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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-11 23:12:41

on Wed Jul 11 2007, Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard-AT-etu.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> 
>>     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

Maybe that's the point ;-)

> but it certainly integrates better into C++.

That too.

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