Have you investigated the Container Printing Lib from boostcon 2007?
I looked into Boost.Explore after I started working on this project. My thoughts were that I could improve it by writing a more generic library which works with all types of containers. The fact that it worked with only specific containers was odd to me. It seemed to me that Boost.Explore was not under active development, so I wrote my own solution, mainly because I didn't know who to contact. I really liked the name Boost.Explore.
If it can output what about input? and Isn't this best done with boost::spirit karma for printing and qi for input?
This library so far has been about simplicity for end users. I think that in this case simplicity is a big factor because streaming containers should be easy. What makes a library great is the ability to be used simply in simple situations and still offer powerful tools for more elaborate problems. Boost.Spirit is a very powerful and complex tool which might not always fit the need for simple container output. When I first started learning Boost.Spirit it took me a few good days to understand what was going on. DSELs (domain specific embedded languages) were very new and confusing to me. Also Boost.Spirit's complexity imposes dramatically increased compilation times. In my opinion for simple problems there should be simple solutions. Boost.Spirit is a great tool, but seems to me like an overkill for simple output of containers. It might be a good idea to integrate Boost.Spirit.Karma generators to the library for more complex needs. Input doesn't seem to me in the scope of this library, but my mind isn't completely made up about the subject. Tal Zion -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Query-of-interest-for-a-container-output-... Sent from the Boost - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.