Once again it has been a busy few months working on libraries in different stages of the boost lifecycle: Libraries for Proposal Decimal Decimal (https://github.com/cppalliance/decimal) is a ground-up implementation of the IEEE 754 Decimal Floating Point types in C++14, and is co-authored by Chris Kormanyos. This quarter we were pleased to release the first beta of the library which generated good discussion on the boost mailing list. One of the large takeaways was the desire for increased...

As we move through 2024, I have continued to focus on enhancing the capabilities of MrDocs, addressing key features and fixes to push towards the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Additionally, I have been exploring profiling tools and developing benchmarking sets to optimize the performance of concurrent data structures in Boost. MrDocs Development: Aligned with MVP Strategy This quarter, my efforts on MrDocs have been centered around resolving crucial bugs and aligning features essential for ...

Post-Release Engagement section added to the Contributors FAQ, providing seven questions and answers that new library developers have on their likely workload following the release. Includes examples of feedback from past libraries, and the unwelcome surprises and praise that followed. Other Languages (Python, C#, Java) section added to the Users FAQ, providing five questions and answers - including code snippets - on interfacing non-C++ language apps with the Boost librarie...

During Q2 2024, I’ve been working in the following areas: Boost.Unordered Equipped open-addressing and concurrent containers to internally calculate and provide statistical metrics affected by the quality of the hash function. (PR#247, to be released in Boost 1.86.0). Reviewed Braden’s work on addition of Natvis visualizers (PR#249, see also his article, to be released in Boost 1.86.0). Updated the is_avalanching trait protocol (PR#250, to be released in Boost 1.86.0). Did some mai...

Summary MrDocs Boost Libraries Boost Release Tools Boost Website C++ Github Actions MrDocs Over the last quarter, we continued our work on MrDocs, a documentation generator for C++ projects. I have been overseeing and reviewing all the work done by the other contributors to the project. Besides the work done by Krystian and Fernando, George H. (an author of https://github.com/hdoc/hdoc[HDoc]) also joined the project as a contributor. We have been working on making the project ...