[Boost-users] Spirit : Is possible to build rule step by step?

I'm trying to write a small example using spirit. I can write a rule in this way: my_rule = lit("example") | lit("example2"); Also in this way: std::string ex("example") std::string ex2("example2"); my_rule = lit(ex) | lit(ex2)) Is there a way to do this: std::string ex("example") std::string ex2("example2"); my_rule = lit(ex); my_rule = my_rule | lit(ex2)); I need to append strings from an array... Maybe I miss something from docs.