Robert Ramey wrote:
Hmmm - maybe this question is about something else entirely.
xml serialization uses the boost library spirit. I was really NOT looking forward to writing yet another xml parser. (Actually I was NOT looking forward to writing yet another parser period - which by the way is one of the main motivations for writing the serialization library in the first place!). I found spirit (as part of boost naturally) which included a parser for xml - eureka. well almost, I had to learn more about spirit, tweak the xml grammar to get it compile on all the compilers, address the fact that spirt 1.8 doesn't work on older compilers, etc. This still took some time. But it was fun for me to spend the time this way. Also, once I got it working - it's work great!!! and I haven't had to go back and continually tweak things.
I was trying to direct the OP to your tweaked grammar. I think that would get him where he's wanting to go. Thanks, Jeff