Joel Falcou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i have a DSL where terminal are defined like : terminal< simd<proto::_> >
> What I want is that any binary operator that apply on those terminal should
> be available only if both lhs and rhs parts have the same underlying
> type. E.G :
>
> simd<float> + simd<float> is ok while
> (simd<char> + simd<char>)*simd<float> is not ok.
>
> How I can enforce this check ? Is having a transform that take an
> expression and returns
> the underlying type OR mpl::void_ if an error occurs the good solution ?
This question has come up a couple of times. The solution isn't very
pretty ... write a grammar that allows expressions with incompatible
terminals, and then write a separate transform that checks the terminals
for compatibility. This issue came up during Proto's review and I posted
some example code here (see the SameTerminals transform):
http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2008/03/135169.php
I wish I knew of a better solution.
The canonical way to incorporate typing (including much richer type
systems than this) in a formal grammar is through van Wijngaarden
grammars. See