Re: [Boost-users] Fw: xpressive app question

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Fw: xpressive app question
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-05 17:54:32

Eric Niebler wrote:
> (Resending from the correct email address.)
> 
> ------Original Message------ From: Eric Niebler To: biolaser To:
> boost-users_at_[hidden] ReplyTo: eric.niebler_at_[hidden] Subject:
> Re: xpressive app question Sent: Jul 4, 2009 12:03 PM
> 
> (Apologies for the top-post. Darn Blackberry.) Hi William, In the
> future, please send end user questions about Boost libraries to
> boost-users_at_lists.boost.org. Xpressive grammars with semantic actions
> have all the power to build any kind of parser you need, context-free
> or otherwise. I think it will work well for you. Another option to
> consider is Boost.Spirit, which is designed with the lex/yacc
> scenarios in mind. It is a very powerful parser generator, but
> without xpressive's dynamic grammar facilities. If you go that route,
> I'd recommend Spirit2, which is still under development but very
> usable, clean and powerful. 

Spirit2 is quite stable now. We are still working on the docs, but
the tutorials and examples should get you started quickly:

     http://tinyurl.com/ozdsjo

Cheers,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boostpro.com
http://spirit.sf.net