Re: [Boost-users] Objective-C++ boost integration

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Objective-C++ boost integration
From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-28 15:56:20

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On Saturday, May 28, 2011, Igor R wrote:
> > I'm wondering if there is any effort either at boost or elsewhere to
> > have a library that integrates the C++ libraries with those of
> > Objective-C++ (or Cocoa, since it seems that most treat the two as
> > synonymous) in a nice way - for example, a smart pointer for
> > Objective-C classes (via something like boost::intrusive_ptr), STL
> > iterators for Objective-C containers, C++ function object integration
> > with Objective-C selectors, etc.
> 
> I guess it's just out of Boost's scope, at least for one reason: some
> the code required for the above tasks would be written in ObjC, while
> Boost is pure c++.

It seems to me the general idea is pretty similar to what Boost.Python does 
for Python (disclaimer: I don't know Objective-C and barely know Python).

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