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

From: Ross Smith (r-smith_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-12 20:25:45

On Sunday, 13 October 2002 10:01, Dan Gohman wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 03:12:44PM +0200, Martin Wille wrote:
> > The problem with this is that
> >
> >   r |= a;
> >
> > would not be equivalent to
> >
> >   r = r | a;
>
> Actually, I meant to suggest this new operator|= be in addition to
> the existing operator=, in which case the above two would be
> equivalant. I think the operator|= would be more natural for writing
> traditional EBNF code, though.

I'd just like to second this. I think it's a very good idea.

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