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Re: Axiomed namespaced structures

From: Phil Bouchard <boost_at_[hidden]>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 15:20:57 -0500
Sorry the << and >> should be flipped.

On 1/4/22 3:19 PM, Phil Bouchard via Std-Proposals wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just had this idea today and it makes a lot of sense to add to the
> ISO C++ Standards.
>
> 1) Classes and structures are used for what exactly?
>
> - Databases;
>
> - XML I/O;
>
> - Binary XML I/O;
>
> - UI Widgets;
>
> - Neural Network Abstraction & Representation;
>
> - ...
>
> 2) What I am suggesting is to add a series of axioms that will
> implicitly transform simple namespaced structures into fully
> functional code, i.e.:
>
> namespace data
>
> {
>
> struct Address
>
> {
>
> std::string country, state, city, street, zip_code;
>
> unsigned int number;
>
> };
>
> struct Employee
>
> {
>
> std::string first_name, surname;
>
> unsigned int age;
>
> double salary;
>
> std::string position;
>
> Address address;
>
> };
>
> }
>
> 3) You create the axioms:
>
> template <typename T>
>
> axiom xml
>
> {
>
> [...] somehow reads all member variables and converts them into
> Database Data, XML, Binary XML, UI Widgets, ...
>
> };
>
> 4) You start using it:
>
> xml<Data::Employee> employee1(/* Creates Connection to XML Server */);
>
> employee1 >> ...; // Writes to XML Server
>
>
> Or:
>
> ui<Data::Employee> employee2; // Creates widget
>
> employee2 << ...; // Reads from widget
>
>
> So basically we need to create an mutliusage abstraction layer so that
> structures are really defined only once. I still haven't decided the
> best way to represent these axioms but I'll come up with something
> soon. But basically the "axiom" will have the capability to scan
> implicitly all member variables of a given class.
>
>
> Regards,
>
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Received on 2022-01-04 14:21:51