Re: [boost] The C++ Post-Processor

Subject: Re: [boost] The C++ Post-Processor
From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-19 17:51:09

On 10/19/09 15:54, Pierre Morcello wrote:
 >>> >From : Jeffrey Bosboom
 >>>> While annotation processors are not
 >>>> allowed to modify the original source files, they are
 >>>> allowed to generate new files that get passed to the
 >>>> compiler

[snip]
 > Concerning automatic reflection system, I know 2 possibilities to
 > access the name of some classes and methods and their quality
 > (without doing a C++ parser). The first one is to use doxygen
 > directly to generate xml to parse. It produces lots of errors but
 > may be enough for simple uses. There is also visual studio which can
 > ouput xml (it's huge!). I never used the visual studio system though
 > (I mean for reflection). But in both case it's possible to use it
 > (to generate new C++ files, or to feed the program directly). I just
 > say that because it may help.

 > Concerning C++ parsing, I suppose that it is a beautiful wish, but
 > as long as nobody propose a good interface to extract the data out
 > of a bunch of C++ files + configuration generation (including
 > classes, typedef, templates, but also commentaries, pragma, spaces,
 > etc... for code refactoring), then it won't be possible to propose
 > any good implementation. First it needs a tremendous work for
 > specifying a complete convincing C++ interface, then only the
 > implementation might be done.
[snip]

The Texas A&M Profit project *may* be relevant.  I've just looked at:

   http://parasol.tamu.edu/pivot/index.html

and it seems to be somewhat related.

-regards,
Larry