[boost] Re: Visitor-based framework to describe classes with example ofobjectdump in XML format

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-10 08:33:21

Alexander Nasonov <alnsn-mycop_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Sometimes it's fine to have an introspection only at runtime. I just want to 
> avoid duplications of class descriptions by multiple libraries. For 
> example, Python and luabind  could share common introspection information. 
> This is why I'm using visitors. Every intronspection elelemnt has 
> correspondent node that can be visited. The challenge is to build a 
> complete set of nodes with a complete set of operations.

Alexander,

If you think this code could become a common foundation for the
Boost.Python/Luabind integration, perhaps you'd like to bring it up on
the boost-langbinding list?  It seems like that could be very useful.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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