Re: [boost] Spirit Iterators

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-30 08:31:50

From: joel de guzman <isis-tech_at_[hidden]>
> 
> I posted the initial release of Spirit with iterators as 
> proposed here. The Kleene star (*, zero or more) 
> and the positive operator (+, one or more) remain 
> as is. In addition, the new iterator syntax generalizes 
> repetitions. We have:
> 
>     a.Repeat(8);            // repeat a 8 times
>     a.Repeat(8, 20);      // repeat a 8 to 20 times
>     a.Repeat(8, more);  // repeat a 8 or more times
>
> And shorthands:
> 
>     a(8);             // repeat a 8 times 
>     a(8, 20);       // repeat a 8 to 20 times 
>     a(8, more);   // repeat a 8 or more times

This is just a vague feeling, but I wonder if using this
shorthand for repetition might not foreclose some more
interesting future use of operator() ?

> The documentation will be updated to reflect this additions. 
> Rule<> toDo = (code >> document)(1, more);
> 
> as usual: http://isis-tech.n3.net/
> 
> Cheers,
> Joel de Guzman