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From: Darren Cook (darren_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-17 22:47:06


> - Ever try to write a regular expression to match balanced, nested tags?

Yes, it is horrible.

> Since ET's are native code, they can refer to other ET's (and
> themselves!) in a natural way, so you can build recursive parsers out of
> them.

Can you show an example of how this would work? How is this different from
using Spirit?

> In short, expression templates make regular expressions first-class
> citizens of C++.

Most regexes I've written have been constant at compile-time, and if you get
compile-time checking then this will be good.

Darren


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