BoostCon 2007/Container Printing Lib - Schedule

• day 1: output: - wiki pages
  • requirements for container printing
  • technology survey - other libs
  • why previous attempts have failed
• day 2: output - wiki pages
  • Technology survey
  • API sketches
  • type requirements (wiki page)
• day 3: output - code and docs
  • write initial user docs and tests
• initial code
• day 4: coding and any redesign
• day 5: final coding and wrap up

Why important

 * why not iterator range?
 * how about both

  vector<int> vi = { 10, 100, 1000} 
  print(std::cout, vi);

or

  print(vi, std::cout);

  print(std::cout, vi.begin(), vi.end())

  std::cout << vi << std::endl;

 [10, 100, 1000]

  list<int> li = { 10, 100, 1000} 

 [10, 100, 1000]

• format description (delimiter) is independent of type
  • is it beginning, middle, end or something else?

• vector, list and whatever, user defined formatting
• csv format

  std::vector<string>

 "jef""f"" g", "howard h", "1000"

• json format

 date(2005,1,1);
 operator<<

• facet

 struct foo {
   string a;
   int b;
   float c;
 }

• user defined type
  • how is it output
  • one way - require operator<<
  • allows use of facets for user types

• boost.format

  string s = "abc"
  cout << %s << 

• expanded output iterator that contains formatting information

• pointers

  std::vector<string*>
  boost::ptr_container<std::string>

• containers of containers
  • polymorphic types in pointer container

  std::map<int, base*>
  std::vector<std::vector<string>>

• c++xx versus c++03
  • printable concept
• tuples, std::pair (of references)
• user defined containers

  std::map<int, string>

• word wrap, margins
• easy to use
• xml?

 <table>
  <tr><td>string1</td><

• header and footers?
• manipulation of the data types

  <tr><td> foo > bar </td><

  <tr><td> foo > bar </td>

• this capability is probably out of scope

• Sessions will be from 8 to 9 am

• Victor - help make a list of examples that should work
• Troy - implement pretty_oarchive just to have a look
• Krishna -
• Hartmut
• Sohail
• Danny
• Timothy
• Jeff Faust