[Boost-users] TTI library updated in the sandbox to version 1.3

Subject: [Boost-users] TTI library updated in the sandbox to version 1.3
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-13 11:08:55

I have updated the TTI library in the sandbox 'tti' directory to version 
1.3.

The TTI library, which is an abbreviation for the 'Type Traits 
Introspection' library, allows a programmer to introspect at compile 
time the inner elements of a C++ type. The introspection process depends 
on specifying the name of the inner element by different macros for 
different types of elements, and then using a generated metafunction to 
determine whether that element exists within the enclosing type. The 
inner elements which can be introspected are type, class template, 
member data, member function, static member data, and static member 
function.

With this update no functionality in the library has changed, but names 
have changed. The major change is that the library has been Boostified 
for possible review.

1) The update changes the library to use the Boost naming conventions.
2) The names of the main header files have been shortened and changed to 
'tti.hpp' and 'tti_vm.hpp' respectively.
3) The macros in the library now start with BOOST_TTI.
4) The main namespace is now boost::tti.
5) Other filenames now follow Boost filename convention.
6) The documentation is distributed in both HTML and PDF format with 
indexes, and can be regenerated.
7) The variadic macro support in the library only works with the latest 
version 1.3+ of the variadic_maco_data library in the sandbox.

The TTI library is based on the type_traits_ext portion of the Concept 
Traits Library, with improvements and additions, and also reproduces 
functionality ( without changing existing code ), for the purposes of 
completeness, from Boost.MPL regarding introspection of types and templates.

The purpose of the library is to provide a consistent set of interfaces 
for doing compile-time introspection of a type, which other template 
metaprogrammers can use in their code. If you are at all interested in 
compile-time introspection of types, please take a look at the 
functionality of this library.

There is a readme.txt in the top-level directory, for anyone browsing 
the sandbox.

There is a build.txt file in the doc subdirectory for building the 
documentation and running the tests. The documentation is also included 
as part of the sandbox files for those who can not build the docs.

The library has been tested and works with gcc 3.4.2, 3.4.5, 4.3.0, 
4.4.0, 4.5.0-1, 4.5.2-1 and VC++ 8.0, 9.0, 10.0. It may also work with 
other compilers.

Questions, comments, suggestions, and bug reports are all welcome.