Re: [boost] Any interest in creating new CORBA IDL to C++ mapping?

Subject: Re: [boost] Any interest in creating new CORBA IDL to C++ mapping?
From: Johnny Willemsen (jwillemsen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-15 03:49:44

Hi,

>> We are talking with various users of TAO to see if we can create a new
>> modern IDL to C++ mapping. The idea is to drop all old compilers which
>> lead to the current mapping and make a new IDL to C++ mapping that is
>> using the latest draft C++0x standard.
>>
>> We want to use full STL, shared_ptr, r-value, and everything else we
>> could need. The idea is to prototype this first in TAO and than see if
>> on the long term we can propose a new IDL to C++ V2 mapping to the OMG
>>
>> I did find some discussions on this list about 2 years ago, are people
>> interested in this effort, any input is welcome.
>>
> Have you talked to Duncan Grisby, the omniORB maintainer, and the MICO
> folks yet? What is their take on it?

Not yet, it is on my todo list, just as hundreds of other points ;-)

Johnny