Re: [jamboost] Re: Python port: current status

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-01 02:28:36

On Monday 31 January 2005 19:31, Joao Abecasis wrote:

> Vladimir Prus wrote:
> >>- Jamfile parser
> >
> > I'll see what I can do about it. Loading of project is highly dependent
> > on Jamfile parser, so I think it's the first thing I should do.
>
> Is there any interest in having the Jamfile parser written in C++, with
> the help of Spirit?

I can't comment on this idea, because I don't know what engineering benefits 
that will bring. We have jam parser which works and never was a maintenance 
problem. Any rewrite of parser -- in Python, in Spirit (or even in parser 
generator that I co-develop ;-) ) must be justified. 

- Volodya