Re: Synopsis roadmap
David Abrahams <[email protected]>
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Stefan Seefeld <[email protected]> writes: > David Abrahams wrote: >> Stefan Seefeld <[email protected]> writes: >> >>>I hope that at least part of this work finds some interest from other developers / >>>observers. If you want to contribute, either by working on one of these tasks, or >>>by discussing the current and proposed design, please get in touch >>>(http://synopsis.fresco.org/contact.html) ! >> I'm more interested in something that we've discussed but that >> didn't >> make it onto your list: support for Concepts, using the extended C++ >> syntax proposed by >> http://www.osl.iu.edu/publications/prints/2005/siek05:_concepts_cpp0x.pdf >> If I get my way, that syntax will be adopted by C++ anyway. It's >> highly compatible with existing C++ syntax, so it should be very easy >> to modify the existing parser to accomodate it (it's already been done >> for GCC so we know it's pretty easy). > > Indeed, I didn't forget your request, and I plan to work on it. However > I'm not yet familiar enough with the topic to be able to estimate what > exactly it involves. Modifying the parser is straight forward, but what > does an implementation require in terms of type analysis ? I don't know; Doug Gregor is probably the most qualified person to answer that. Doug? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com