On 2 April 2011 01:29, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot@gmail.com> wrote:
Students and other interested parties,
I would love it if there was a Boost quality JSON data parser, and optional printer, library. Currently I use one based on Spirit1 which has many drawbacks. I've been waiting for someone in the Spirit team, i.e. Joel, to have some mythical free time and inclination to write such a thing. But I'd really love one sooner, rather than later. Having one that is good and based on the latest Spirit would be wonderful.
I can't say I have the time to mentor such a project. Hence this is just a though ;-)
Nice idea Rene. It'd be great to have one of these in Boost, for sure. Making a good quality parser sounds like a Summer-sized project, but I suspect that adding a writer might tip it over the edge (and could always come later). Hopefully any student that wanted to take it on would want to overcome the shortcomings of Boost.Property_tree, which has very awkward and quirky JSON support. -- Darren