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Subject: Re: [boost] [Spirit] Retrieve informations out of tokens
From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-06-26 14:51:05


On 26.06.2013, at 15:22, ... ... wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to create a c++ syntax analysor (for creating auto-completion tools), and to help me, I want to use the boost.spirit library.

Are you sure you want to do that? C++ syntax is horrible and extremely context-dependent. If you want to create auto-completion tools, writing a full syntax analysis is mostly wasted time. I suggest you try Clang's libraries instead.

Sebastian


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