November 8, 2005 - Version 1.33.1 Beta

Updated Libraries

• Any Library: Cast to reference types introduced in 1.33.0 is now documented on any_cast documentation page.
• Config Library: Don't undef BOOST_LIB_TOOLSET after use.
• Boost.Python:
  • The build now assumes Python 2.4 by default, rather than 2.2
  • Support Python that's built without Unicode support
  • Support for wrapping classes with overloaded address-of (&) operators
• Smart Pointer Library: Fixed problems under Metrowerks CodeWarrior on PowerPC (Mac OS X) with inlining on, GNU GCC on PowerPC 64.
• Regex Library: Fixed the supplied makefiles, and other small compiler specific changes. Refer to the regex history page for more information on these and other small changes.
• Iostreams Library: Improved the interface for accessing a chain's components, added is_open members to the file and file descriptor devices, fixed memory-mapped files on Windows, and made minor changes to the documentation.
• Functional/Hash Library: Fixed the points example.
• Multi-index Containers Library: Fixed a problem with multithreaded code, and other minor changes. Refer to the library release notes for further details.
• Graph Library: Fixed a problem with the relaxed heap on x86 Linux. Fixed problems with cuthill_mckee_ordering and king_ordering producing no results.
• Signals Library: Fixed problems with the use of Signals across shared library boundaries.
• Thread library: read_write_mutex has been removed due to problems with deadlocks.