[boost] Re: whither the order language

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmutkaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-05 10:34:33

Vesa Karvonen wrote:

> Ronald Garcia wrote:
> >Where can I find a copy of the Order preprocessor language? The Boost
> >files section seems to have examples of its use, as well as a manual,
> >but I don't seem to see the implementation.
> 
> I removed the Order interpreter implementation from the files section some
> time ago, because it had changed significantly due to the discovery of a
> couple of techniques for removing certain practical limitations. The
> documentation and examples mostly reflect the current Order interpreter,
> but as I have not been working on the implementation for some time, the
> interpreter is not ready for publication. If you are really interested,
> then I could e-mail you a snapshot of the interpreter.
> 
> The current Order interpreter also uses C99 preprocessor features, namely
> variadics and placemarkers, so it is not immediately useful for C++
> programming. The latest GNU CPP and the Wave library are known to be able
> to preprocess the Order interpreter. Other preprocessors have not been
> tested, but it should be possible to port the interpreter to most (more or
> less buggy) preprocessors that support the C99 extensions.

Yes, I'm interested in getting the latest version of your Order library,
since I'm still using it as one of my test cases for Wave. Could you please
send it to me?

Regards Hartmut