developer summary page -