Re: [boost] Formal Review: The Spirit Parser Framework.

From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-11 11:03:33

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From: <scleary_at_[hidden]>

> Is the Phoenix library also up for review at this time?

No.

> To those tuning in: Phoenix is a co-library of Spirit that provides
> functional programming in a manner similar to lambda/bind/FC++. The Spirit
> library, due to its design, benifits tremendously from a functional
> programming library -- but does not depend on one.

Yes, Spirit is independent of Phoenix. Semantic actions are just functors.
You can use STL, boost.lambda, bind.. etc... Phoenix is just a test-bed 
for advanced FP in C++. Features such as local functions, local variables,
closures were original Phoenix innovations. Boost.Lambda has since acquired 
these features (especially closures). 

Cheers,
--Joel