Re: [boost] Demangler, summary.

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-30 11:00:58

From: Douglas Gregor <gregod_at_[hidden]>
> On Friday 30 August 2002 11:12 am, Carlo Wood wrote:
> > - The most general interface is
> >
> > template<typename Allocator>
> >   void demangle_type(
> >     std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, Allocator>& output,
> >     char const* input,
> >     size_t length = 0);
> >
> > Where length is the maximum number of character read from
> > the input, or 0 when input needs to be read till a terminating '\0'.
> >
> Well, if we're really worried about avoiding string copying altogether, we'll 
> want to generalize away the string entirely (so we could write directly to a 
> stream or into a non-string buffer, for instance). The interface could be 
> iterator-based, e.g.,
> 
> template<typename InputIterator, typename Allocator, typename OutputIterator>
> OutputIterator demangle_type(InputIterator first, InputIterator last,
>                              const Allocator& allocator, OutputIterator out);

I consider this approach inspired.  I would eliminate the
Allocator parameter, as I don't really think the library needs it
(still to be determined, of course).  This interface provides
maximal generality, isolates output cleanly, and avoids the
memory allocation problem (on output anyway).

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