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Latest News

February 10, 2001 - Version 1.20.2

Array traits minor portability fix.
Graph Library - Changes to breadth_first_search() re: BFSVisitor, added max flow algorithms edmunds_karp_max_flow() and push_relabel_max_flow(), added adjacency_matrix graph class, added filtered_graph adaptor
Integer Library: minor fixes to integer.hpp and integer_test.cpp
Portability Hints: Microsoft Visual C++ added.
Random Number Library: Minor portability fixes
Rational Number Library: documentation updates, efficiency improvements, co-operates with user-defined types, regression tests
Regular Expression Library minor updates.
Smart Pointer Library: shared_ptr example added..
Timer Library: changed to an all inline implementation.

January 10, 2001 - Version 1.20.1

compressed_pair.hpp minor update fixes test failures of other libraries under VC++.
Graph Library minor updates.
Regular Expression Library minor updates.
Minor website fixes including missing files in boost_all.zip.

January 6, 2001 - Version 1.20.0

Conversion Library added - cast and lexical_cast headers from Dave Abrahams and Kevlin Henney.
Web site moved to a larger host after the old ISP collapsed unexpectedly.
Regression tests now include execution testing. See Compiler Status.
Discussion Policy page added.
Array Library minor documentation improvements.
Graph Library minor updates.
Regular Expression Library minor updates.

December 10, 2000 - Version 1.19.0

Concept Check Library added - tools for generic programming from Jeremy Siek.
Python Library added - reflects C++ classes and functions into Python, from Dave Abrahams.
Static Assert Library added - compile time assertions from John Maddock
Property Map Concepts added - interfaces which map key objects to value objects from Jeremy Siek.
Graph Library minor updates.
Regular Expression Library minor updates.
Library Requirements and Guidelines - directory name policy added.
FAQ updated.

November 18, 2000 - Version 1.18.3

Graph Library minor fixes and additions.
Regular Expression Library minor fixes.
cast.hpp Borland compiler fixes.
cstdint.hpp changed to no longer expose names to the global namespace.
BeOS5/Intel compiler status contributed by John Maddock.
Compiler Status added two additional test programs .

November 3, 2000 - Version 1.18.2

Cast Library Fix numeric_cast<> bugs with floating types.
Graph Library minor fixes.
Regular Expression Library minor fixes.
Configuration Header more fixes for broken compilers.
Boost Header Dependencies page added.
Terminology change: Several headers previously lumped together as a "utility" library are now considered separate libraries. For historical reasons, their non-header files still live in the "utility" sub-directory.

Revised 10 February 2001