Boost 1.63.0 has been announced for general availability. This release comes with a host of updated libraries which includes added features and bug fixes.
Boost is an collection of cross platform and open source C++ source libraries used to build high quality applications. It promotes code reuse, fewer bugs and quicker development timelines. Some of the libraries within Boost have already been included in the C++11 standard and more have been proposed for inclusion in the C++17 standard.
Highlights of the Boost 1.63.0 Update
Several of the libraries have been updated and these include Atomic with improved conformance with C++17 and support for Oracle Studio. Container and Context have a few bugIn computing technology, a bug is an unintentional coding error in a computer application program, hardware device or operating system. Bugs can typically cause annoying computer glitches, or cause more serious problems including life-threatening situations. In 2018 and 2019 a bug in the sensor on the Boeing 737 Max caused Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 to... More problems taken care of. Fiber
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Fusion has gotten a few fixes and improvements so is the same Geometry. Hash, Interprocess, Intrusive and Lexical Cast also get much needed fixes. Log gets bugIn computing technology, a bug is an unintentional coding error in a computer application program, hardware device or operating system. Bugs can typically cause annoying computer glitches, or cause more serious problems including life-threatening situations. In 2018 and 2019 a bug in the sensor on the Boeing 737 Max caused Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 to... More fixes and new features added to it while Metaparse and Move also gets some improvements as is the case with Optional.
Phoenix and Python now have added support for C++11. Test gets some bugIn computing technology, a bug is an unintentional coding error in a computer application program, hardware device or operating system. Bugs can typically cause annoying computer glitches, or cause more serious problems including life-threatening situations. In 2018 and 2019 a bug in the sensor on the Boeing 737 Max caused Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 to... More fixes while TypeIndex has gotten some improvements added. Units also gets some improvements while Unordered gets some bugIn computing technology, a bug is an unintentional coding error in a computer application program, hardware device or operating system. Bugs can typically cause annoying computer glitches, or cause more serious problems including life-threatening situations. In 2018 and 2019 a bug in the sensor on the Boeing 737 Max caused Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 to... More fixes as well as fixes.
For the complete list of additions and details on the improvements and fixes please visit the official Boost release page here.
Meanwhile you can download Boost 1.63.0 from the official download page here.