[Boost-users] boost lambda and proto [was: Boost books [was: Hi]]

Subject: [Boost-users] boost lambda and proto [was: Boost books [was: Hi]]
From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-08 21:13:58

Chandra Kumar wrote:
> I was terrorized to see the example in proto which implements a 
> simple lambda DSEL using proto.

You were terrorized?! I didn't know my code inspired terror. ;-)

> It is a great code cutter I guess.
> 
> Do you think that the boost lambda will eventually be re-written 
> using proto in near future?

Yes, actually. Or rather, Boost.Phoenix, the library that will supersede
Boost.Lambda, will be rewritten using Proto. There is already a
prototype in SVN at branches/proto/v4/boost/phoenix.

> Or maybe the rest of the boost libraries(including GIL, BGL) will be 
> re-written too in proto?

The boost libraries that are expression template-based domain-specific
embedded languages are the ones that could benefit from Proto. The rest
are fine as they are. We don't want to terrorize anybody needlessly.

> Many a thanks for showing us the pinnacle of c++.

Flattered, thank you.

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Eric Niebler
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