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CVS</a><br>
.&nbsp;<a href="more/license_info.html">License</a><br>
.&nbsp;<a href="more/getting_started.html">Getting Started</a><br>
</A>.&nbsp;Regression Tests:<br>
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Info</a><br>
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<h2><a name="Latest News">Latest News</a></h2>
<p> ??? - Version 1.3?.?</p>
<h3> ??? - Version 1.3?.?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Compose: This deprecated library has been removed.</li>
</ul>
<p>January 26, 2004 - Version 1.31.0</p>
<ul>
<li>
<h3>January 26, 2004 - Version 1.31.0</h3>
<h4>New License</h4>
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,
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Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society</a>, Harvard Law School. <a href="http://www.nixonpeabody.com/attorneys_detail1.asp?ID=121">
Devin Smith</a>, attorney, <a href="http://www.nixonpeabody.com/default.asp">Nixon
Peabody LLP</a>, wrote the Boost License. Eva Chan, Harvard Law School,
contributed analysis of issues and drafts of various legal documents.<li>
contributed analysis of issues and drafts of various legal documents.
<blockquote>
<b>Please Note:</b> Many of the Boost
libraries are still using earlier
licenses, though all conform to the <a
href="more/lib_guide.htm#license">Boost
License Requirements</a>. After this
release we will begin an effort to
move toward uniform use of the new
license.
</blockquote>
<h4>Build and Installation</h4>
<ul>
<li>
New <a href="more/getting_started.html">Getting
Started</a> procedures ease download and
installation, from Rene Rivera and others.<li>
installation, from Rene Rivera and others.
<li>
Improved support for libraries requiring
<a href="more/separate_compilation.html">separate
compilation</a>, from John Maddock and others.
<li>
<a href="libs/utility/enable_if.html">enable_if</a> added - 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>
</ul>
<h4>New Libraries</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<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>
(substitution-failure-is-not-an-error) principle.&nbsp;
<li>
<a href="libs/variant/index.html">Variant Library</a>
added - Safe, generic, stack-based discriminated union container, from Eric
Friedman and Itay Maman.
<a href="libs/variant/index.html">Variant Library</a>: Safe, generic,
stack-based discriminated union container, from Eric Friedman and Itay
Maman.
</ul>
<h4>Updated Libraries</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="libs/compose/index.htm">Compose</a>: This library has been
deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use <a
href="libs/bind/bind.html">Bind</a> or <a
href="libs/lambda/doc/index.html">Lambda</a> instead.
</li>
<li>
<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="libs/date_time/doc/Changes.html"> Date Time
Change History</a> for details.
<li>
<a href="libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm">Filesystem Library</a>: Several
added functions, including improved checking for directory and file name
portability.
<li>
<a name="iterators_lib"></a>
<a href="libs/iterator/doc/index.html">Iterator Library</a>: Major
version upgrade, with interface as proposed for the C++ library TR,
including an improved <code>iterator_adaptor</code> design plus
several new components, from David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and
Thomas Witt.
<li>
<a href="libs/multi_array/index.html">MultiArray</a>: The <tt>multi_array</tt> class
template now provides an element-preserving resize operation as well as default
construction (see the <a href="libs/multi_array/doc/reference.html">reference
manual</a> for more information).</li>
<li><a href="libs/python/index.html">Python Library</a>:
<ul>
<li>Support for Python 2.3 and Intel C++ on Linux
<li>Container <a href="libs/python/doc/v2/indexing.html">Indexing
Suite</a> added.
<li>injected constructors and wrapped function objects.
<li>wrapping static data members.
<li><code>std::wstring</code> conversions.
<li>Improved <a href="libs/python/doc/v2/args.html">keyword arguments</a>
<li>Better error messages, including name demangling for GCC.
<li>Simpler <a href="libs/python/doc/building.html">build procedure</a>.
<li><i>...and more...</i></li>
</ul>
<li>
<a href="libs/iterator/doc/index.html">Iterator
Adaptors Library</a>: Major version upgrade, with
interface changes as proposed for the C++ TR, from
David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and Thomas Witt.<li>
<a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>:
Interface changed
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/date_time/doc/index.html">Date Time Library:</a> A whole host of
bug fixes, new features, and documentation improvements. See <a href="libs/date_time/doc/Changes.html">
Date Time Change History</a>
for details.
<li>
Compose: This library has been deprecated
and will be removed in a future release. Use <a href="libs/bind/bind.html">Bind</a>
or <a href="libs/lambda/doc/index.html">Lambda</a>
instead.
<li>
<a href="libs/multi_array/index.html">MultiArray</a>: The <tt>multi_array</tt> class
template now provides an element-preserving resize operation as well as default
construction (see the <a href="libs/multi_array/doc/reference.html">reference
manual</a> for more information).</li>
<li><a href="libs/test/index.html">Test Library</a>:
<a href="libs/spirit/index.html">Boost.Spirit 1.8.0</a>:
<ul>
<li>
Free function template based test case </li>
<li>
Custom exception translators support in execution monitor and register_exception_translator added for unit test framework </li>
<li>
Added support for multi-module unit tests in automatic registration facility </li>
<li>
Floating point comparison algorithm reworked (Is not backward compatible!!!) </li>
<li>
Added support for custom users predicate returning both boolean result code and possibly error message </li>
<li>
Documentation structure rework and update</li>
<li>Multiple grammar start rules</li>
<li>Multiple Scanner rules (no more scanner business woes)</li>
<li>More dynamic parsers</li>
<li>Predefined actors</li>
<li>Numerous bug fixes and QOI stuff</li>
<li>Expanded testing and fixes for non-conforming compilers.</li>
<li><i>...and more...</i></li>
</ul>
For complete list of changes see Test Library <a href="libs/test/doc/release_notes.html#v1_31_0">
release notes</a>
<li>
Expanded testing and fixes for non-conforming
compilers.</li>
<li>
Web site hosting now provided by
<a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</a>.</li>
Starting from Spirit v1.8.0, ill conforming compilers will no longer be
supported. If you are still using one of these older compilers,
please use Spirit v1.6.x. See <a href="http://spirit.sf.net">Spirit's Site</a>
for more details.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Site Update</h4>
<ul>
<li>Web site hosting now provided by
<a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</a>.
</ul>
<p>August 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.2 (bugfix release)</p>
<h3>August 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.2 (bugfix release)</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a> is now hosting
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<a href="tools/regression/index.htm">regression/compiler_status.cpp</a>:
backported fixes in error log links generation.</li>
</ul>
<p>August 12, 2003 - <b>ALERT</b></p>
<h3>August 12, 2003 - <b>ALERT</b></h3>
<p>
Significant problems were found in the 1.30.1 release, so it has been withdrawn
from the website. These problems mostly take the form of missing files due to
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CVS</a> repository or the <a href="more/getting_started.html#CVS">CVS mirror</a>
at <a href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a>
.
<p>August 4, 2003 - Version 1.30.1 (bugfix release)</p>
<h3>August 4, 2003 - Version 1.30.1 (bugfix release)</h3>
<p>Fixes were made to the following libraries:</p>
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<p>March 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.0</p>
<h3>March 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm">Filesystem Library</a>
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<li>
Many fixes and enhancements to other libraries.</li>
</ul>
<p>October 10, 2002 - Version 1.29.0</p>
<h3>October 10, 2002 - Version 1.29.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="libs/date_time/doc/index.html">Date-Time Library</a>
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Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href="LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>
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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