Boost C++ Libraries

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Release Notes

Boost 1.62 Release
Boost 1.61 Release
Boost 1.60 Release
Boost 1.59 Release
Boost 1.58 Release
Boost 1.57 Release
Boost 1.56 Release
Boost 1.55 Release
Boost 1.54 Release
Boost 1.53 Release
Boost 1.51 Release
Boost 1.49 Release

Boost 1.62 Release

Documented new limitations reported in Trac tickets #12194 "Copy assignment on moveable and copyable classes uses wrong type" and #12307 "Copy assignment from const ref handled differently in C++11/C++98".

Boost 1.61 Release

Experimental: asymptotically optimal bufferless merge and sort algorithms: adaptive_merge and adaptive_sort.
Fixed bug:
- Trac #11758: "BOOST_MOVABLE_BUT_NOT_COPYABLE doesn't reset private access with rvalue ref version",

Boost 1.60 Release

Fixed bug:
- Trac #11615: "Boost.Move should use the qualified name for std::size_t in type_traits.hpp",

Boost 1.59 Release

Changed unique_ptr's converting constructor taking the source by value in C++03 compilers to allow simple conversions from convertible types returned by value.
Fixed bug:
- Trac #11229: "vector incorrectly copies move-only objects using memcpy",
- Trac #11510: "unique_ptr: -Wshadow warning issued",

Boost 1.58 Release

Added BOOST_MOVE_BASE utility.
Added adl_move_swap utility.
Reduced dependencies on other Boost libraries to make the library a bit more lightweight.
Fixed bugs:
- Trac #11044: "boost::rv inherits off union, when such passed as template argument".

Boost 1.57 Release

Added unique_ptr smart pointer. Thanks to Howard Hinnant for his excellent unique_ptr emulation code and testsuite.
Added move_if_noexcept utility. Thanks to Antony Polukhin for the implementation.
Fixed bugs:

Boost 1.56 Release

Boost 1.55 Release

Fixed bugs #7952, #8764, #8765, #8842, #8979.

Boost 1.54 Release

Fixed bugs #7969, #8231, #8765.

Boost 1.53 Release

Better header segregation (bug #6524).
Small documentation fixes
Replaced deprecated BOOST_NO_XXXX with newer BOOST_NO_CXX11_XXX macros.
Fixed #7830, #7832.

Boost 1.51 Release

Fixed bugs #7095, #7031.

Boost 1.49 Release

Fixed bugs #6417, #6183, #6185, #6395, #6396,