Re: [boost] [msm] scalability

Subject: Re: [boost] [msm] scalability
From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-13 08:18:21

Hi Christophe,

Christophe Henry wrote:
>>> It might be interesting to contemplate a "fast-compile mode" that
>>> builds the same logical state machine using the same input syntax but
>>> trades away a little run time for compile time.
>> Yes, I'd be willing to trade that, as my SM is not running in a real
>> time environment, but is managing user mouse and menu management.
> 
> I'm also thinking about such back-end but I think the trade-off is
> likely to be not so much against run-time but UML features. I'm think
> about transition conflicts. This one is pretty hard on the compiler.
> I'd  also bet on submachines and entry/exit pseudo states.
> 
> If one is ready to give these ones up, I think we can have pretty
> easily something running without speed loss (I'd even bet on a speed
> gain). All it'd take would be the MPL book example cooked with the MSM
> sauce.

That'd be great. Let me know how I can help.

Jeff