[Synopsis-devel] Re: Synopsis roadmap

[Stefan Seefeld]

David Abrahams wrote:
> Stefan Seefeld <seefeld at sympatico.ca> 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 ?

Thanks,
		Stefan