[boost] traversal as visit_each replacement? (was Re: RFC Generic data structure traversal / manipulation library

From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-15 16:31:25

dan marsden wrote:
[snip]

 > I'm posting an early version of a library for manipulating
 > hierarchical data structures, for example the parse trees that are
 > produced by Spirit2. The library enables traversals, and local
 > modifications of complex data structures, without the need to
 > implement large amounts of repetitive traversal code.

Is there any reason why this couldn't replace visit_each:

http://www.boost.org/doc/html/boost/visit_each.html

?