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  121. <li><a href="libs/iostreams/doc/index.html">iostreams</a> - Framework for defining streams, stream buffers and i/o filters, from Jonathan Turkanis.</li>
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  129. <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/index.html">Graph
  130. Library</a>: Introduced several new algorithms
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  134. l Python bindings</a>, from Doug Gregor and Indiana University.</li>
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  143. from Jeremiah Willcock and Doug Gregor of
  144. Indiana University.</li>
  145. <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/king_ordering.html"><tt>king_ordering</tt></a>, from
  146. D. Kevin McGrath of Indiana University.</li>
  147. <li><a
  148. href="libs/graph/doc/cuthill_mckee_ordering.html"><tt>cuthill_mckee_ordering</tt></a>
  149. has been recast as an invocation of
  150. <tt>breadth_first_search</tt> and now supports graphs with
  151. multiple components.</li>
  152. <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/dijkstra_shortest_paths.html"><tt>dijkstra_shortest_paths</tt></a> now uses a relaxed heap&nbsp;[<A
  153. 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>
  154. <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>
  155. <li>See the <a href="libs/graph/doc/history.html#by-version">history</a> for additional changes and bug fixes.</li>
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  157. <li><a href="libs/multi_index/doc/index.html">Multi-index
  158. Containers Library</a>:
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  160. <li>New <a href="libs/multi_index/doc/advanced_topics.html#hashed_indices">hashed
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  178. <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>
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  180. <h3>April 15, 2005 - Boost Logo Contest Over </h3>
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  183. <h3>November 19, 2004 - Version 1.32.0</h3>
  184. <h4>Important - New Toolset Names</h4>
  185. <p>The names of some the Boost.Build
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  192. This change was made as a part of the effort to make the Boost distribution
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  194. <h4>New Libraries</h4>
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  196. <li><a href="libs/assign/index.html">Assignment Library</a>:
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  203. Containers Library</a>: Containers with multiple
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  207. Library</a>: Optimized policy-based numeric conversions, from Fernando
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  214. a new infrastructure for generic algorithms that builds on top of the new iterator concepts, from Thorsten Ottosen.</li>
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  219. Library</a>: Collection of string related algorithms
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  222. <li><a href="doc/html/tribool.html">Tribool</a>: 3-state boolean type library,
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  227. <li>Compose: This deprecated library has been removed.</li>
  228. <li><a href="libs/graph/index.html">Graph</a>:
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  233. class templates, greatly simplifying the introduction of internal
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  235. <li>The <a
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  239. <li>Added algorithms for <a
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  243. centrality clustering</a>.</li>
  244. <li>Added <a
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  247. href="libs/graph/doc/kamada_kawai_spring_layout.html">undirected
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  251. <li><a href="libs/mpl/doc/index.html">MPL Library</a>:
  252. <ul>
  253. <li>Updated to use the Boost Software License.</li>
  254. <li>New <a href="libs/mpl/doc/index.html">documentation</a>, including a complete <a href="libs/mpl/doc/refmanual.html">reference manual.</a></li>
  255. <li>Major interface changes and improvements, many of which are <em>not</em> backward
  256. compatible. Please refer to the <a href="libs/mpl/doc/tutorial/changes-in-boost-1-32-0.html">
  257. 1.32 changelog</a> for the detailed information about upgrading to the new version.
  258. </li>
  259. </ul>
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  261. <li><a href="libs/python/doc/index.html">Python Library</a>:
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  263. <li>Updated to use the Boost Software License.</li>
  264. <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>
  265. <li>Support for the new Python Bool type, thanks to Daniel Holth.</li>
  266. <li>Support for upcoming GCC symbol export control features have been folded in, thanks to Niall Douglas.</li>
  267. <li>Improved support for <code>std::auto_ptr</code>-like types.</li>
  268. <li>Components used by other libraries have been moved out of <code>python/detail</code> and into <code> boost/detail</code> to improve dependency relationships.</li>
  269. <li>Miscellaneous bug fixes and compiler workarounds.</li>
  270. </ul>
  271. </li>
  272. <li><a href="doc/html/signals.html">Signals Library</a>: Introduced deterministic slot ordering, permitting slots to be connected at the beginning or end of slot groups or the slot list itself. Combiners may safely have state and are accessible from the signal.</li>
  273. <li><a href="libs/utility/utility.htm">Utility</a>: class template <a href="libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of">result_of</a> added.</li>
  274. <li><a href="libs/test/index.html">Test Library</a>:
  275. <ul>
  276. <li>namespace names gets shorten; old one still
  277. supported till next release</li>
  278. <li>added proper encoding of XML PCDATA</li>
  279. <li>support for wide string comparison implemented</li>
  280. </ul>
  281. For complete list of changes see Test Library <a href="libs/test/doc/release_notes.html#v1_32_0"> release notes</a>.
  282. </li>
  283. </ul>
  284. <h4>Regression tests</h4>
  285. This release has been extensively tested on a variety of different compilers and platforms.
  286. It is known to contain no regressions against the previous reference release on the
  287. compilers and configurations tested. Please refer to the corresponding
  288. <a href="http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/boost-regression/1_32_0/index.html">regression reports</a> to see how well your
  289. compiler performs on the new Boost codebase.
  290. <h4>Acknowledgements</h4>
  291. <p>
  292. <img border="0" src="http://boost.sourceforge.net/photos/aleksey_gurtovoy2.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="128" height="250">
  293. <a href="people/aleksey_gurtovoy.htm">Aleksey Gurtovoy</a> managed
  294. this release. <a href="more/release_procedures.htm">Managing a release</a> at
  295. all is an enormous job, and Aleksey always goes beyond merely meeting
  296. requirements by insisting on the highest possible quality. The Boost membership
  297. owes him a debt of gratitude.
  298. <p>This release wouldn't have been possible without the dedicated effort of
  299. many, many members of the Boost community who generously contributed their
  300. outstanding expertise, time and energy to making it happen. For patches, bug
  301. fixes, troubleshooting, expert advice, and prompt responses to the release
  302. manager's requests we thank:</p>
  303. <p>David Abrahams, Misha Bergal, Jonathan Brandmeyer, Fernando Cacciola,
  304. Marshall Clow, Christopher Currie, Pavol Droba, Caleb Epstein, Eric Friedman,
  305. Jeff Garland, Michael Glassford, Doug Gregor, Joel de Guzman, Hubert Holin,
  306. Jaakko Järvi, Hartmut Kaiser, Bronek Kozicki, Tarjei Knapstad, Toon Knapen,
  307. Aaron W. LaFramboise, Joaquín M López Muñoz, Christoph Ludwig, John Maddock,
  308. Paul Mensonides, Guillaume Melquiond, Thorsten Ottosen, Vladimir Prus,
  309. Robert Ramey, Rene Rivera, Gennadiy Rozental, Stefan Slapeta, Jonathan
  310. Turkanis, Pavel Vozenilek, Jonathan Wakely, Daryle Walker, Victor A. Wagner Jr.
  311. and Martin Wille.</p>
  312. <p>Also, our special thanks go to: John Maddock for the managing the effort
  313. of converting the majority of the Boost libraries to the <a href="more/license_info.html">Boost Software License</a>,
  314. Eric Niebler and Joel de Guzman for taking on the important job of improving
  315. the Boost documentation's look and feel, and last, but not least, to our regression
  316. test runners, without whom we simply would never have released: Toon Knapen,
  317. Bronek Kozicki, Rene Rivera, Markus Schöpflin, Stefan Slapeta, Victor A.
  318. Wagner Jr. and Martin Wille.
  319. </p>
  320. <p>Thank you everybody!</p>
  321. <h3>January 26, 2004 - Version 1.31.0</h3>
  322. <h4>New License</h4>
  323. a unified <a href="more/license_info.html">Boost Software License</a> has been
  324. developed and will gradually replace the individual licenses for most Boost libraries.
  325. The new license offers better legal protection for both users and developers,
  326. and should speed user's legal reviews of Boost libraries. Dave Abrahams led the
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  330. Devin Smith</a>, attorney, <a href="http://www.nixonpeabody.com/default.asp">Nixon
  331. Peabody LLP</a>, wrote the Boost License. Eva Chan, Harvard Law School,
  332. contributed analysis of issues and drafts of various legal documents.
  333. <blockquote>
  334. <b>Please Note:</b> Many of the Boost
  335. libraries are still using earlier
  336. licenses, though all conform to the <a
  337. href="more/lib_guide.htm#license">Boost
  338. License Requirements</a>. After this
  339. release we will begin an effort to
  340. move toward uniform use of the new
  341. license.
  342. </blockquote>
  343. <h4>Build and Installation</h4>
  344. <ul>
  345. <li>
  346. New <a href="more/getting_started.html">Getting
  347. Started</a> procedures ease download and
  348. installation, from Rene Rivera and others.
  349. <li>
  350. Improved support for libraries requiring
  351. <a href="more/separate_compilation.html">separate
  352. compilation</a>, from John Maddock and others.
  353. </ul>
  354. <h4>New Libraries</h4>
  355. <ul>
  356. <li>
  357. <a href="libs/utility/enable_if.html">enable_if</a>: Selective
  358. inclusion of function template overloads, from Jaakko Järvi, Jeremiah
  359. Willcock, and Andrew Lumsdaine. This is an important new technique
  360. which exploits the <EM>SFINAE</EM>
  361. (substitution-failure-is-not-an-error) principle.&nbsp;
  362. <li>
  363. <a href="libs/variant/index.html">Variant Library</a>: Safe, generic,
  364. stack-based discriminated union container, from Eric Friedman and Itay
  365. Maman.
  366. </ul>
  367. <h4>Updated Libraries</h4>
  368. <ul>
  369. <li>
  370. <a href="libs/compose/index.htm">Compose</a>: This library has been
  371. deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use <a
  372. href="libs/bind/bind.html">Bind</a> or <a
  373. href="libs/lambda/doc/index.html">Lambda</a> instead.
  374. </li>
  375. <li>
  376. <a href="libs/date_time/doc/index.html">Date Time Library:</a> a whole
  377. host of bug fixes, new features, and documentation
  378. improvements. See <a href="doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.changes">Date Time
  379. Change History</a> for details.
  380. <li>
  381. <a href="libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm">Filesystem Library</a>: Several
  382. added functions, including improved checking for directory and file name
  383. portability.
  384. <li>
  385. <a name="iterators_lib"></a>
  386. <a href="libs/iterator/doc/index.html">Iterator Library</a>: Major
  387. version upgrade, with interface as proposed for the C++ library TR,
  388. including an improved <code>iterator_adaptor</code> design plus
  389. several new components, from David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and
  390. Thomas Witt.
  391. <li>
  392. <a href="libs/multi_array/index.html">MultiArray</a>: The <tt>multi_array</tt> class
  393. template now provides an element-preserving resize operation as well as default
  394. construction (see the <a href="libs/multi_array/doc/reference.html">reference
  395. manual</a> for more information).</li>
  396. <li><a href="libs/python/index.html">Python Library</a>:
  397. <ul>
  398. <li>Support for Python 2.3 and Intel C++ on Linux
  399. <li>Container <a href="libs/python/doc/v2/indexing.html">Indexing
  400. Suite</a> added.
  401. <li>injected constructors and wrapped function objects.
  402. <li>wrapping static data members.
  403. <li><code>std::wstring</code> conversions.
  404. <li>Improved <a href="libs/python/doc/v2/args.html">keyword arguments</a>
  405. <li>Better error messages, including name demangling for GCC.
  406. <li>Simpler <a href="libs/python/doc/building.html">build procedure</a>.
  407. <li><I>...and more...</I></li>
  408. </ul>
  409. <li>
  410. <a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>:
  411. Interface changed
  412. to match the C++ <a href="libs/random/wg21-proposal.html">TR proposal</a>,
  413. from Jens Maurer.
  414. <li>
  415. <a href="libs/regex/doc/index.html">Regex</a>: Completely new matching
  416. algorithm is now much faster than before, plus a selection of <a href="libs/regex/doc/history.html">
  417. new features and enhancements</a>.
  418. <li>
  419. <a href="libs/spirit/index.html">Boost.Spirit 1.8.0</a>:
  420. <ul>
  421. <li>Multiple grammar start rules</li>
  422. <li>Multiple Scanner rules (no more scanner business woes)</li>
  423. <li>More dynamic parsers</li>
  424. <li>Predefined actors</li>
  425. <li>Numerous bug fixes and QOI stuff</li>
  426. <li><I>...and more...</I></li>
  427. </ul>
  428. Starting from Spirit v1.8.0, ill conforming compilers will no longer be
  429. supported. If you are still using one of these older compilers,
  430. please use Spirit v1.6.x. See <a href="http://spirit.sf.net">Spirit's Site</a>
  431. for more details.
  432. </li>
  433. <li><a href="libs/test/index.html">Test Library</a>:
  434. <ul>
  435. <li>
  436. Free function template based test case </li>
  437. <li>
  438. Custom exception translators support in execution monitor and register_exception_translator added for unit test framework </li>
  439. <li>
  440. Added support for multi-module unit tests in automatic registration facility </li>
  441. <li>
  442. Floating point comparison algorithm reworked (Is not backward compatible!!!) </li>
  443. <li>
  444. Added support for custom users predicate returning both boolean result code and possibly error message </li>
  445. <li>
  446. Documentation structure rework and update</li>
  447. </ul>
  448. For complete list of changes see Test Library <a href="libs/test/doc/release_notes.html#v1_31_0">
  449. release notes</a> </li>
  450. </ul>
  451. <h4>Miscellaneous</h4>
  452. <ul>
  453. <li>Expanded testing and fixes for non-conforming compilers.</li>
  454. <li>Web site hosting now provided by
  455. <a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</a>.
  456. </ul>
  457. <h3>August 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.2 (bugfix release)</h3>
  458. <ul>
  459. <li>
  460. <a href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a> is now hosting
  461. Boost CVS mirrors - see our <a href="more/getting_started.html#CVS">download page</a>.
  462. <li>
  463. Backported changes to the <a href="libs/config/config.htm">config system</a>,
  464. to better handle new compiler releases.
  465. <li>
  466. Bugs in regression reporting in subproject tests were fixed.
  467. <li>
  468. Tests are now run in the context of the user's PATH environment settings
  469. <li>
  470. <a href="tools/build/v1/msvc-stlport-tools.html">msvc-stlport</a> and <a href="tools/build/v1/intel-win32-tools.html">
  471. intel-win32-stlport</a>
  472. toolsets now build static libraries with multithreading enabled, to be
  473. compatible with the STLPort builds.
  474. <li>
  475. <a href="tools/build/v1/intel-win32-tools.html">intel-win32</a> toolset now
  476. handles <code>wchar_t</code>
  477. correctly when intel is installed over msvc6.
  478. <li>
  479. Backported fixes from the main trunk which prevent errors building the <a href="libs/test/doc/index.html">
  480. Boost.Test</a>
  481. library in its default configuration.
  482. <li>
  483. Backported portability improvements for <a href="libs/utility/checked_delete.html">
  484. checked_delete</a>.
  485. <li>
  486. Locale support for metrowerks (requiring a statically-linked runtime) is more
  487. uniformly handled.
  488. <li>
  489. Backported <a href="libs/conversion/lexical_cast.htm">conversion/lexical_cast</a>'s
  490. <code>wchar_t</code>
  491. fixes from the main trunk.
  492. <li>
  493. <a href="tools/build/v1/intel-linux-tools.html">intel-linux-tools</a>: added <code>
  494. rt</code> to FINDLIBS in order to make the <code>clock_gettime()</code>
  495. function available (backport of a patch in CVS HEAD).
  496. <li>
  497. <a href="tools/regression/index.htm">regression/compiler_status.cpp</a>:
  498. backported fixes in error log links generation.</li>
  499. </ul>
  500. <h3>August 12, 2003 - <b>ALERT</b></h3>
  501. <p>
  502. Significant problems were found in the 1.30.1 release, so it has been withdrawn
  503. from the website. These problems mostly take the form of missing files due to
  504. an error by the release manager in using CVS to tag the release. We expect to
  505. release Version 1.30.2 in a few days. Stay tuned.
  506. <p>Until then, you may want to get the <code>RC_1_30_0</code> branch (which, with
  507. only very slight modification, will become version 1.30.2) from our <a href="more/getting_started.html#CVS">
  508. CVS</a> repository or the <a href="more/getting_started.html#CVS">CVS mirror</a>
  509. at <a href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a>
  510. .
  511. <h3>August 4, 2003 - Version 1.30.1 (bugfix release)</h3>
  512. <p>Fixes were made to the following libraries:</p>
  513. <ul>
  514. <li>
  515. The <a href="libs/lambda/doc/index.html">Boost.Lambda</a>
  516. library is now usable with gcc-2.95.2
  517. <li>
  518. <a href="libs/spirit/index.html">Boost.Spirit</a>:
  519. <ul>
  520. <li>
  521. Fixed. Using MSVC++6 (SP5), calling the assign action with a string value on
  522. parsers using the file_iterator will not work.
  523. <li>
  524. Fixed: using assign semantic action in a grammar with a multi_pass iterator
  525. adaptor applied to an std::istream_iterator resulted in a failure to compile
  526. under msvc 7.0.
  527. <li>
  528. Fixed: There is a bug in the <code>range_run&lt;CharT&gt;::set (range&lt;CharT&gt;
  529. const&amp; r)</code>
  530. function in "boost/spirit/utility/impl/chset/range_run.ipp".
  531. <li>
  532. Fixed: handling of trailing whitespace bug (ast_parse/pt_parse related)
  533. <li>
  534. Fixed: comment_p and end of data bug
  535. <li>
  536. Fixed: Most trailing space bug
  537. <li>
  538. Fixed: <code>chset&lt;&gt;::operator~(range&lt;&gt;)</code> bug, <code>operator&amp;(chset&lt;&gt;,
  539. range&lt;&gt;)</code> bug, <code>operator&amp;(range&lt;&gt;, chset&lt;&gt;)</code>
  540. bug
  541. <li>
  542. Fixed: <code>impl::detach_clear</code>
  543. bug
  544. <li>
  545. Fixed: mismatch closure return type bug
  546. <li>
  547. Fixed: <code>access_node_d[]</code> and <code>access_match_d[]</code>
  548. iterator bugs
  549. <li>
  550. Fixed a bug regarding threadsafety of Phoenix/Spirit closures.</li>
  551. </ul>
  552. <li>
  553. The Boost Template <a href="libs/mpl/doc/index.html">Metaprogramming Library (MPL)</a>'s
  554. typeof implementation is now compatible with Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro8.
  555. <li>
  556. <a href="libs/function/index.html">Boost.Function</a>: workaround for the
  557. new Borland patch (version 0x564) and MSVC++ .NET 2003.
  558. <li>
  559. <a href="libs/config/index.html">Boost.Config</a>, <a href="libs/format/doc/format.html">
  560. Boost.Format</a>, and <a href="libs/regex/index.html">Boost.Regex</a> have
  561. been adjusted to avoid warnings with GCC-3.3, and Boost.Format also now works
  562. with string types other than <code>std::string</code>.
  563. <li>
  564. <a href="libs/smart_ptr/index.html">Smart Pointers</a>
  565. <ul>
  566. <li>
  567. <code>checked_delete</code>
  568. now works on more platforms
  569. <li>
  570. Compatibility with the SunPro compiler
  571. <li>
  572. Added missing <code>#include</code>s.</li>
  573. </ul>
  574. <li>
  575. <a href="libs/python/index.html">Boost.Python</a>
  576. <ul>
  577. <li>
  578. warning suppression for finicky compilers
  579. <li>
  580. fixed a crashing bug in the <code>raw_function</code>
  581. facility when no keyword arguments were passed.
  582. <li>
  583. Improved conversion of NULL <code>shared_ptr</code>s to Python.</li>
  584. </ul>
  585. </li>
  586. </ul>
  587. <h3>March 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.0</h3>
  588. <ul>
  589. <li>
  590. <a href="libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm">Filesystem Library</a>
  591. added - Portable paths, iteration over directories, and other useful filesystem
  592. operations, from Beman Dawes.
  593. <li>
  594. <a href="libs/optional/doc/optional.html">Optional Library</a>
  595. added - a discriminated-union wrapper for optional values, from Fernando
  596. Cacciola.
  597. <li>
  598. <a href="libs/numeric/interval/doc/interval.htm">Interval Library</a>
  599. added - Extends the usual arithmetic functions to mathematical intervals, from
  600. Guillaume Melquiond, Hervé Brönnimann and Sylvain Pion.
  601. <li>
  602. <a href="libs/mpl/doc/index.html">MPL</a>
  603. added - Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time algorithms,
  604. sequences and metafunction classes, from Aleksey Gurtovoy.
  605. <li>
  606. <a href="libs/spirit/index.html">Spirit Library</a>
  607. added - An LL (unlimited lookahead) parser framework that represents parsers
  608. directly as EBNF grammars in inlined C++ source code, complete with semantic
  609. actions, ASTs and much more, from Joel de Guzman and team.
  610. <li>
  611. <a href="libs/smart_ptr/index.html">Smart Pointers Library</a> - cast functions
  612. are now spelled <a href="libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#static_pointer_cast">static_pointer_cast</a>
  613. / <a href="libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#dynamic_pointer_cast">dynamic_pointer_cast</a>
  614. ; <a href="libs/smart_ptr/enable_shared_from_this.html">enable_shared_from_this</a>
  615. added; shared_ptr::shared_ptr(), shared_ptr::reset(), weak_ptr::weak_ptr(),
  616. weak_ptr::reset() no longer throw; <a href="libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#get_deleter">
  617. get_deleter</a> added; weak_ptr::get() removed; make_shared is now spelled <a href="libs/smart_ptr/weak_ptr.htm#lock">
  618. weak_ptr::lock()</a> ; <a href="libs/smart_ptr/intrusive_ptr.html">intrusive_ptr
  619. documentation</a> added; some experimental undocumented shared_ptr features
  620. have been removed; a <a href="libs/smart_ptr/sp_techniques.html">page describing
  621. some smart pointer programming techniques</a>
  622. has been added.
  623. <li>
  624. <a href="libs/utility/assert.html">boost/assert.hpp</a>, <a href="libs/utility/current_function.html">
  625. boost/current_function.hpp</a>, <a href="libs/utility/throw_exception.html">boost/throw_exception.hpp</a>,
  626. <a href="libs/utility/checked_delete.html">boost/checked_delete.hpp</a>
  627. have been documented.
  628. <li>
  629. <a href="libs/date_time/doc/index.html">Date-Time Library</a> - several fixes
  630. and small additions including an interface change to partial_date. See
  631. <a href="doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.changes">Date-Time Change History</a>
  632. for more details.
  633. <li>
  634. <a href="libs/function/index.html">Function Library</a>
  635. - added support for assignment to zero (to clear) and comparison against zero
  636. (to check if empty).
  637. <li>
  638. <a href="libs/utility/operators.htm#symmetry">Operators Library</a>
  639. - now takes advantage of named return value optimization (NRVO) when available,
  640. from Daniel Frey.
  641. <li>
  642. <a href="status/compiler_status.html">Regression Tests</a> - Much expanded,
  643. plus a very nice <a href="http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/">summary
  644. page</a>
  645. from Rene Rivera.
  646. <li>
  647. <a href="libs/test/index.html">Test Library</a> - introduced following new
  648. facilities:
  649. <ul>
  650. <li>
  651. Automatic registration of unit tests
  652. <li>
  653. XML log format
  654. <li>
  655. XML report format
  656. <li>
  657. BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW test tool
  658. <li>
  659. BOOST_BITWISE_CHECK test tool</li>
  660. </ul>
  661. For complete list of changes see Test Library <a href="libs/test/doc/release_notes.html#v1_30_0">
  662. release notes</a>
  663. <li>
  664. Many fixes and enhancements to other libraries.</li>
  665. </ul>
  666. </td>
  667. </tr>
  668. </table>
  669. </td>
  670. </tr>
  671. </table>
  672. <hr>
  673. <p>Revised
  674. <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %b, %Y" startspan -->22 April, 2005<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40407" --></p>
  675. <p>© Copyright Beman Dawes, David Abrahams, 1998-2003.</p>
  676. <p>
  677. Distributed under the Boost Software License,
  678. Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href="LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>
  679. or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</p>
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