Re: [Opencxx-users] test build failure: Ubuntu Dapper Amd64/libtool

[skaller <sk...@us...>]

On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 10:13 -0400, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Grzegorz Jakacki wrote:
> > This is a problem with template parsing in OpenC++. No easy fix at the
> > moment, sorry.
> 
> As some readers here know, this quite fundamental limitation of the OpenC++
> parser has let me to rewrite the C++ parser / frontend from scratch as
> part of the Synopsis (http://synopsis.fresco.org) project.
> Since Synopsis started a couple of years ago from the same code base as
> OpenC++, its design is quite similar. (The first internal representation
> being built during parsing is a parse tree, for example.)
> 
> The rewrite isn't complete yet, as there isn't any support for type analysis
> yet (which is required for correct parsing of non-trivial template declarations).
> However, since there hasn't been much development going on inside OpenC++ over the
> last couple of years, this may be a viable alternative for people interested
> into a free, iso-conformant C++ parser frontend.

FWIW the Scott McPeak's Elsa, based on Elkhound, claims
full ISO C++ conformance except for template templates.

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