Re: [Boost-users] [fusion, phoenix, spirit2] C++ orientation

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [fusion, phoenix, spirit2] C++ orientation
From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-25 13:38:51

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Brian Budge <brian.budge_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> >> > Not especially germane to this thread, although, yes, we will be
> >> > serializing
> >> > the data in some form. What I am focused on here is how to expose
> these
> >> > details into the domain model for processing. For instance,
> potentially
> >> > we
> >> > have a parser facet as part of the processing algorithm that can run
> >> > parsed
> >> > calculations on each
>
> Aha.  I think I finally understand what you want.  You will have some
> domain specific language (DSL) with which you will be describing what
> to do to the data.  This is like a simplified matlab-type interface?
> You load some set of data, and then you want to describe how to
> process the data.  You're interested in parsing via Spirit, and then
> executing some kinds of instructions on all the data.   If this is
> what you want, you can indeed use Spirit, though there is also
> boost.proto which is specifically for DSLs.  I can't comment much on
> proto, as I have not used the library.  Can you confirm if I am on the
> right track?
>
>    Brian
>

Note that Proto is for compile-time DSL.  ie C++ code that looks like a
DSL.  So the queries would be hard-coded into the C++ code.
Spirit is for parsing text.

Assuming the end-users will be building the queries on the fly, Spirit is
probably the right choice.

Tony