Re: [boost] JSON Parsing Library for GSoC 14

Subject: Re: [boost] JSON Parsing Library for GSoC 14
From: David Bellot (david.bellot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-28 03:15:10

As for the JSON library, if I'm correct there is already something in
Boost.PropertyTree that works pretty well ?
See:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/boost_propertytree/parsers.html

However, maybe generalizing the idea of parsing tag based text files could
be a great addition to Boost. A little bit like Boost.Proto is a library
for creating DSL in C++, you could try to make a library to parse tag based
language and as a proof of concept, show that it can parse XML, JSON and a
subset of LaTeX.

By the way, this gentleman would like to be mentored for GSOC 2014. I
personally recommend him.

Best,
David

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Ganesh Prasad <sir.gnsp_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I already have done some work over such a library, but this library by me
> has limited features and need to be improvised.
> And hence, I am thinking about doing this work during this GSoC 14. But I
> have certain questions about it.
>
> 1) Who will be taking the design decisions for the development of the
> library ? Whether the student or the mentor will be responsible for the
> decisions ?
>
> 2) To which formats should the library parse the JSON ? The current library
> by me parses JSON to Maps and Vectors. I am intending to provide
> flexibility, but if some specifications will be available it'll be helpful.
>
> 3) Is the library to be kept as simple as possible in terms of User
> Interface ? Or, should we use factory patterns to provide more flexibility
> to the advanced users ?
>
> Have a nice day, everybody.
> Best wishes
> Ganesh Prasad
>
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