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authorDouglas Gregor <doug.gregor@gmail.com>2005-04-23 00:05:34 +0000
committerDouglas Gregor <doug.gregor@gmail.com>2005-04-23 00:05:34 +0000
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<p><b>Other Resources<br>
</b>.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/files/boost/">Files</a> (members
only)<br>
- .&nbsp;<a href="http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/">Sandbox Files</a><br>
.&nbsp;<a href="more/getting_started.html#CVS">Main CVS</a><br>
.&nbsp;<a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#sandbox">Sandbox CVS</a><br>
.&nbsp;<a href="tools/index.html">Tools</a><br>
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@
The libraries are intended to be widely useful, and are
in regular use by thousands of programmers across a
broad spectrum of applications.</p>
- <p>A further
+ <p>a further
goal is to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations
so that Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization.
Ten
@@ -116,21 +115,78 @@
</center>
<!-- Search Google -->
<h2><a name="Latest News">Latest News</a></h2>
+
+ <h3>May ?? - Version 1.33.0</h3>
+
+ <h4>New Libraries</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="libs/iostreams/doc/index.html">iostreams</a> - Framework for defining streams, stream buffers and i/o filters, from Jonathan Turkanis.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/functional/hash/index.html">functional/hash</a> - Extendible TR1 hash function object, from Daniel James.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h4>Updated Libraries</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/index.html">Graph
+ Library</a>: Introduced several new algorithms
+ and improved existing algorithms:
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/python.html">Experimenta
+l Python bindings</a>, from Doug Gregor and Indiana University.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/floyd_warshall_shortest.html"><tt>floyd_warshall_all_pairs_shortest_paths</tt></a>, from Lauren Foutz and Scott Hill.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/astar_search.html"><tt>astar_search</tt></a>, from Kristopher Beevers and Jufeng Peng.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/fruchterman_reingold.html"><tt>fruchterman_reingold_force_directed_layout</tt></a>, from Doug Gregor and Indiana University.</li>
+ <li><a
+ href="libs/graph/doc/biconnected_components.html"><tt>biconnected_components</tt> and <tt>articulation_points</tt></a>, from Jeremy Siek, Janusz Piwowarski, and Doug Gregor.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/sequential_vertex_coloring.html"><tt>sequential_vertex_coloring</tt></a> has been updated, tested, and documented.</li>
+ <li><a
+ href="libs/graph/doc/gursoy_atun_layout.html"><tt>gursoy_atun_layout</tt></a>,
+ from Jeremiah Willcock and Doug Gregor of
+ Indiana University.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/king_ordering.html"><tt>king_ordering</tt></a>, from
+ D. Kevin McGrath of Indiana University.</li>
+ <li><a
+ href="libs/graph/doc/cuthill_mckee_ordering.html"><tt>cuthill_mckee_ordering</tt></a>
+ has been recast as an invocation of
+ <tt>breadth_first_search</tt> and now supports graphs with
+ multiple components.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/dijkstra_shortest_paths.html"><tt>dijkstra_shortest_paths</tt></a> now uses a relaxed heap&nbsp;[<A
+ HREF="libs/graph/doc/bibliography.html#driscoll88">61</A>] as its priority queue, improving its complexity to <em>O(V log V)</em> and improving real-world performance for larger graphs.</li>
+ <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/read_graphviz.html"><code>read_graphviz</code></a> now has a new, Spirit-based parser that works for all graph types and supports arbitrary properties on the graph, from Ron Garcia. The old, Bison-based GraphViz reader has been deprecated and will be removed in a future Boost release. <a href="libs/graph/doc/write-graphviz.html"><code>write_graphviz</code></a> also supports dynamic properties.</li>
+ <li>See the <a href="libs/graph/doc/history.html#by-version">history</a> for additional changes and bug fixes.</li>
+ </ul></li>
+
+ <li><a href="libs/multi_index/doc/index.html">Multi-index
+ Containers Library</a>:
+ <ul>
+ <li>New <a href="libs/multi_index/doc/advanced_topics.html#hashed_indices">hashed
+ indices</a>.
+ </li>
+ <li>Added <a href="libs/multi_index/doc/advanced_topics.html#serialization">serialization
+ support</a>.
+ </li>
+ <li>For a complete list of changes, see the library
+ <a href="libs/multi_index/doc/release_notes.html">release
+ notes</a>.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><a
+ href="libs/property_map/property_map.html">Property
+ Map Library</a>: Introduced the <a
+ href="libs/property_map/doc/dynamic_property_map.html"><code>dynamic_properties</code></a>
+ class, which provides dynamically-typed access
+ to a set of property maps.</li>
+
+ <li><a href="doc/html/signals.html">Signals Library</a>: added slot blocking/unblocking, from Frantz Maerten. Huge improvements to signal invocation performance from Robert Zeh. </li>
+ </ul>
+
<h3>April 15, 2005 - Boost Logo Contest Over </h3>
<p> Boost Logo Contest is over. We have a winner:
entry number 75 by Zoltan "cad" Juhasz. Follow <a href="more/logo_contest.htm">this link</a> for details.</p>
- <h3>February 17, 2005 - Boost Logo Contest Extended</h3>
- <p>
- Boost Logo Contest has been extended. Entries will still be accepted
- until March 1, 2005. Follow <a href="more/logo_contest.htm">this link</a> for details.
- </p>
- <h3>January 14, 2005 - Boost Logo Contest</h3>
- <p>
- Boost is hoping to retire the existing logo
- and adopt a new one. We are now launching a competition for the
- creation of a new logo. Follow <a href="more/logo_contest.htm">this link</a> for details.
- </p>
-
+
<h3>November 19, 2004 - Version 1.32.0</h3>
<h4>Important - New Toolset Names</h4>
@@ -145,6 +201,7 @@
This change was made as a part of the effort to make the Boost distribution
compatible with ISO 9660 level 2 requirements.</p>
+
<h4>New Libraries</h4>
<ul>
@@ -166,7 +223,7 @@
data given on command line, in config files and other
sources, from Vladimir Prus.</li>
<li><a href="libs/range/index.html">Range Library</a>:
- A new infrastructure for generic algorithms that builds on top of the new iterator concepts, from Thorsten Ottosen.</li>
+ a new infrastructure for generic algorithms that builds on top of the new iterator concepts, from Thorsten Ottosen.</li>
<li><a href="libs/serialization/doc/index.html">Serialization Library</a>:
Serialization/de-serialization of arbitrary C++ data structures to
various formats including text, binary, and xml, from Robert Ramey.
@@ -212,13 +269,13 @@
<li>Major interface changes and improvements, many of which are <em>not</em> backward
compatible. Please refer to the <a href="libs/mpl/doc/tutorial/changes-in-boost-1-32-0.html">
1.32 changelog</a> for the detailed information about upgrading to the new version.
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
<li><a href="libs/python/doc/index.html">Python Library</a>:
<ul>
<li>Updated to use the Boost Software License.</li>
- <li>A new, <a href="libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/exposing.html#python.class_virtual_functions">better method of wrapping classes with virtual functions</a> has been implemented.</li>
+ <li>a new, <a href="libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/exposing.html#python.class_virtual_functions">better method of wrapping classes with virtual functions</a> has been implemented.</li>
<li>Support for the new Python Bool type, thanks to Daniel Holth.</li>
<li>Support for upcoming GCC symbol export control features have been folded in, thanks to Niall Douglas.</li>
<li>Improved support for <code>std::auto_ptr</code>-like types.</li>
@@ -234,11 +291,10 @@
supported till next release</li>
<li>added proper encoding of XML PCDATA</li>
<li>support for wide string comparison implemented</li>
- </ul>
+ </ul>
For complete list of changes see Test Library <a href="libs/test/doc/release_notes.html#v1_32_0"> release notes</a>.
- </li>
+ </li>
</ul>
-
<h4>Regression tests</h4>
This release has been extensively tested on a variety of different compilers and platforms.
@@ -253,13 +309,10 @@
<p>
<img border="0" src="http://boost.sourceforge.net/photos/aleksey_gurtovoy2.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="128" height="250">
<a href="people/aleksey_gurtovoy.htm">Aleksey Gurtovoy</a> managed
- this release. <a
- href="more/release_procedures.htm">Managing
- a release</a> at all is an enormous job, and
- Aleksey always goes beyond merely meeting
- requirements by insisting on the highest
- possible quality. The Boost membership owes
- him a debt of gratitude.
+ this release. <a href="more/release_procedures.htm">Managing a release</a> at
+ all is an enormous job, and Aleksey always goes beyond merely meeting
+ requirements by insisting on the highest possible quality. The Boost membership
+ owes him a debt of gratitude.
<p>This release wouldn't have been possible without the dedicated effort of
many, many members of the Boost community who generously contributed their
@@ -293,7 +346,7 @@
<h4>New License</h4>
- A unified <a href="more/license_info.html">Boost Software License</a> has been
+ a unified <a href="more/license_info.html">Boost Software License</a> has been
developed and will gradually replace the individual licenses for most Boost libraries.
The new license offers better legal protection for both users and developers,
and should speed user's legal reviews of Boost libraries. Dave Abrahams led the
@@ -333,7 +386,7 @@
<a href="libs/utility/enable_if.html">enable_if</a>: Selective
inclusion of function template overloads, from Jaakko Järvi, Jeremiah
Willcock, and Andrew Lumsdaine. This is an important new technique
- which exploits the <em>SFINAE</em>
+ which exploits the <EM>SFINAE</EM>
(substitution-failure-is-not-an-error) principle.&nbsp;
<li>
@@ -353,7 +406,7 @@
</li>
<li>
- <a href="libs/date_time/doc/index.html">Date Time Library:</a> A whole
+ <a href="libs/date_time/doc/index.html">Date Time Library:</a> a whole
host of bug fixes, new features, and documentation
improvements. See <a href="doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.changes">Date Time
Change History</a> for details.
@@ -396,7 +449,7 @@
<li>Simpler <a href="libs/python/doc/building.html">build procedure</a>.
- <li><i>...and more...</i></li>
+ <li><I>...and more...</I></li>
</ul>
<li>
@@ -405,10 +458,10 @@
to match the C++ <a href="libs/random/wg21-proposal.html">TR proposal</a>,
from Jens Maurer.
- <LI>
- <A href="libs/regex/doc/index.html">Regex</A>: Completely new matching
- algorithm is now much faster than before, plus a selection of <A href="libs/regex/doc/history.html">
- new features and enhancements</A>.
+ <li>
+ <a href="libs/regex/doc/index.html">Regex</a>: Completely new matching
+ algorithm is now much faster than before, plus a selection of <a href="libs/regex/doc/history.html">
+ new features and enhancements</a>.
<li>
<a href="libs/spirit/index.html">Boost.Spirit 1.8.0</a>:
@@ -418,7 +471,7 @@
<li>More dynamic parsers</li>
<li>Predefined actors</li>
<li>Numerous bug fixes and QOI stuff</li>
- <li><i>...and more...</i></li>
+ <li><I>...and more...</I></li>
</ul>
Starting from Spirit v1.8.0, ill conforming compilers will no longer be
@@ -590,7 +643,7 @@
operations, from Beman Dawes.
<li>
<a href="libs/optional/doc/optional.html">Optional Library</a>
- added - A discriminated-union wrapper for optional values, from Fernando
+ added - a discriminated-union wrapper for optional values, from Fernando
Cacciola.
<li>
<a href="libs/numeric/interval/doc/interval.htm">Interval Library</a>
@@ -661,49 +714,6 @@
<li>
Many fixes and enhancements to other libraries.</li>
</ul>
- <h3>October 10, 2002 - Version 1.29.0</h3>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <a href="libs/date_time/doc/index.html">Date-Time Library</a>
- added - Dates, times, leap seconds, infinity, and more, from Jeff Garland.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/dynamic_bitset/dynamic_bitset.html">Dynamic Bitset</a> added - A
- runtime sized version of the <tt>std::bitset</tt>
- class from Jeremy Siek and Chuck Allison.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/format/index.html">Format Library</a>
- added - Type-safe 'printf-like' format operations, from Samuel Krempp.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/function/index.html">Function Library</a>: Major syntactic
- changes have been made. Some old syntax and little-used features have been
- deprecated (and will be removed shortly), and the syntax for the <code>boost::function</code>
- class template has been greatly improved on conforming compilers. Please see
- the <a href="libs/function/index.html#compatibility">compatibility note</a>
- for more information.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/multi_array/doc/index.html">Multi-array Library</a>
- added - Multidimensional containers and adaptors for arrays of contiguous data,
- from Ron Garcia.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/preprocessor/index.html">Preprocessor Library</a>: Major
- upgrade, from Paul Mensonides.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/python/doc/index.html">Python Library</a>
- - Version 2 is released, from Dave Abrahams and others. This is a major rewrite
- which works on many more compilers and platforms, with a completely new
- interface and lots of new features. Boost.Python v2 requires Python 2.2 or
- later.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/signals/doc/index.html">Signals Library</a>
- added - Managed signals &amp; slots callback implementation, from Doug Gregor.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/test/doc/index.html">Test Library</a>: Major new version,
- including full unit test capabilities, from Gennadiy Rozental.
- <li>
- <a href="libs/numeric/ublas/doc/index.htm">uBLAS Library</a> added - Basic
- linear algebra for dense, packed and sparse matrices, from Joerg Walter and
- Mathias Koch.</li>
- </ul>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
@@ -712,7 +722,7 @@
</table>
<hr>
<p>Revised
- <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->20 October, 2004<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40407" --></p>
+ <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %b, %Y" startspan -->22 April, 2005<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40407" --></p>
<p>© Copyright Beman Dawes, David Abrahams, 1998-2003.</p>
<p>
Distributed under the Boost Software License,