As I stated in my review, I conceive of the output formatters library as an inverse to Spirit. I'n many cases loss of information is desirable, so there is
Yes, I agree.
no natural way to support input. However, I'm now proposing *in addition* a lightweight facility that could become part of the standard library. My impression from sitting in with the library working group is that both input and output would be desired for such a facility. While I admire Boost.Serialize very
I agree with you, but since this should be a very lightweight facility, it is my impression that it should be a different lib altogether.
I've written a sample implementation over the weekend which I'll post as soon as I have time to document it. Sample use:
// pseudo code initialization: vector< list< pair<string, string> > > v = { { make_pair("hello", "goodbye"), make_pair("morning", "evening"), make_pair("cold", "hot") }, { make_pair("hello", "goodbye"), make_pair("morning", "evening"), make_pair("cold", "hot") } };
int flags = punc::indent_after_open | punc::break_after_sep;
cout << punctuate< vector<_> >("[", ",", "]", flags) << punctuate< list<_> >("{", ",", "}", flags) << punctuate< pair<_, _> >("(", ":", ")") << v << "\n";
Output:
[ { (hello:goodbye), (morning:evening), (cold:hot) }, { (hello:goodbye), (morning:evening), (cold:hot) } ]
It provides input and output, but no string-escaping (yet). Right now, a string is regarded to be complete as soon as an appropriate punctuaion sequence is encountered.
It's a good start ;)
I hope you're not directing this remark at me. I've worked with Reece on his library since before it was in the sandbox. Early on I sent him some sketches of my ideas for his library, and was hoping to produce a sample implementation. Unfortunately, I got too busy.
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