Proto for Boost mailing list page: Re: [proto] So I heard proto make AST ...

Subject: Re: [proto] So I heard proto make AST ...
From: Thomas Heller (thom.heller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-27 09:17:41

On Tuesday 27 July 2010 15:04:30 Alp Mestanogullari wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:01 PM, joel falcou <joel.falcou_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Do people think such stuff (maybe in proto::tree:: or smthg ?) be useful
> > additions ?
> 
> Definitely. We're dealing with a compile-time AST, but this is still
> an AST and we often have to apply transformations to ASTs. Thus,
> having higher order metafunctions in Proto just asking us for the
> transform to apply on each node or somesuch, would be useful
> additions!

Especially when thinking about phoenix3. People might find it easier to think 
of tree traversals instead of proto transforms, grammars and such.
It is at least the case for me.