Re: [Boost-users] c++ parser with boost::spirit?

From: Leon Mergen (leon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-07 04:25:29

Andy Little wrote:

>>Has anyone created a c++ parser with boost::spirit?
>>    
>>
>
>I dont know if anyone has (though I believe Hartmut Kaiser created a C parser)
>but AFAIK the problem with C++ parsers in general is that they dont tell the
>whole story, because in C++ there is a huge amount of context specific
>information. 
>

Isn't this the problem with /all/ parsers, and in general, it is an AST 
treewalker that actually determines the context ?

As in, if you would want context, you would parse, build and AST, and 
then walk over the AST to determine the context... just as with any 
language ?

Regards,

Leon Mergen