Re: [boost] [GSoC] Helping out Phoenix v3

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC] Helping out Phoenix v3
From: Thomas Heller (thom.heller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-04 01:22:00

On Tuesday 04 May 2010 05:31:54 Joel de Guzman wrote:
> On 5/4/2010 8:05 AM, Eric Niebler wrote:
> > On 4/29/2010 10:41 PM, Thomas Heller wrote:
> >> On Thursday 29 April 2010 19:54:03 Eric Niebler wrote:
> >>> I've uploaded a simplified and cleaner version of this prototype here:
> >>> 
> >>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/attachment/wiki/BoostPhoenix3/miniphoe
> >>> nix2.cpp
> >>> 
> >>> It requires proto on boost trunk. At some point, I'll need to add to
> >>> proto a hook to make it simpler to customize the terminal capture
> >>> behavior.
> >> 
> >> Thanks for the update.
> >> I will have to examine it more closely. On first sight it looks very
> >> clean. What i miss is the easy extentability. Do you have an idea for
> >> that? I am currently working on getting Joel Falcous more phoenix like.
> >> After that, i think i will want to merge your two approaches.
> >> What do you think?
> > 
> > Sorry for the delayed response. Extensibility is the strength of this
> > phoenix design. Notice that it takes only about 80 lines of code to
> > implement the core of phoenix. Even the placeholders are implemented as
> > non-invasive extensions of this core. It's an open question whether it's
> > desirable to hide the proto bits when exposing these customization
> > points, and if so, what that would look like.
> 
> Thomas, as main architect of Phoenix, I'd like to take charge in
> developing the core of Phoenix. Please give me some time though.
> Right now I'm focused on BoostCon. Next week, at BoostCon, I'll
> find some time to come up with an overall strategy on how we'll
> tackle this.
> 
> At any rate, I do admire your enthusiasm. Please keep it up! :-)

Alright. I will be happy to share my thoughts i donated to phoenix in the last 
weeks, and postpone my experiments with the prototypes.