Building Boost 1.58 with Visual Studio 2015
If you try to build Boost 1.58 with Visual Studio 2015, you’ll get this error “Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results” when building, do this.
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Boost::format string examples
Once boost::format object has been created with a format string and given arguments, there are two ways of getting a std::string (or std::wstring) from it. One is with boost::str() and the other way is with str() member method.
How to stop a std::async task
Sadly, this is only an intrusive way of stopping std::async. For an almost non-intrusive way of stopping a thread, look at boost::thread.
Boost scoped_ptr vs unique_ptr
A unique_ptr is also known as std::unique_ptr. Before C++11 it was boost::unique_ptr, but became a part of STD library in C++11 and is now called std::unique_ptr.
Building Boost 1.58 for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures with Visual Studio 2013
This post describes building of boost library with Visual Studio 2013.
Boost::format (and wformat) examples – numbers: int, float, double
Boost Format is a very versatile and easy to use formatting library. If you’re using Boost, then there is no point in using other formatting libraries for formatting. For most uses, boost::format and boost::wformat are perfectly suitable.
An introduction to Boost Signals
In our game Burnt Islands we use boost::signals very extensively. Actually it’s boost signals2 or boost::signals2. That’s the one which is safe to use with threads, which is very important when you’re making games.
A few boost::format examples
In this article we will cover boost date and time format examples, horizontal alignment and formatting in loops. Other formatting examples: Numbers and wformat, boost String.
Say goodbye to memory leaks in C++ with Boost!
Many years ago Boost came to me when I started in a new job just out of Uni, and I got impressed from day one. Not only because in my previous experience Boost gave incredibly large errors but what Boost really is and what the collection of libraries can do to easily avoid many of the pitfalls with C++ programming.
