Subject: Re: [boost] Any interest in creating new CORBA IDL to C++ mapping?
From: Jarrad Waterloo (jwaterloo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-12 08:34:12
On 7/12/2010 3:54 AM, Johnny Willemsen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We are talking with various users of TAO to see if we can create a new
> modern IDL to C++ mapping. The idea is to drop all old compilers which
> lead to the current mapping and make a new IDL to C++ mapping that is
> using the latest draft C++0x standard.
>
> We want to use full STL, shared_ptr, r-value, and everything else we
> could need. The idea is to prototype this first in TAO and than see if
> on the long term we can propose a new IDL to C++ V2 mapping to the OMG
>
> I did find some discussions on this list about 2 years ago, are people
> interested in this effort, any input is welcome.
>
> Johnny Willemsen
> Remedy IT
> www.theaceorb.nl
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In a world of language specific Java's J2EE and .NET's WCF, I would
welcome an overhaul to CORBA's C++ mapping. I think documentation will
be key here. Not just the mapping but also CCM and TAO.