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| author | Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> | 2007-11-25 19:43:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> | 2007-11-25 19:43:32 +0000 |
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Changes include: + <UL> + <LI><A + href="libs/filesystem/doc/i18n.html#Internationalization">Internationalization</A>, + provided by class templates <I>basic_path</I>, + <I>basic_filesystem_error</I>, <I>basic_directory_iterator</I>, and + <I>basic_directory_entry</I>. + <LI><A + href="libs/filesystem/doc/i18n.html#Simplification">Simplification</A> + of the path interface by eliminating special constructors to identify + native formats. + <LI><A + href="libs/filesystem/doc/i18n.html#Rationalization">Rationalization</A> + of predicate function design, including the addition of several new + functions. + <LI>Clearer specification by reference to <A + href="libs/filesystem/doc/design.htm#POSIX-01">POSIX</A>, the ISO/IEEE + Single Unix Standard, with provisions for Windows and other operating + systems. + <LI><A + href="libs/filesystem/doc/i18n.html#Preservation">Preservation</A> of + existing user code whenever possible. + <LI><A href="libs/filesystem/doc/i18n.html#More_efficient">More + efficient</A> directory iteration. + <LI>Addition of a <A + href="libs/filesystem/doc/tr2_proposal.html#Class-template-basic_recursive_directory_iterator">recursive + directory iterator</A>. </LI></UL> + <LI><SPAN class=library><A href="libs/function/index.html">Function + Library</A>:</SPAN> Boost.Function now implements a small buffer + optimization, which can drastically improve the performance when copying + or constructing Boost.Function objects storing small function objects. + For instance, <CODE>bind(&X:foo, &x, _1, _2)</CODE> requires no + heap allocation when placed into a Boost.Function object. + <LI><SPAN class=library><A + href="libs/functional/hash/index.html">Functional/Hash + Library</A></SPAN> + <UL> + <LI>Use declarations for standard classes, so that the library doesn't + need to include all of their headers + <LI>Deprecated the <TT><boost/functional/hash/*.hpp></TT> + headers. + <LI>Add support for the <TT>BOOST_HASH_NO_EXTENSIONS</TT> macro, which + disables the extensions to TR1 + <LI>Minor improvements to the hash functions for floating point + numbers. </LI></UL> + <LI><SPAN class=library><A href="libs/graph/doc/index.html">Graph + Library</A>:</SPAN> + <UL> + <LI><A + href="libs/graph/doc/maximum_matching.html"><TT>edmonds_maximum_cardinality_matching</TT></A>, + from Aaron Windsor. + <LI><A + href="libs/graph/doc/lengauer_tarjan_dominator.htm"><TT>lengauer_tarjan_dominator_tree</TT></A>, + from JongSoo Park. + <LI><A + href="libs/graph/doc/compressed_sparse_row.html"><TT>compressed_sparse_row_graph</TT></A>, + from Jeremiah Willcock and Douglas Gregor of Indiana University. + <LI><A + href="libs/graph/doc/sorted_erdos_renyi_gen.html"><TT>sorted_erdos_renyi_iterator</TT></A>, + from Jeremiah Willcock of Indiana University. + <LI><A + href="libs/graph/doc/biconnected_components.html"><TT>biconnected_components</TT></A> + now supports a visitor and named parameters, from Janusz Piwowarski. + <LI><A + href="libs/graph/doc/adjacency_matrix.html"><TT>adjacency_matrix</TT></A> + now models the <A + href="libs/graph/doc/BidirectionalGraph.html">Bidirectional Graph</A> + concept. + <LI><A + href="libs/graph/doc/dijkstra_shortest_paths.html"><TT>dijkstra_shortest_paths</TT></A> + now calls <TT>vis.initialize_vertex</TT> for each vertex during + initialization. + <LI><B>Note:</B> the name of the compiled library for the <A + href="libs/graph/doc/read_graphviz.html">GraphViz reader</A> has + changed to <CODE>boost_graph</CODE> (from <CODE>bgl-viz</CODE>) to + match Boost conventions. + <LI>See the <A href="libs/graph/doc/history.html#1.34.0">complete + revision history</A> for more information. </LI></UL> + <LI><SPAN class=library><A href="libs/multi_array/index.html">MultiArray + Library</A>:</SPAN> Boost.MultiArray now by default provides + range-checking for <CODE>operator[]</CODE>. Range checking can be + disabled by defining the macro <CODE>BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS</CODE> before + including <TT>multi_array.hpp</TT>. A bug in + <CODE>multi_array::resize()</CODE> related to storage orders was fixed. + <LI><SPAN class=library><A + href="libs/multi_index/doc/index.html">Multi-index Containers + Library</A>:</SPAN> + <UL> + <LI>New <A + href="libs/multi_index/doc/tutorial/indices.html#rnd_indices">random + access indices</A>. + <LI>Non key-based indices feature new <A + href="libs/multi_index/doc/tutorial/indices.html#rearrange">rearrange + facilities</A>. + <LI>This version also includes a number of optimizations and usage + improvements. 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This + macro is defined by default if BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS is defined. + <LI>Additional <CODE>std::auto_ptr<T></CODE> overloads added + s.t. one can also pass <CODE>std::auto_ptr<T></CODE> instead of + only <CODE>T*</CODE> arguments to member functions. + <LI><CODE>transfer()</CODE> now has weaker requirements s.t. one can + transfer objects from <CODE>ptr_container<Derived></CODE> to + <CODE>ptr_container<Base></CODE>, </LI></UL> + <LI><SPAN class=library><A href="libs/python/index.html">Python + Library</A>:</SPAN> + <UL> + <LI>Boost.Python now automatically appends C++ signatures to + docstrings. 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For a complete + description please refer to the related documentation page: <A + href="libs/wave/doc/class_reference_ctxpolicy.html">The Context + Policy</A>. + <LI>Shared library (dll) support has been added for the generated Wave + libraries. + <LI>The overall error handling has been improved. It is now possible + to recover and continue after an error or a warning was issued. + <LI>Support for optional comment and/or full whitespace preservation + in the generated output stream has been added. + <LI>The Wave library now performs automatic include guard detection to + avoid accessing header files more than once, if appropriate. + <LI>Full interactive mode has been added to the Wave tool. Now the + Wave tool can be used just like Python or Perl for instance to + interactively try out your BOOST_PP macros. Additionally it is now + possible to load and save the current state of an interactive session + (macro tables et.al.). + <LI>The overall performance has been improved by upto 40-60%, + depending on the concrete files to process. + <LI>Support for new pragmas has been added allowing to control certain + library features from inside the preprocessed sources (partial output + redirection, control of generated whitespace and #line directives). + <LI>Optional support for #pragma message "..." has been added. + <LI>This version also includes a number of bug fixes and usage + improvements. For a complete list of changes, see the libraries <A + href="libs/wave/ChangeLog">change log</A>. </LI></UL></LI></UL> + <H4>Supported Compilers</H4> + <P>Boost is tested on a wide range of compilers and platforms. Since Boost + libraries rely on modern C++ features not available in all compilers, not + all Boost libraries will work with every compiler. The following compilers + and platforms have been extensively tested with Boost, although many other + compilers and platforms will work as well. For more information, see the + <A href="http://www.boost.org/regression/release/user/">regression test + results</A>.</P> + <UL> + <LI><A href="http://developer.apple.com/">Apple GCC</A> 4.0.1 on Mac OS + X. + <LI><A href="http://www.borland.com/us/products/cbuilder/">Borland + C++</A> 5.8.2 on Windows. + <LI><A href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">GNU C++</A> + <UL> + <LI>3.2.x., 3.3.x, 3.4.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x on Linux + <LI>4.1.x on Solaris + <LI>3.4.x on Windows </LI></UL> + <LI><A href="http://h30097.www3.hp.com/cplus/">HP aC++ A.06.14</A>. + <LI><A + href="http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/compilers/index.htm">Intel + C++</A> 9.1 on Windows, 9.0 on Linux. + <LI><A href="http://www.metrowerks.com/">Metrowerks CodeWarrior</A> 9.4 + on Windows. + <LI><A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Microsoft Visual + C++</A> 6.0 (sp5, with and without STLport), 7.0, 7.1, 8.0. 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