Re: [boost] GCC-XML extension: an annoucement.

From: Thomas Matelich (sosedada_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-01-23 18:34:34

Refactoring here I come!

Jeremy Siek wrote:

> Wow, opensource is great! You dream about something (gcc->xml)
> and before you know it, someone goes and does it!
>
> Two applications of this I'm particularly interested in are:
>   - automatic browsing info/documentation generation
>   - automatic concept check generation
>
> I hope this project comes to fruition soon!
>
> Cheers,
> Jeremy
>
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:
>
> prabhu> Hi,
> prabhu>
> prabhu> This post is to announce the existence of a sponsored project on the
> prabhu> GCC-XML extension to GCC by the folks at Kitware (www.kitware.com).
> prabhu> Brad King <brad.king_at_[hidden]> is the lead developer (the only
> prabhu> one?).  He told me earlier that the exact reason he wrote the gcc-xml
> prabhu> extension was to do wrapper generation for C++ code.  Right now
> prabhu> gcc-xml is still under heavy development and there is not too much
> prabhu> information on the wrapper generators themselves.  The GCC-XML home
> prabhu> page is here:
> prabhu>
> prabhu>      http://public.kitware.com/GCC_XML/
> prabhu>
> prabhu> I think Brad has subscribed to boost but mentioned that:
> prabhu>
> prabhu>      "It would be great to have input for a DTD from people who know
> prabhu>      so much about C++."
> prabhu>
> prabhu> I thought you folks might be interested in this project.  My
> prabhu> apologies, if this is off topic.  In any case, it looks like my
> prabhu> original wish for BPL to have an automatic parser with auto generation
> prabhu> of wrapper code will come true, soon. :)
> prabhu>
> prabhu> prabhu
> prabhu>
> prabhu>
> prabhu>
> prabhu>
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>  Jeremy Siek                        www: http://www.lsc.nd.edu/~jsiek/
>  Ph.D. Candidate                  email: jsiek_at_[hidden]
>  Univ. of Notre Dame         work phone: [phone]
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