What's new in 1.18.2

  • Security & reliability

    Fixed bugs in numeric_cast handling of floating types, improving numeric conversions.

  • Dependencies

    Added a Boost Header Dependencies page and reclassified several headers formerly under a “utility” library.

  • Developer experience

    Enhanced configuration header compatibility with more broken compilers, reducing build issues.

Release notes version 1.18.2

Version 1.18.2

November 3rd, 2000 12:00 GMT

  • Cast Library Fix numeric_cast<> bugs with floating types.
  • Graph Library minor fixes.
  • Regular Expression Library minor fixes.
  • Configuration Header more fixes for broken compilers.
  • Boost Header Dependencies page added.
  • Terminology change: Several headers previously lumped together as a "utility" library are now considered separate libraries. For historical reasons, their non-header files still live in the "utility" sub-directory.
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