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

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC] Helping out Phoenix v3
From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-04 14:03:49

On 5/4/2010 4:37 AM, Hartmut Kaiser wrote:
>> Eric Niebler wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> Even if I'm only remotely connected to this I would like to emphasize the
> importance of a simple extension interface. By 'simple' I mean: hide Proto!
> We do not need the full power of Proto here and forcing every user to
> understand Proto's fine details before he is able to write his own actor is
> not good. Yes, it is possible to hide Proto completely behind a set of
> well-crafted domain specific (i.e. Phoenix) interfaces. This has been done
> already in Spirit (V2) and has proven to work well.

Hartmut, where can I find the documentation for Spirit's extensibility
mechanism?

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Eric Niebler
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