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Implementing C++ n-ary tree with Boost Graph Library
I would like to have a relatively small and simple tree in C++. Each node would contain an integer. The tree should be traversable both ways.
I know it can be done with tree.hh by Kasper Peeters, but ...
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What are some use cases for creating child processes? [closed]
I am trying to understand processes and their use in software engineering.
Not processes in general but rather creating a process from within a program.
It seems a really powerfull tool and i have a ...
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How to separate a serialization code from application in a large c++ project
I'm working on a fairly large c++ project which uses boost's serialization.
The issue that I have with the way it is currently organized is that serialization is weaved into the main source code on ...
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Network programming (boost::asio), architecture and communication protocols
I'm trying to make a simple network application using boost::asio.
I think that I understood the basic things like io_context, async functions etc, but I really don't know how to deal with buffers.
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What does it mean for an algorithm to be conservative? [closed]
As defined in the documentation of the gamma parameter for Tree Booster:
Minimum loss reduction required to make a further partition on a leaf
node of the tree. The larger gamma is, the more ...
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Licensing: Boost library distributed with my MIT-licensed code [closed]
I want to release some C++ code under MIT license in GitHub. I would like to include required BOOST libraries in the repository. No commercial use is currently foreseen. I am pretty new to IP issues, ...
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Asychronous TCP File transfer
I have an asychronous file transfer using boost::asio.
Multiple files can be transfered at the 'same time'. Same time as in - file packet for file 1, next packet for file 3, next for file 2, ... No ...
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Async I/O operations - proper way to avoid deleting object
Using async I/O operations from boost::asio I often need shared pointers (and enable_shared_from_this and shared_from_this in callbacks) to avoid deleting objects too early. I think that it could be ...
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Switching from Node.js class techniques to C++
I'm going to be rewriting a project from Node.js into C++11. The device the Node.js scripts are being run on are ARM based, and Node.js is slow to start up on the device.
In the Node.js program, I ...
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pthread versus boost::thread - need to set the thread priority on an ubuntu box
I wrote a class that basically executes a numerical analysis code in a thread using boost::thread. Now I need to specify the thread priority, since we are running a system with near real-time ...
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How to share memory between applications written in C/C++
I'm going through a program written in C/C++ for control in robotics. Basically, three different programs run at the same time, and they communicate via shared memory. Google-ling around I found ...
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TLS alternatives that do not require a central authority?
I am creating a peer to peer program that runs on client computers connecting to other clients. I will be using Boost.Asio. The only options that I am aware of for securing these connections is using ...
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Boost Software License seems to extend disclaimer of warranty automatically but the author says it doesn't [closed]
Here is a copy of the Boost software license.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
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Good practice using signals and event driven system
I am using signals (specifically Boost signals2) to create an event driven protocol API and model.
Most elements have their own signals, and there are usually multiple of each element.
Consider a ...
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Representation of time expanded graph
I want to build a time expanded graph with time discretization Dt that starts at t = 0 and ends at t = T where between the node (n1, t) and the node (n2, t') is an arc if and only if (n1, n2) were ...
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Performance overhead of standard containers and boost [closed]
Adap.TV has chosen C++ to develop their software. However, they've decided not to use the standard containers1 and boost for performance reasons, as they've blogged about it in the following article:
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How do objects fit into modern C++ (stl, policy-classes, functional) style?
I'm a bit confused so the question is a bit confusing. TL;dr: how to mix STL and OOP?
From the comment to Best overview to modern C++ paradigms? and http://www.boost.org/community/generic_programming....
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Serializing network messages
I am writing a network wrapper around boost::asio and was wondering what is a good and simple way to serialize my messages. I have a message factory which can take care of dispatching the data to the ...
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How can I implement a database TableView like thing in C++?
How can I implement a TableView like thing in C++?
I want to emulating a tiny relation database like thing in C++. I have data tables, and I want to transform it somehow, so I need a TableView like ...
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C++ Multithreading on Unix
I have two related questions:
Are there any good books for multithreading in C++, especially now that C++11 contains multithreading in the standard library?
I have the Wrox Programming on Unix book (...
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Guidelines for using BOOST
I am planning to use boost libraries, as it is quiet rich, and will save lots of time. But my question is, what are the guidelines i have to follow, so that
I can replace some part of boost with ...
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What are the personal benefits from writing a boost library
Among the reasons for a developer to publish a self-written library as open source library, there is definitely fame.
Now when it comes to Boost Libraries, they are available and promoted in a very ...
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Unix as opposed to Windows (Java and C++) [closed]
Firstly I should explain the background. I am interested in high frequency trading programming roles. After looking at many job specs it is very clear that there is a big demand for programmers who ...
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Thread class design?
I have a method like this in my UI code:
void MyDialog::OnCommandSaveData()
{
std::list<MyClass*> objects;
service_->GetAll(objects);
dataService_->SaveObjects(objects);
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Where to start learning to use the Boost libraries? [closed]
Boost has recently become available on the project on which I'm working, and I don't have much experience with it. The library has so many parts and features that it's hard to know where to get ...
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Will the portions of Boost that are incorporated into the new C++ standard continue to be developed?
What will happen to the portions of the Boost library that are incorporated into the new C++ standard?
Will they continue to evolve and any changes be reincorporated into the standard which follows ...
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