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17<h4>1.46</h4>
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19<ul>
20  <li>
21  Use <code>BOOST_ASSERT</code> instead of <code>assert</code>.
22  </li>
23  <li>
24  Fixed flush regression, see <a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4590">#4590</a>
25  </li>
26</ul>
27
28<h4>1.44</h4>
29
30<p>Lots of fixes in this version, almost all are by Steven Watanabe.</p>
31
32<p>File descriptor fixes:</p>
33
34<ul>
35  <li>
36    <strong>Breaking change:</strong>
37    new constructors and <code>open</code> methods from file descriptors/handles for
38    <code>file_descriptor</code>, <code>file_descriptor_source</code>
39    and <code>file_descriptor_sink</code>. See
40    <a title="File descriptor devices referece" href="classes/file_descriptor.html">the documentation</a>
41    for details. The old methods are still available if you define
42    <code>BOOST_IOSTREAMS_USE_DEPRECATED</code>
43    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3517">#3517</a>).
44  </li>
45  <li>
46    Add <code>BOOST_IOSTREAMS_DECL</code> to
47    <code>file_descriptor_source</code> and
48    <code>file_descriptor_sink</code> fixing their use in dynamic libraries
49    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4335">#4335</a>).
50  </li>
51  <li>
52    Rejigger <code>file_descriptors</code> handling of
53    <code>std::ios_base::openmode</code> to match <code>std::fstream</code>.
54    In particular, truncate existing files, if
55    <code>std::ios_base::trunc</code> is passed
56    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3323">#3323</a>).
57  </li>
58  <li>
59    Open files in append mode on Windows instead of seeking to the end at every
60    write when <code>std::ios_base::app</code> is passed
61    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3323">#3323</a>).
62  </li>
63</ul>
64
65<p>Compression/decompression fixes:</p>
66
67<ul>
68  <li>
69    Don't end the stream produced by a reading through a symmetric_filter
70    prematurely
71    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2318">#2318</a>).
72  </li>
73  <li>
74    Allow building zlib 1.2.4+, using a glob to include only source files that
75    actually exist
76    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4091">#4091</a>).
77  </li>
78  <li>
79    Fix compressing an empty string.
80  </li>
81  <li>
82    Allow bzip2 filters to be closed even if no input has been read
83    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3348">#3348</a>).
84  </li>
85  <li>
86    Throw an exception on an unexpected end of file in
87    <code>bzip2_decompressor</code> instead of going into an infinite loop
88    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2783">#2783</a>).
89  </li>
90  <li>
91    Reset the crc for zlib when we reuse a filter.
92  </li>
93  <li>
94    Make <code>gzip_decompressor</code> a <code>DualUseFilter</code>
95    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1579">#1579</a>).
96  </li>
97  <li>
98    Allow <code>bzip2_decompressor</code> to process multiple concatenated
99    streams
100    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3853">#3853</a>).
101  </li>
102</ul>
103
104<p>Other fixes:</p>
105
106<ul>
107  <li>
108    Make <code>aggregate_filter</code> work with wide characters
109    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3851">#3851</a>).
110  </li>
111  <li>
112    Make <code>symmetric_filter</code> compile with <code>wchar_t</code>
113    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3279">#3279</a>).
114  </li>
115  <li>
116    Fix <code>boost/iostreams/detail/resolve.hpp</code> compilation on xlc.
117  </li>
118  <li>
119    Fix definition of <code>multichar_dual_use_filter_tag</code>
120    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3689">#3689</a>).
121  </li>
122  <li>
123    Make <code>concept_adapter</code> work with custom <code>char_traits</code>
124    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2356">#2356</a>).
125  </li>
126  <li>
127    On windows, open mapped files with just read/write permissions, rather than
128    full control - which might not be available
129    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2996">#2996</a>).
130  </li>
131  <li>
132    Make sure that <code>direct_streambuf</code> and
133    <code>indirect_streambuf</code> are reset correctly on open
134    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4102">#4102</a>).
135  </li>
136  <li>
137    Make <code>basic_file</code> and <code>basic_file_sync</code>
138    <code>Flushable</code>
139    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2998">#2998</a>).
140  </li>
141  <li>
142    Several documentation improvements, including
143    documenting private mapping with <code>mapped_file</code>
144    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1612">#1612</a>).
145  </li>
146  <li>
147    Make the tests more reliable by using Boost.Filesystem's
148    <code>unique_path</code> instead of <code>tmpnam</code>
149    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2325">#2325</a>).
150  </li>
151</ul>
152
153<h4>1.43</h4>
154
155<p>
156More fixes.
157</p>
158
159<ul>
160  <li>
161    Fix <code>write_device_impl&lt;ostream_tag&gt;</code>
162    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3839">#3839</a>).
163  </li>
164  <li>
165    Fix error checks after calling SetFilePointer
166    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3953">#3953</a>).
167  </li>
168  <li>
169    Gzip filter shouldn't require its source to be peekable
170    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3723">#3723</a>).
171  </li>
172  <li>
173    In <code>position_to_offset</code>, only cast to
174    <code>stream_offset</code> after calculating <code>_Myoff</code>
175    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3969">#3969</a>).
176  </li>
177  <li>
178    <code>ptrdiff_t</code> is in <code>std</code>
179    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2505">#2505</a>).
180  </li>
181</ul>
182
183<h4>1.42</h4>
184
185<p>
186Fixed many outstanding issues. Thanks to Richard Smith for working on a lot
187of these changes.
188</p>
189
190<ul>
191  <li>
192    Allocate exceptions on the stack, not the heap (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3612">#3612</a>).
193  </li>
194  <li>
195    Fix unthrown exceptions. (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3311">#3311</a>).
196  </li>
197  <li>
198    Use <code>boost::throw_exception</code> to throw exceptions
199    (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2094">#2094</a>).
200  </li>
201  <li>
202    Add missing include guard (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3010">#3010</a>).
203  </li>
204  <li>
205    Use the correct type for buffer_size and pback_size parameters (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2894">#2894</a>).
206  </li>
207  <li>
208    Support <code>boost::ref(std::istream)</code> in code_converter (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3011">#3011</a>).
209  </li>
210  <li>
211    Fix CRC on x64 during gzip decompression (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3352">#3352</a>).
212  </li>
213  <li>
214    Fix mapped file errors in windows (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3505">#3505</a>).
215  </li>
216  <li>
217    Improved support for Visual C++ 2010.
218  </li>
219  <li>
220    Fix usage requirements in boost build.
221  </li>
222  <li>
223    Fix some boundary checks in <code>restrict</code> and <code>slice</code>.
224  </li>
225  <li>
226    Some minor documentation fixes.
227  </li>
228  <li>
229    Avoid Apple macro substitutions for <code>check</code>.
230  </li>
231</ul>
232
233<h4>1.41</h4>
234
235<p>
236Some old unreleased developments. There are still several open issues that
237should be fixed in the next version.
238</p>
239<ul>
240  <li>
241    Add a grep filter (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1627">#1627</a>).
242  </li>
243  <li>
244    Support archives with multiple members (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1896">#1896</a>).
245  </li>
246  <li>
247    Make <code><span class="identifier">tee</span></code> work with input
248    streams (<a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/791">#791</a>).
249  </li>
250  <li>
251    Improved filesystem interoperability.
252  </li>
253  <li>
254    Several warnings fixed or suppressed (including
255    <a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1618">#1618</a>,
256    <a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1875">#1875</a>,
257    <a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2779">#2779</a>).
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259  <li>
260    Various other fixes (including
261    <a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1580">#1580</a>,
262    <a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1671">#1671</a>).
263  </li>
264</ul>
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266<h3>1.35</h3>
267
268<P>1. The semantics of <A HREF="functions/close.html"><CODE>close</CODE></A> has been modified:</P>
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271<LI>Calling <CODE>close</CODE> with a <CODE>std::ios_base::openmode</CODE> other than <CODE>in</CODE> or <CODE>out</CODE> is deprecated.</LI>
272<LI>A new overload of <CODE>close</CODE> taking a single Device argument has been provided as a convenience.</LI>
273<LI><A HREF="concepts/dual_use_filter.html">DualUseFilters</A> receive only one closure notification.</LI>
274<LI><A HREF="guide/generic_streams.html">Generic streams and stream buffers</A> and <A HREF="guide/filtering_streams.html">filtering streams and stream buffers</A> are now <A HREF="concepts/closable.html">Closable</A>. For filtering streams and stream buffers, <CODE>close</CODE> calls <A HREF="classes/filtering_stream.html#pop"><CODE>pop</CODE></A>.
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277<P><EM>These changes will break some existing code</EM>. They were necessary to resolve inconsistencies in the prior specification that resulted in a number of reported bugs.</P>
278
279<P>2. The function template <a href="functions/slice.html"><code>slice</code></a> has been introduced as an alias of <a href="functions/restrict.html"><code>restrict</code></a>, for platforms that treat <code>restrict</code> as a keyword.</P>
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281<P>3. Numerous bugs have been fixed, many relating to <a href="functions/close.html"><code>close</code></a>, <a href="functions/copy.html"><code>copy</code></a>, and <a href="classes/file_descriptor.html">file descriptors</a>.</P>
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