[Opencxx-users] Re: [opencxx] Let's break OpenC++ up

[James M. D. <mdu...@ya...>]

--- Grzegorz Jakacki <ja...@he...> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Stefan Reuther wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 04:43:53PM +0800, Grzegorz Jakacki wrote:
> > > On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Stefan Reuther wrote:
> > > > I think, there are two problems, at least with the parser. The
> > > > interface consists of two parts, namely the Ptree descendants
> > > > and their contents.
> > > >
> > > > 1) Every Ptree descendant has a method "Translate" which calls
> > > >    a method of Walker. Adding a new Ptree class means adding a
> > > >    method to Walker.
> > >
> > > This is the first sign of too little isolation between visitor
> (Walker)
> > > and visited class hierarchy (Ptree and derived classes) --- you
> cannot
> > > extend Ptree hierarchy without modifying Walker code.
> >
> > I don't think it can be done much different. Ptree and Walker
> > have to "know each other".
> 
> I believe that it is possible to introduce a layer in between,
> which would encapsualte the actual implementation of Ptree.

Exactly my thoughts. We need a cleaner tree.
Have you looked at treecc from Rhys W?
http://www.southern-storm.com.au/treecc.html

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James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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