Re: [boost] RFC: Boost.XML API prototype in the sandbox

From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-11 14:19:32

David Abrahams wrote:

>   I find XML horrible to read, however I find most of the procedural
>   code I've seen for manipulating it even more horrible.
> 
> I would like to see a more declarative syntax for much of this stuff.
> 
>     element_ptr info = root->insert_element(root->begin_children(), "articleinfo");
>     if (title)
>     {
>       info->insert(info->begin_children(), title);
>       info->insert_comment(info->begin_children(), "This title was moved");
>     }
>     element_ptr author = info->append_element("author");
>     element_ptr firstname = author->append_element("firstname");
>     firstname->set_content("Joe");
>     element_ptr surname = author->append_element("surname");
>     surname->set_content("Random");
> 
> could be something like:
> 
>     root.push_front(
>         tag("articleinfo")[
>              title ? (comment("This title was moved"), title) : NULL
>            , tag("author")[
>                  tag("firstname")["Joe"],
>                  tag("surname")["Random"]
>              ]
>         ]
>     )

Interesting.
It doesn't look a lot like raw XML but it certainly integrates better 
into C++.