Re: [Boost-users] [dataflow]Component Library

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [dataflow]Component Library
From: Duane McKinney (duane.mckinney_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-25 12:35:19

> If you're talking about packaging the components in a shared library,
> yes - at one point I put together an example that shows how to package
> a shared component using the Extension library:
I think I was being a bit ambitious.  What I was thinking, is possibly a 
source forge project (or sandbox/wherever) which had boost::dataflow 
components that people had written, and had decided to share.  My 
experience in this area comes from gstreamer (gstreamer.freedesktop.org) 
which provides a library similar to boost::dataflow, but also provides 
libraries of componets for multimedia processing.
My previous example was probably a poor one, because it would be better 
implemented in boost::gil.  But if there were a library maintained of 
sources, components, and sinks.  It would be helpful.  It is likely that 
this would become a project on its own however.
Maybe you could list GStreamer in your "Support for more layers" section 
of the documentation.  I don't know if it would be something I would be 
capable of, if it makes sense, or how feasible it would be.
> 
> http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2008/09/40272.php
> 
> I am currently rewriting dataflow, and my first major goal is to have
> a dataflow system that makes extensive use of such libraries of
> components.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Stjepan
Thank you for you terrific work.