Re: [boost] [Review] xpressive

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-13 07:47:40

"Bronek Kozicki" <brok_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:20050913142103.s6zwgckkcw8ww40k_at_webmail.spamcop.net...
> Cytowanie Andy Little <andy_at_[hidden]>:
>> Boost already has Regex. What is different about xpressive?
>
> I can not take part in full review for variety of reasons (primary I have 
> little
> knowledge of the problem domain and I'm on vacation now), but there is 
> something
> very important about xpressive - it provides static (compile-time) regular
> expressions.

I understand that and that seems sufficiently different from Regex, but does 
xpressive not also duplicate the runtime functionality in Regex, Regex being a 
candidate for standardisation?

regards
Andy Little