Re: [boost] boost::proto overloads of operator()

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-11 14:46:40

Maurizio Vitale wrote:
> thanks, it sure helped a lot.
> 
> In my case I had to wrap proto::terminal inside a my_domain<>  
> wrapper. This was required
> with the simplified code I posted, but I'm mentioning it for the  
> benefit of others trying to learn proto.

Do you mean to say this was *not* required with the simple code you posted?

> 
> I still have a couple of issues:
> 	- although udt_ex(v) is now parsed, udt_ex(v1,v2) is not.

The following program compiles for me. I suspect the problem you're 
seeing is not in proto.

     #include <boost/xpressive/proto/proto.hpp>
     struct udt_tag {};
     boost::proto::terminal<udt_tag>::type const udt = {{}};
     int main() {
         udt(1,2);
         return 0;
     }

  I've tried
> to #define BOOST_PROTO_MAX_ARITY
>            to be 2, but this also doesn't seem to work (and if  
> debug.hpp is included you get an ambiguous overload
> 	  between debug.hpp:122 and rlocal.hpp:775.

I don't know what rlocal.hpp is. It is not a proto header. I suspect 
some other code you're including is interfering. I'm interested to see how.

  The ambiguity goes away
> with numbers larger than 2).
> 	  (anyhow BOOST_PROTO_MAX_ARITY seems to be defined to 5 in  
> proto_fwd.hpp)
> 
> 	- with your suggestion, when an object of class udt_ex is  
> encountered in an expression, the corresponding
> 	  node in the parse tree has a udt_tag.

Yes.

>            In my case udt contains additional data, not only extra  
> methods and types. What is a good way for getting
>            that information into the parse tree? 

Put the data in udt_tag. Then rename udt_tag to udt_data or some such.

Is specializing
> as_expr going in the right direction?
>   	  Basically, I'd like something like var/val in the lambda.cpp  
> test, but without having to explicitly decorate
> 	  expressions.

But you say above that you're already wrapping expressions. I'm 
confused. Maybe you could say a bit about your use case. Do you only 
want your udt terminals to have the extra data and members, or all 
expressions?

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Eric Niebler
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