Re: [boost] Solicit for a tree class?

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-14 08:14:42

Daryle Walker wrote:
> On 11/9/05 9:21 PM, "Stefan Seefeld" <seefeld_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
>>I wish people would stop being so parser-focussed. I reiterate:
>>the API I suggest is about manipulating a DOM tree. The fact that
>>you *might* want to construct it from an XML file by means of a parser
>>is almost coincidental.
> 
> [TRUNCATE]
> 
> So, if we had a Tree container class (template), you could build the DOM
> class out of that?  Maybe a tree type is something else we should be looking
> for Boost.  (If you don't want to wait, you could build your DOM type,
> internal tree and all, and later consider promoting that tree type as a
> fully acknowledged Boost type.)

The question about whether the boost graph library and spirit could be
used came up before, which I already commented on in a previous posting
in this thread. The argument is essetially the same here.

Regards,
                Stefan