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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-12 14:04:27

on Wed Jul 11 2007, "Jake Voytko" <jakevoytko-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Splitting the difference (or so I hope) between easy trees/expressiveness
> and standard syntax, how about something like this?
>
> root.push_front
> (
>   tag("Article Info",
>      (title ? (comment("This title was moved"), title) : NULL)
>      (tag("author",
>           (tag("firstname", "Joe"))
>           (tag("surname", "Random"))
>       ))
>   )
> );

How does that improve things?
What do you mean by "standard syntax?"

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