Re: [boost] Interest in a dynamic-state-machine framework?

From: Darryl Green (darryl.green_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-12 07:52:24

Cromwell Enage wrote:
> I'm currently Boostifying the FSM module currently
> located at <http://swiss-gd-knife.sourceforge.net/>. 

I'm not sure if I have a use for this or not. I'll describe some uses 
and you can decide if your fsm engine is fit for purpose....

Automated test scripts

I've cobbled a few transition-table based DSLs within scripting 
languages together to test protocols/any system that is stimulus driven 
with some sort of observable state or other response/output.

A sort of external event triggered media player (think some sort of 
laserdisk game scripting language and you will be close).

Customisation of call handling in PBXs etc.

At a glance, iiuc, your compile an FSM approach may be too static - at 
least when used to generate a compiled language. What I think I'm 
looking for is a scripting/DSL language for writing FSMs with good 
bindings to C++. I guess I should just write one with Spirit....

Regards
Darryl Green.