Robert Ramey schrieb am Dienstag 11 August 2009 um 22:00:
Would it not be possible to produce something like a "C++ Lint" (missing clever name here). Which would be
a) Written in portable C++ b) Would permit "concept" syntax to be added in as a tagged comment like
/* indiana concept syntax ... */
which would produce concept errors.
This would
a) be a practical tool for working programmers b) would be useful regardless of the C++ compiler being used c) would be quicker and easier to make than a full compiler d) wouldn't have to be very fast as it would only be invoked "occasionally" e) would provide feedback to the C++ community regarding the utility and practicality of any concept proposal.
Robert Ramey
Putting aside the fact that I'm not qualified to comment on this... I wonder if llvm's clang would be good base for such an effort, given that the dependencies it introduces are not to much of a hassle. If I got it right clang is, as llvm itself, mostly a set of libraries. So one day the code in the to be written "Lint" library might end up being used for clang's C++-Concept implementation. Yay! -- Maik