Re: [boost] [gsoc] JSON?

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc] JSON?
From: Cory Nelson (phrosty_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-02 11:18:13

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Students and other interested parties,
>
> I would love it if there was a Boost quality JSON data parser, and optional
> printer, library. Currently I use one based on Spirit1 which has many
> drawbacks. I've been waiting for someone in the Spirit team, i.e. Joel, to
> have some mythical free time and inclination to write such a thing. But I'd
> really love one sooner, rather than later. Having one that is good and based
> on the latest Spirit would be wonderful.
>
> I can't say I have the time to mentor such a project. Hence this is just a
> though ;-)

If someone does take this on, please be careful about using Spirit! It
would be nice to be able to incrementally parse a large JSON document
without having to buffer it all first, or have iterators that block to
perform I/O, etc.

-- 
Cory Nelson
http://int64.org