[boost] Re: In the Spirit of Challenge

From: Dirk Gerrits (dirk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-08 13:18:09

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> "Paul Mensonides"  wrote in message
> news:001601c286c9$64eedf40$6401a8c0_at_c161550b...
> [about a C++ preprocessor]
>
> >This one I'd like to see, but it might be too easy.  There isn't much to
> >Cpp.
>
>
> Explain this to the MSVC and MWCW folks. They both got it wrong. 
> That's the main reason for which I'd like an open-source, good quality 
> C++ preprocessor.
>
> And by the way, I understand some preprocessors take a pathologically 
> long time with the Preprocessor Library (something I'm too scared to 
> look at) so if Boost had a preprocessor offering, that would come in 
> handily. Then, users could combine the Boost preprocessor with their 
> compiler.

If a Spirit-based C/C++ preprocessor could really be faster with the 
Boost Preprocessor Library than commercial quality preprocessors 'out 
there' that would really rock! :D

Dirk