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December 5, 2005 - Version 1.33.1

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:
          o The build now assumes Python 2.4 by default, rather than 2.2
          o Support Python that's built without Unicode support
          o 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:
          o Fixed a problem with the relaxed heap on x86 Linux (fixes bug in
            dijkstra_shortest_paths).
          o Fixed problems with cuthill_mckee_ordering and king_ordering
            producing no results.
          o Added color_map parameter to dijkstra_shortest_paths.

    * 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.

    * Wave library (V1.2.1) Fixed a couple of problems, refer to the change
      log for further details.