[boost] Re: RPC library

From: Jarl Lindrud (jlindrud_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-01 14:54:07

> 
> On my todo list is runtime reflection for interfaces, which I've been thinking
> might eventually form part of an RPC mechanism, together with
> Boost.Serialization. See

The thought's been on my mind as well...

> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6z55h
> 
> You're interface definitions look a lot like Boost IDL definitions:
> 
> http://www.kangaroologic.com/interfaces/libs/interfaces/doc/index.html?path=2.
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> 
> What kind of code needs to be generated by the macros to support your 
framework?
> 
> Jonathan

You can see the macro definitions in the include/Idl.hpp file, it's mainly code 
to generate dispatch ID's, to invoke marshaling of arguments, and to invoke 
target member functions. 

If it could all be subsumed under BOOST_IDL, that would be great.

/Jarl.