Re: [Boost-users] [proto] [ was Re: [spirit2] Trivial parser crashes ]

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [proto] [ was Re: [spirit2] Trivial parser crashes ]
From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-18 10:54:26

Joel de Guzman wrote:
> On expressions:
> 
>     r %= some-expression;
> 
> The rule's operator%= kicks in. However, on expressions:
> 
>     r %= r2; // r and r2 has the same type
> 
> Then proto %= kicks in leaving it as a no-op. Nothing happens.
> Hence, the rhs is never "auto-assigned" to the lhs.
> 
> I'm not sure how to deal with this. Do you have a hint?
> I place the original test code here. Tracing the code, the
> first %= works as expected while the second and third becomes
> no-ops calling proto operator %=.

You can disable proto's operator%= by specifying a domain with a grammar 
to proto::extends as described in the docs. You could also try defining 
a rule::operator%=(rule) member and see if that one gets picked up.

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Eric Niebler
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