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| 11 | <div class="document" id="review-wizard-status-report-for-january-2006"> |
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| 12 | <h1 class="title">Review Wizard Status Report for January 2006</h1> |
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| 13 | <div class="section"> |
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| 14 | <h1><a id="news" name="news">News</a></h1> |
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| 15 | <p>Happy New Year! Here are some statistics regarding Boost Library |
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| 16 | reviews in 2005:</p> |
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| 17 | <blockquote> |
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| 18 | <ul class="simple"> |
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| 19 | <li>12 Libraries were reviewed</li> |
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| 20 | <li>8 Libraries were accepted</li> |
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| 21 | <li>1 Library (Function Types) was accepted pending a mini-review</li> |
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| 22 | <li>2 Libraries were rejected</li> |
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| 23 | <li>1 Library has yet to receive a final verdict (ASIO)</li> |
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| 24 | </ul> |
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| 25 | </blockquote> |
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| 26 | <p>Policy Pointer has been removed from the review queue because the author has |
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| 27 | stated that it is not quite ready.</p> |
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| 28 | <p>We need review managers. Please take a look at the list of libraries |
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| 29 | in need of managers and check out their descriptions. If you can |
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| 30 | serve as review manager for any of them, send one of us an email.</p> |
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| 31 | <dl class="docutils"> |
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| 32 | <dt>Note:</dt> |
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| 33 | <dd>If you have any suggestions about how we could improve |
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| 34 | the Review Wizard's status report, |
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| 35 | please email "reportbase at gmail dot com" |
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| 36 | and "garcia at cs dot indiana dot edu".</dd> |
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| 37 | </dl> |
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| 38 | </div> |
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| 39 | <div class="section"> |
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| 40 | <h1><a id="review-managers-needed" name="review-managers-needed">Review Managers Needed</a></h1> |
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| 41 | <p>There are a few libraries in the review queue in need |
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| 42 | of review managers. If you would like to volunteer to be a review |
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| 43 | manager, please contact Ron or Tom.</p> |
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| 44 | <p>The following libraries still require review managers:</p> |
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| 45 | <blockquote> |
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| 46 | <ul class="simple"> |
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| 47 | <li>Fusion</li> |
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| 48 | <li>Shmem</li> |
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| 49 | <li>Pimpl Pointer</li> |
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| 50 | <li>Type Traits (modification)</li> |
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| 51 | <li>Function Types</li> |
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| 52 | </ul> |
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| 53 | </blockquote> |
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| 54 | </div> |
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| 55 | <div class="section"> |
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| 56 | <h1><a id="review-queue" name="review-queue">Review Queue</a></h1> |
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| 57 | <blockquote> |
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| 58 | <ul class="simple"> |
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| 59 | <li>Fixed Strings - January 19 2006 - January 28 2006</li> |
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| 60 | <li>Intrusive Containers</li> |
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| 61 | <li>Function Types (mini-re-review)</li> |
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| 62 | <li>Shmem</li> |
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| 63 | <li>Fusion</li> |
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| 64 | <li>Pimpl Pointer</li> |
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| 65 | <li>Type Traits (modification)</li> |
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| 66 | </ul> |
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| 67 | </blockquote> |
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| 68 | <hr class="docutils" /> |
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| 69 | <div class="section"> |
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| 70 | <h2><a id="fixed-strings" name="fixed-strings">Fixed Strings</a></h2> |
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| 71 | <blockquote> |
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| 72 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 73 | <col class="field-name" /> |
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| 74 | <col class="field-body" /> |
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| 75 | <tbody valign="top"> |
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| 76 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Reece Dunn</td> |
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| 77 | </tr> |
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| 78 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Review Manager:</th><td class="field-body">Harmut Kaiser</td> |
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| 79 | </tr> |
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| 80 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body">Boost Sandbox (<a class="reference" href="http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/">http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/</a>) under fixed_string</td> |
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| 81 | </tr> |
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| 82 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body">The fixed string library provides buffer overrun protection for static |
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| 83 | sized strings (char s[ n ]). It provides a C-style string |
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| 84 | interface for compatibility with C code (for |
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| 85 | example, porting a C program to C++). |
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| 86 | There is also a std::string-style interface using a class based on |
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| 87 | flex_string by Andre Alexandrescu with a few limitations due to the |
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| 88 | non-resizable nature of the class.</td> |
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| 89 | </tr> |
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| 90 | </tbody> |
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| 91 | </table> |
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| 92 | </blockquote> |
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| 93 | </div> |
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| 94 | <div class="section"> |
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| 95 | <h2><a id="intrusive-containers" name="intrusive-containers">Intrusive Containers</a></h2> |
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| 96 | <blockquote> |
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| 97 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 98 | <col class="field-name" /> |
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| 99 | <col class="field-body" /> |
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| 100 | <tbody valign="top"> |
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| 101 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Olaf Krzikalla</td> |
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| 102 | </tr> |
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| 103 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Review Manager:</th><td class="field-body">to be determined</td> |
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| 104 | </tr> |
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| 105 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://people.freenet.de/turtle++/intrusive.zip">http://people.freenet.de/turtle++/intrusive.zip</a></td> |
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| 106 | </tr> |
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| 107 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body">While intrusive containers were and are widely used in C, they became |
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| 108 | more and more forgotten in the C++-world due to the presence of the |
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| 109 | standard containers, which don't support intrusive |
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| 110 | techniques. Boost.Intrusive not only reintroduces this technique to |
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| 111 | C++, but also encapsulates the implementation in STL-like |
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| 112 | interfaces. Hence anyone familiar with standard containers can use |
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| 113 | intrusive containers with ease.</td> |
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| 114 | </tr> |
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| 115 | </tbody> |
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| 116 | </table> |
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| 117 | </blockquote> |
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| 118 | </div> |
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| 119 | <div class="section"> |
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| 120 | <h2><a id="function-types-mini-re-review" name="function-types-mini-re-review">Function Types (mini-re-review)</a></h2> |
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| 121 | <blockquote> |
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| 122 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 123 | <col class="field-name" /> |
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| 124 | <col class="field-body" /> |
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| 125 | <tbody valign="top"> |
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| 126 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Tobias Schwinger</p> |
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| 127 | </td> |
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| 128 | </tr> |
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| 129 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Review Manager:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">to be determined</p> |
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| 130 | </td> |
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| 131 | </tr> |
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| 132 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference" href="http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/">http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/</a></p> |
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| 133 | </td> |
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| 134 | </tr> |
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| 135 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body"><dl class="first last docutils"> |
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| 136 | <dt>This library provides a metaprogramming facility</dt> |
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| 137 | <dd><p class="first last">to classify, decompose and synthesize function-, |
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| 138 | function pointer-, function reference- and |
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| 139 | member function pointer types. For the purpose |
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| 140 | of this documentation, these types are |
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| 141 | collectively referred to as function |
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| 142 | types (this differs from the standard |
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| 143 | definition and redefines the term from |
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| 144 | a programmer's perspective to refer to |
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| 145 | the most common types that involve functions).</p> |
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| 146 | </dd> |
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| 147 | <dt>The classes introduced by this library</dt> |
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| 148 | <dd><p class="first last">shall conform to the concepts of the |
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| 149 | Boost Metaprogramming library (MPL).</p> |
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| 150 | </dd> |
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| 151 | <dt>The Function Types library enables the user to:</dt> |
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| 152 | <dd><ul class="first last simple"> |
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| 153 | <li>test an arbitrary type for |
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| 154 | being a function type of specified kind,</li> |
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| 155 | <li>inspect properties of function types,</li> |
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| 156 | <li>view and modify sub types of an |
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| 157 | encapsulated function type with |
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| 158 | MPL Sequence operations, and</li> |
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| 159 | <li>synthesize function types.</li> |
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| 160 | </ul> |
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| 161 | </dd> |
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| 162 | <dt>This library supports variadic functions and</dt> |
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| 163 | <dd><p class="first last">can be configured to support |
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| 164 | non-default calling conventions.</p> |
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| 165 | </dd> |
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| 166 | </dl> |
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| 167 | </td> |
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| 168 | </tr> |
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| 169 | </tbody> |
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| 170 | </table> |
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| 171 | </blockquote> |
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| 172 | </div> |
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| 173 | <div class="section"> |
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| 174 | <h2><a id="shmem" name="shmem">Shmem</a></h2> |
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| 175 | <blockquote> |
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| 176 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 177 | <col class="field-name" /> |
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| 178 | <col class="field-body" /> |
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| 179 | <tbody valign="top"> |
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| 180 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Ion Gaztanaga</p> |
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| 181 | </td> |
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| 182 | </tr> |
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| 183 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Review Manager:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">to be determined</p> |
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| 184 | </td> |
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| 185 | </tr> |
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| 186 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Boost Sandbox Vault -> Memory (<a class="reference" href="http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/index.php?direction=0&order=&directory=Memory">http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/index.php?direction=0&order=&directory=Memory</a>)</p> |
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| 187 | <p><a class="reference" href="http://ice.prohosting.com/newfunk/boost/libs/shmem/doc/html/index.html">http://ice.prohosting.com/newfunk/boost/libs/shmem/doc/html/index.html</a></p> |
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| 188 | </td> |
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| 189 | </tr> |
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| 190 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Shmem offers tools to simplify shared memory usage in |
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| 191 | applications. These include shared memory creation/destruction and |
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| 192 | synchronization objects. It also implements dynamic allocation of |
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| 193 | portions of a shared memory segment and an easy way to construct C++ |
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| 194 | objects in shared memory.</p> |
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| 195 | <p class="last">Apart from this, Shmem implements a wide range of STL-like containers |
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| 196 | and allocators that can be safely placed in shared memory, helpful to |
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| 197 | implement complex shared memory data-bases and other efficient |
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| 198 | inter-process communications.</p> |
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| 199 | </td> |
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| 200 | </tr> |
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| 201 | </tbody> |
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| 202 | </table> |
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| 203 | </blockquote> |
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| 204 | </div> |
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| 205 | <div class="section"> |
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| 206 | <h2><a id="fusion" name="fusion">Fusion</a></h2> |
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| 207 | <blockquote> |
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| 208 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 209 | <col class="field-name" /> |
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| 211 | <tbody valign="top"> |
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| 212 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Joel de Guzman</p> |
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| 213 | </td> |
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| 214 | </tr> |
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| 215 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Review Manager:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">to be determined</p> |
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| 216 | </td> |
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| 217 | </tr> |
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| 218 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference" href="http://spirit.sourceforge.net/dl_more/fusion_v2/">http://spirit.sourceforge.net/dl_more/fusion_v2/</a> |
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| 219 | <a class="reference" href="http://spirit.sourceforge.net/dl_more/fusion_v2.zip">http://spirit.sourceforge.net/dl_more/fusion_v2.zip</a></p> |
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| 220 | </td> |
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| 221 | </tr> |
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| 222 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Fusion is a library of heterogenous containers and views and |
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| 223 | algorithms. A set of heterogenous containers (vector, list, set and |
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| 224 | map) is provided out of the box along with view classes that present |
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| 225 | various composable views over the data. The containers and views |
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| 226 | follow a common sequence concept with an underlying iterator concept |
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| 227 | that binds it all together, suitably making the algorithms fully |
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| 228 | generic over all sequence types.</p> |
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| 229 | <p class="last">The architecture is somewhat modeled after MPL which in turn is |
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| 230 | modeled after STL. It is code-named "fusion" because the library is |
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| 231 | the "fusion" of compile time metaprogramming with runtime programming.</p> |
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| 232 | </td> |
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| 233 | </tr> |
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| 234 | </tbody> |
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| 235 | </table> |
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| 236 | </blockquote> |
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| 237 | </div> |
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| 238 | <div class="section"> |
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| 239 | <h2><a id="pimpl-pointer" name="pimpl-pointer">Pimpl Pointer</a></h2> |
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| 240 | <blockquote> |
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| 241 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 242 | <col class="field-name" /> |
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| 244 | <tbody valign="top"> |
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| 245 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Asger Mangaard</td> |
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| 246 | </tr> |
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| 247 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Review Manager:</th><td class="field-body">to be determined</td> |
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| 248 | </tr> |
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| 249 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body">Boost Sandbox (<a class="reference" href="http://boost-consulting.com/vault/">http://boost-consulting.com/vault/</a>) under pimpl_ptr.</td> |
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| 250 | </tr> |
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| 251 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body">The pimpl idiom is widely used to reduce compile times and disable |
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| 252 | code coupling. It does so by moving private parts of a class from the |
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| 253 | .hpp file to the .cpp file. |
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| 254 | However, it's implementation can be tricky, and with many pitfalls |
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| 255 | (especially regarding memory management). |
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| 256 | The pimpl_ptr library is a single header file, implementing a special |
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| 257 | policy based smart pointer to greately ease the implementation of the |
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| 258 | pimpl idiom.</td> |
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| 259 | </tr> |
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| 260 | </tbody> |
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| 261 | </table> |
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| 262 | </blockquote> |
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| 263 | </div> |
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| 264 | <div class="section"> |
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| 265 | <h2><a id="type-traits-modification" name="type-traits-modification">Type_Traits (modification)</a></h2> |
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| 266 | <blockquote> |
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| 267 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 271 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Alexander Nasonov</p> |
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| 272 | </td> |
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| 273 | </tr> |
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| 274 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Review Manager:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">to be determined</p> |
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| 275 | </td> |
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| 276 | </tr> |
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| 277 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference" href="http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917.tar.gz">http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917.tar.gz</a> |
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| 278 | or <a class="reference" href="http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917/">http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917/</a></p> |
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| 279 | </td> |
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| 280 | </tr> |
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| 281 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Proposal to add promote, integral_promotion and |
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| 282 | floating_point_promotion class templates to type_traits library.</p> |
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| 283 | <p>Alexander tried it on different compilers with various success: |
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| 284 | GNU/Linux (gentoo-hardened): gcc 3.3 and 3.4, Intel 7, 8 and 9 |
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| 285 | Windows: VC7 free compiler |
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| 286 | Sparc Solaris: Sun C++ 5.3 and 5.7</p> |
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| 287 | <p>See comments at the beginning of promote_enum_test.cpp for what is broken. |
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| 288 | <a class="reference" href="http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917/libs/type_traits/test/promote_enum_test.cpp">http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917/libs/type_traits/test/promote_enum_test.cpp</a></p> |
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| 289 | <p class="last">Alexander requests a fast-track review.</p> |
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| 290 | </td> |
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| 291 | </tr> |
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| 292 | </tbody> |
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| 293 | </table> |
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| 294 | </blockquote> |
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| 295 | </div> |
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| 296 | </div> |
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| 297 | <div class="section"> |
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| 298 | <h1><a id="libraries-under-development" name="libraries-under-development">Libraries under development</a></h1> |
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| 299 | <div class="section"> |
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| 300 | <h2><a id="property-tree" name="property-tree">Property Tree</a></h2> |
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| 301 | <blockquote> |
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| 302 | <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> |
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| 306 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Marcin Kalicinski</td> |
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| 307 | </tr> |
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| 308 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Download:</th><td class="field-body">Boost Sandbox Vault (<a class="reference" href="http://boost-consulting.com/vault/">http://boost-consulting.com/vault/</a>) |
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| 309 | property_tree_rev3.zip</td> |
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| 310 | </tr> |
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| 311 | </tbody> |
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| 312 | </table> |
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| 313 | </blockquote> |
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| 314 | <p>Please let us know of any libraries you are currently |
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| 315 | developing that you intend to submit for review.</p> |
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| 316 | </div> |
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| 317 | </div> |
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| 318 | </div> |
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