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Subject: Re: [boost] Library for configuration file parsing
From: Rob Riggs (rob_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-28 23:09:15


On 11/28/2010 05:54 PM, Marsh Ray wrote:
> Honestly, the couple of times I've tried to use Spirit I have not been
> successful. I've done a few templates in my time but that library
> blows my mind. The concept is brilliant - and its implementation, heroic.
> But trying to actually use it tends to just make me feel dumb.
You are not the only one.
> Something I could understand in a debugger or, more importantly,
> review for security in a network-facing application.
+1

The use of JSON will go far beyond that of a config file parser. The
number of "eyes" that can grok Spirit code and accurately review it are
vanishingly small.

Rob


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