Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review (concrete complaint)

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review (concrete complaint)
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-07 09:12:06

On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:52:23 +0100
Joel Falcou <joel.falcou_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>> How would the expression's code know anything about x, or have access
>> to its allocated memory? If the template is operator+, you'd have to
>> pass x to it somehow. If it's not, operator+ would have to allocate
>> some memory for a temporary, wouldn't it?
>
> x just have a operator= taking a interge_expression<X> type whcich 
> contains the whole a+b abstract syntax tree. From there, there is 
> countless techniques to iterate over the AST, transform it or
> evaluate it as code.

Ahhhh... that's an application I'd never considered. I'll have to look
into it. Thank you.
-- 
Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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