This is an older version of Boost and was released in 2016.
The current version is 1.88.0.
Version 1.63.0
December 26th, 2016 23:43 GMT
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Post-release Patches
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Atomic:
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Using 64-bit atomic operations on 32-bit x86 with gcc versions older
than 4.7 and compatible compilers can result in generation of incorrect
code. This problem is fixed in this
commit.
Updated Libraries
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Atomic:
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Added the static constant
atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free
for conformance with C++17. The constant indicates that the given
specialization always provides lock-free implementation of atomic
operations.
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Improved support of Oracle Studio on x86 targets.
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Container:
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Context:
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#11687 Xcode (Apple clang) and thread_local
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#12114 context does not preserve fpu context on ios arm64 devices
(fixed for other architecturs too)
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#12411 fpu registers not preserved with O2 optimizations in Visual
Studio (fixed for other architecturs too)
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#12551 building boost on arm64 causes error: unknown directive
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reduced signatur for ontop-functions
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unit-test for private fcontext-API
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performance-test for ucontext and fcontext fixed
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Fiber:
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unbounded_channel and bounded_channel marked as deprecated
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new classes buffered_channel and unbuffered_channel
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performance improved
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Fusion:
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Fixed
fusion::vector buggy constructors (Thanks
to Lee Clagett).
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BOOST_FUSION_ADAPT* and BOOST_FUSION_DEFINE* now allow empty structures. (#6592)
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BOOST_FUSION_DEFINE* allows move constructor and assignment.
(#10099)
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Adaptor for
std::array (Thanks to Mateusz Łoskot).
(#8241)
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Fixed returning temporary variable warnings on MSVC.
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Geometry:
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Improvements:
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Intersection: take care that output is valid (work in progres,
not yet finished - but more is valid)
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Solved tickets:
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#12289
Avoid warning/compilation error for std::cout
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#12412
Invalid result of covered_by() with geographic Points and Boxes
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#12413
rtree::remove() not working properly with geographic Points
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Hash:
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Interprocess:
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Intrusive:
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Lexical Cast:
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Fixed issue found by
-fsanitize=undefined #21
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Log:
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General changes:
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Removed the previously deprecated
type_info_wrapper.
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New features:
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Added a way to access the current file name from the text file
sink backend. The file name can be obtained with the
get_current_file_name method.
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Bug fixes:
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Fixed compilation errors for Android API prior to version 21.
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Streaming operators now take scalar types and enums by value.
This allows to output static constants and bitfields directly
into formatting stream and record stream. (#11998)
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Fixed auto-detection of native syslog API. (#12600)
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In UDP socket based syslog backend implementation, changed
the syslog message format for better compliance with RFC3164.
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File close handler installed in text file sink backend is no
longer called if the file is not open yet.
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See changelog
for more details.
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Metaparse:
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Improved the implementation of
BOOST_METAPARSE_STRING
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The maximal string length limit has been increased to 2048
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The maximal string length limit can be extended beyond 2048
by regenerating some of the Boost headers using a script (part
of the library)
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The string length limit can be changed within a compilation
unit
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Move:
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Improved experimental adaptive sort algorithm performance
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Activate BOOST_MOVE_FORCEINLINE
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Optional:
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Added two new in-place constructors. They work similarly to
emplace()
functions: they initialize the contained value by perfect-forwarding
the obtained arguments. One constructor always initializes the contained
value, the other based on a boolean condition.
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Syntax
o =
{} now correctly un-initializes
an optional, just
like in std::optional.
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Fixed
optional<optional<T>&>
initialization. (#12203)
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Optional constructors are sfinae-friendly. This fixes interaction
with
std::tuple. (#12563)
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Phoenix:
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Most of modules now support C++11 variadic templates.
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Fixed type deduction failure with result type.
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Suppress unused warnings.
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Fixed too few arguments error on binary math functions.
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Added workarounds for older compiler.
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Python:
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Added (basic) support for C++11 (std::shared_ptr, std::unique_ptr)
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Incorporated an extension API to wrap NumPy
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Removed obsolete bits and pieces
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Test:
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Boost.test v3.4 see the Change
log section for more details.
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New feature:
per_element
and lexicographic
modifiers of BOOST_TEST
can also be applied to string comparison
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Breaking change: colons that appear in test case names are replaced
with underscores
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Bug fixes
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TypeIndex:
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Added
runtime_cast
to the library as an emulation of dynamic_cast.
Thanks to Chris Glover for the implementation. See runtime_cast
reference for more info.
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Internals of the CTTI were made more platform independant, due to
change of the
std::size_t
type to unsigned int.
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Units:
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Fix inspection warnings
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updated physico-chemical constants to CODATA 2014 values
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define biot correctly as 10 Ampere
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Unordered:
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Fix an exception safety issue in assignment.
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Use
std::allocator_traits where available,
and support modern style rebind (#12459).
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Add some allocator aware constructors.
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Use the hint iterator in
emplace_hint.
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Fixed some warnings.
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See the changelog
for more details.
Compilers Tested
Boost's primary test compilers are:
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Linux:
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Clang: 3.0, 3.8.1
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Clang, C++11: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.8.1
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Clang, C++14: 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8.1
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Clang, C++1z: 3.8.1
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GCC: 4.4.7, 4.5.3, 4.6.3, 4.7.2, 5.2.0, 6.2.0
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GCC, C++11: 4.4.7, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.8.5, 4.9.3, 5.2.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0
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GCC, C++14: 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0
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Intel: 16.0, 17.0
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Intel, C++11: 16.0, 17.0
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Intel, C++14: 16.0, 17.0
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OS X:
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Apple Clang: 7.0.2
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Apple Clang, C++11: 7.0.2
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Windows:
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GCC, C++03, mingw: 3.4.5, 4.1.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.3, 4.4.0
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GCC, C++11, mingw: 4.6.4, 4.7.3, 4.8.1
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GCC, C++14, mingw: 4.9.3, 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 6.1.0
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Visual C++: 7.1, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 14.0
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Android:
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Clang: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
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GCC: 4.9, 5.4, 6.2
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QNX:
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SunOS:
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Oracle Solaris Studio: 12.5
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Oracle Solaris Studio, C++11: 12.5
Boost's additional test compilers include:
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Linux:
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Clang: 3.0, 3.8.1
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Clang, C++11: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.8.1
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Clang, C++14: 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8.1
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Clang, C++1z: 3.8.1
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GCC: 4.4.7, 4.5.3, 4.6.3, 4.7.2, 5.2.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0
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GCC, C++11: 4.4.7, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.8.5, 4.9.3, 5.2.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0
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GCC, C++14: 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, 7.0.0 (experimental)
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GCC, C++1z: 6.1.1
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Intel: 16.0, 17.0
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Intel, C++11: 16.0, 17.0
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Intel, C++14: 16.0, 17.0
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OS X:
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Apple Clang: 7.0.2
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Apple Clang, C++11: 7.0.2
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Windows:
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GCC, C++03, mingw: 3.4.5, 4.1.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.3, 4.4.0
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GCC, C++11, mingw: 4.6.4, 4.7.3, 4.8.1
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GCC, C++14, mingw: 4.9.3, 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 6.1.0
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Visual C++: 7.1, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 14.0
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Android:
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Clang: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
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GCC: 4.9, 5.4, 6.2
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GCC,C++14: 6.1.0
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QNX:
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SunOS:
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Oracle Solaris Studio: 12.5
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Oracle Solaris Studio, C++11: 12.5
Acknowledgements
Beman Dawes, Eric Niebler,
Rene Rivera, Daniel James,
Vladimir Prus and Marshall Clow managed this release.
