Re: [boost] "Software Development using the C++ Boost Library", book in preparatiion

Subject: Re: [boost] "Software Development using the C++ Boost Library", book in preparatiion
From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-15 21:40:16

On 2/16/2010 12:24 PM, Andreas Haberstroh wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> On 2/15/2010 1:55 PM, Daniel J. Duffy wrote:
>>>
>>> 3. Text and String Processing
>>>
>>> Regex
>>>
>>> String Algo
>>>
>>> Tokenizer
>>>
>>> Xpressive
>>>
>>
>> What? Text processing without Spirit? ;-)
>
> Spirit deserves it's own book.
> ;-)

Ha! In all seriousness, it should be possible to find some simple 
examples that hint at Spirit's power without opening the whole can of 
whoopass.

Now that Boost.Regex is standard, I wouldn't put it in a book about 
Boost (unless of course you focus on the features Boost.Regex offers 
above and beyond the standard).

-- 
Eric Niebler
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com