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Boilerplate Macros

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_VARARG
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT_VARARG

When having more and more expressions, you start to realize that this is a very repetetive task. Phoenix provides boilerplate macros that make defining Phoenix Expressions as you have seen in the previous section look like a piece of cake.

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION
Description

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION is a macro that can be used to generate all the necessary boilerplate to create Phoenix Expressions

Synopsis 
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION(
    (namespace_seq)(name)
  , (child_grammar0)
    (child_grammar1)
    ...
)
Semantics

The above macro generates the necessary code for an expression name in namespace namespace_seq. The sequence of (child_grammarN) declares how many children the expression will have and what proto::grammar they match.

The macro should be used at global scope. namespace_seq shall be the sequence of namespaces under which the following symbols will be defined: 

namespace tag
{
    struct name;
}

namespace expression
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct name
        : boost::phoenix::expr<
            tag::name
          , A0
          , A1
            ...
          , AN
        >
}

namespace rule
{
    struct name
        : boost::phoenix::expr<
            child_grammar0
          , child_grammar1
            ...
          , child_grammarN
        >
    {};
}

namespace functional
{
    struct make_name; // A polymorphic function object that can be called to create the expression node
}

namespace result_of
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct make_name; // The result type of the expression node
}

// convenience polymorphic function to create an expression node
template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
result_of::make_name<A0, A1 ... AN>
make_name(A0 const & a0, A1 const & a1 ... AN const & an);

This macros also adds a specialization for meta_grammar::case_<tag::name> to enable the rule for further use in actions.

Header 
#include <boost/phoenix/core/expression.hpp>
Example

The example from the previous section can be rewritten as: 

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION(
    (plus)
  , (meta_grammar)               // Lhs
    (meta_grammar)               // Rhs
)

template <typename Lhs, typename Rhs>
typename plus<Lhs, Rhs>::type
plus(Lhs const & lhs, Rhs const & rhs)
{
    return expression::plus<Lhs, Rhs>::make(lhs, rhs);
}
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_VARARG
Description

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_VARARG is a macro that can be used to generate all the necessary boilerplate to create Phoenix Expressions

Synopsis 
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_VARARG(
    (namespace_seq)(name)
  , (child_grammar0)
    (child_grammar1)
    ...
    (child_grammarN)
  , N
)
Semantics

The above macro generates the necessary code for an expression name in namespace namespace_seq. N is the maximum number of variable children. All but the last elements in the grammar sequence are required children of the expression, and the last denotes a variable number of children. The number of children an expression of this kind can hold is therefor N-1 plus the size of the sequence

The macro should be used at global scope. namespace_seq shall be the sequence of namespaces under which the following symbols will be defined: 

namespace tag
{
    struct name;
}

namespace expression
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct name
        : boost::phoenix::expr<
            tag::name
          , A0
          , A1
            ...
          , AN
        >
    {};
}

namespace rule
{
    struct name
        : expression::name<
            child_grammar0
          , child_grammar1
            ...
          , proto::vararg<child_grammarN>
        >
    {};
}

namespace functional
{
    struct make_name; // A polymorphic function object that can be called to create the expression node
}

namespace result_of
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct make_name; // The result type of the expression node
}

// convenience polymorphic function to create an expression node
template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
result_of::make_name<A0, A1 ... AN>
make_name(A0 const & a0, A1 const & a1 ... AN const & an);

This macros also adds a specialization for meta_grammar::case_<tag::name> to enable the rule for further use in actions.

Header 
#include <boost/phoenix/core/expression.hpp>
Example 
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_VARARG(
    (boost)(phoenix)(mem_fun_ptr)
  , (meta_grammar)                // Pointer to Object
    (meta_grammar)                // Member pointer
    (meta_grammar)                // Variable number of arguments
  , BOOST_PHOENIX_LIMIT
)

This defines the member function pointer operator expression as described in operators.

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT
Description

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT is a macro that can be used to generate all the necessary boilerplate to create Phoenix Expressions

Synopsis 
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT(
    actor
  , (namespace_seq)(name)
  , (child_grammar0)
    (child_grammar1)
    ...
    (child_grammarN)
  , N
)
Semantics

The above macro generates the necessary code for an expression name in namespace namespace_seq. The sequence of (child_grammarN) declares how many children the expression will have and what proto::grammar they match.

The macro should be used at global scope. namespace_seq shall be the sequence of namespaces under which the following symbols will be defined: 

namespace tag
{
    struct name;
}

namespace expression
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct name
        : boost::phoenix::expr_ext<
            actor
          , tag::name
          , A0
          , A1
            ...
          , AN
        >
}

namespace rule
{
    struct name
        : boost::phoenix::expr<
            child_grammar0
          , child_grammar1
            ...
          , child_grammarN
        >
    {};
}

namespace functional
{
    struct make_name; // A polymorphic function object that can be called to create the expression node
}

namespace result_of
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct make_name; // The result type of the expression node
}

// convenience polymorphic function to create an expression node
template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
result_of::make_name<A0, A1 ... AN>
make_name(A0 const & a0, A1 const & a1 ... AN const & an);

This macros also adds a specialization for meta_grammar::case_<tag::name> to enable the rule for further use in actions.

Header 
#include <boost/phoenix/core/expression.hpp>
Example 
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT(
    if_actor
  , (boost)(phoenix)(if_)
  , (meta_grammar) // Cond
    (meta_grammar) // Then
)

This defines the if_ expression. The custom actor defines else_ as a member.

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT_VARARG
Description

BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT_VARARG is a macro that can be used to generate all the necessary boilerplate to create Phoenix Expressions

Synopsis 
BOOST_PHOENIX_DEFINE_EXPRESSION_EXT_VARARG(
    actor
  , (namespace_seq)(name)
  , (child_grammar0)
    (child_grammar1)
    ...
    (child_grammarN)
  , N
)
Semantics

The above macro generates the necessary code for an expression name in namespace namespace_seq. N is the maximum number of variable children. All but the last elements in the grammar sequence are required children of the expression, and the last denotes a variable number of children. The number of children an expression of this kind can hold is therefor N-1 plus the size of the sequence

The macro should be used at global scope. namespace_seq shall be the sequence of namespaces under which the following symbols will be defined: 

namespace tag
{
    struct name;
}

namespace expression
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct name
        : boost::phoenix::expr_ext<
            actor
          , tag::name
          , A0
          , A1
            ...
          , AN
        >
    {};
}

namespace rule
{
    struct name
        : expression::name<
            child_grammar0
          , child_grammar1
            ...
          , proto::vararg<child_grammarN>
        >
    {};
}

namespace functional
{
    struct make_name; // A polymorphic function object that can be called to create the expression node
}

namespace result_of
{
    template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
    struct make_name; // The result type of the expression node
}

// convenience polymorphic function to create an expression node
template <typename A0, typename A1 ... typename AN>
result_of::make_name<A0, A1 ... AN>
make_name(A0 const & a0, A1 const & a1 ... AN const & an);

This macros also adds a specialization for meta_grammar::case_<tag::name> to enable the rule for further use in actions.

Header 
#include <boost/phoenix/core/expression.hpp>
Example

TBD

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