RE: [Opencxx-users] design sketches

[SF M. E. <el...@us...>]

> I think the key requirement should be to keep the underlaying data 
> representation, i.e. instead of copying data out of the buffer / parse 
> tree the AST should be a true superstructure.
> If it was not, you couldn't manually modify the AST and regenerate source
> code from it as is possible with the PTree API.

What do you have got in mind with this "superstructure"?
How is it different from a "Inspector Clouseau API"?
Do you think about a concrete class hierarchy for more introspection?

Would you like to apply the design patterns "adaptor" or "facade" like it is done in Keystone?

I suggest to consider also the term "abstract syntax/semantic graph" (ASG) besides AST.

Regards,
Markus