[Opencxx-users] OpenC++ Core Lib -- prototype

[Grzegorz J. <ja...@ac...>]

Hi,

The new module in CVS called 'occ-core' contains my first attempt at
launching the "OpenC++ Core" initiative. Throughout the last week
Stefan Seefeld and myself were discussing the possibilities of having
a common repo for the core part of OpenC++ reused by Synopsis, but some
unsolved issues still remain, thus I decided to demo my idea in an actual
code.

As outlined in "OpenC++ Core Lib MANIFESTO", OpenC++ has problems with
advancing the quality of code analysis (templates and overloading),
because along with advancement in this areas, other parts of the system 
need to be accordingly maintained, which distracts the resources. Thus 
the idea to take out the core functionality pertaining to code analysis
and make it into compact, self-contained and self-testable library.
The division would separated code into "OpenC++ Core" (lexer, parser,
code object model ("Class", "Member"), type elaboration) and
"Greater OpenC++" (translation, metaclasses).

'occ-core' is a first attempt to group the "OpenC++ Core" and make it
self-contained. To checkout (non-developers):

   export CVSROOT=:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/opencxx
   cvs login
   cvs -z3 co occ-core

To build and run exemplary tests:

   make test

Makefile will require some tweaking if you are not using g++. However
build process is very straighforward, so that should not be an issue.

All developers interested in advancing templates and overloading
functionality are invited to have a look and comment. Please remember, 
that this is by no means a ready product, but rather a workplace for the 
actual work.

Best regards
Grzegorz