[boost] Re: Formal Review: FOREACH macro

From: Joel (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-04 21:21:57

Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)"
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail_at_[hidden]> wrote
> 
> 
>>... So I think it's entirely reasonable that building boost might
>>generate C++ using *other* tools. I bet such an approach would lead to
>>more maintainable and easy-to-understand code (only requiring knowledge
>>of general tools that should be in a boost developer's toolchest anyway)
>>instead of using the PP programming paradigm, of which learning I
>>believe is less rewarding.
> 
> 
> Interesting...  Can you provide an example of how would such a tool generate
> C++ based on the library user input...  Lets just start with the simplest
> one: the user wants to set maximum size of the mpl::vector<> to 50...  Can
> you explain how that would be achieved with an external tool?

For example, we can have a python script that will generate header
files for vector0 .. vector50 given some user supplied configs (with
defaults). I remember some people doing that before boost PP became
the norm (e.g. boost.python).

However... see my other post.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boost-consulting.com
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