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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-13 16:55:28

on Fri Jul 13 2007, Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard-AT-etu.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:

> Peter Dimov a écrit :
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>>>>     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.
>> 
>> You're optimizing the wrong case, a toy example.
>
> Its best usage is obviously for an XML template, where variables 
> directly maps to the contents of an XML structure.

Yes, that's where I've used it most.

> To do that, people usually invent pseudo-languages that integrate
> into XML, but then they end up duplicating full programming
> languages, with an even uglier syntax.

Yep.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com
The Astoria Seminar ==> http://www.astoriaseminar.com