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

From: Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-07-12 00:54:22

> > Just adding some non-standard indentation to that makes it 
> almost as 
> > clear as I need.  You don't need the {}, but it keeps your editor's 
> > auto-indent happy:
> >
> > articleinfo ai;
> > {
> >    if (title) ai.push_back(comment("This title was moved"));
> >    author a;
> >    {
> >      a.push_back(firstname("Joe"));
> >      a.push_back(surname("Random"));
> >      ai.push_back(a);
> >    }
> >    root.push_back(ai);
> > }
> 
> Instantiating every node you have to add is just too much 
> unnecessary burden. I can't see how the user gains with this, 
> instead of the declarative approach.

What about typesafety?
Isn't it better to insert firstname objects into articleinfo objects
than inserting tag objects into tag object?

Oliver