On 24 Nov 2011 20:19:17 Joel de Guzman wrote:
The funny thing is that the new feature came from Spirit, not Phoenix. Phoenix API has been stable for many years now. Triple sheesh for ya! :-)
Then why did V3 require a review earlier this year? Phoenix is great if you want things that are easy in a functional programming language to seem easy in C++, but it does have a learning curve. Local requires a little more typing for short snippets, but is probably far less intimidating, and has far fewer potential "gotchas", for the typical user. I don't think the two are competing with each other at all--- Phoenix provides a far richer set of building blocks for those who want them, and Local offers a stable interface, trivial execution model, and straightforward error messages for those who simply want to use a local function here and there. For a non-guru who just wants to reduce code duplication or port something from Delphi, Local is in many cases the more appealing choice.