Boost C++ Libraries

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Release Notes

Boost 1.79.0

API Changes

#650 Standalone mode of the library is removed. Users who wish to continue using standalone JSON can switch to the C++ Alliance fork.

New Features

#480 Add support for JSON Pointer.

Improvements

Add std::error_code overloads.
#680 Add boost::source_location to error_codes.

Fixes

#668 Naturally grow string during serialization.

Boost 1.78.0

API Changes

#628 Standalone mode of the library is removed.

Boost 1.78.0

API Changes

#628 Standalone mode of the library is deprecated.

New Features

#549 #550 Allow external libraries to forward declare value_to and value_from.

Fixes

#608 #612 Fixed signed integer overflow in number parsing.
#620 Documentation fixes.

Improvements

#557 Add support for /Zc:implicitNoexcept- on MSVC.

Boost 1.77.0

New Features

#538 Implicit conversion operator from string to std::string_view.
#521 std::hash specializations for json types.

Fixes

object deallocates the correct size.
Fixed crash when constructing array from a pair of iterators that form an empty range.
key_value_pair allocates with the correct alignment.

Improvements

value_to supports TupleLike types.
value_to and value_from support std::array and similar types.

Boost 1.76.0

Fixes

#481 Refactored value_from implementation; user customizations are now always preferred over library-provided overloads.
#484 Fixed imprecise parsing for some floating point numbers.
#485 Fixed link errors in standalone mode, when used alongside Boost.
#497 Fix Boost.Build builds on GCC 4.8.

Boost 1.75.0

Initial release.