Re: [boost] Phoenix 3 Review

Subject: Re: [boost] Phoenix 3 Review
From: Thomas Heller (thom.heller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-02 12:49:29

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> So here is my short review on phoenix 3.
> I wont comment on the quality of the code and the implementation as I
> followed Thomas durign his GSoC.
>
> On an user perspective, i'll place myself on the "advacned user" plate. i
> see Phoenix as a great to enable lazy evalaution in a large number of
> situation. its integration in proto is now making it a nice boilerplate code
> for more advanced libraries. I've played with test adn examples and found
> them to be good.
>
> My overall opinion is that YES, this version of Phoenix fulfills the
> requirements of th eprevious review adn thomas addressed them in quite an
> efficient way.

Thanks.

> Now, as an advanced nitpicker ;) i have a small set of request:
>
> Â - the doc need more examples of proto interoperability either in use cases
> or in various extension points. IIRC there was sone phoenix-> C cod ein a
> string example that was never finished, it coudl be good if this could be
> fleshed out. multistage programming is a Nice technique that need promotion
> and exposure. Phoenix seems to be perfect for that.
>
> Â - Could the various compile time / runtime performances tests be itnegrated
> in the doc if they are a/ done and b/ give some insight. If needed i can run
> some on non-trivial architecture/compiler and report results

Yes, these topics will be addressed soon.

> So, I very welcome the addition of Phoenix 3 as a full citizen of boost.
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