Re: [boost] [ Interest? ] [ out_ptr ] Tiny C++ Abstraction for C-Style Output Pointers

On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 10:14 PM Vinnie Falco wrote:

On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 5:50 PM JeanHeyd Meneide via Boost wrote:

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Currently, there is a (new) public implementation using only Boost and consumable from C++11 compilers: https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr .

I cloned the repository, configured the CMake, and generated a Visual Studio 2017 solution and project files. Everything built correctly although I could not figure out how to run the tests, because the generated solution and projects, while correct - are not friendly for someone who spends most of their development time isolated in the IDE (like me).

Looks like nice work so far, but a disclaimer applies: I personally have no use-case for out_ptr so I don't have a strong opinion on it.

Regards

I forgot to add some documentation for running the tests: you pass the CMake Flags BOOST_OUT_PTR_TESTS=ON and BOOST_OUT_PTR_EXAMPLES=ON, then run CMake and everything generates. I didn't document it because I didn't think it'd be useful, because at the end of the day in order to use Boost.CI and friends I need to learn Jam and b2 and all that stuff. Best, JeanHeyd