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430107fcd8 draft impl of Record<string>
this specialisation of the Record template is provided as
default implementation for simple unit tests
2015-08-16 01:35:31 +02:00
f565ae4639 weird warning turns out to be GCC 4.7.2 Bug 56402
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56402

The lambda definition captures the this pointer,
but the ctor of the lamda does not initialise this capture.

In our case, we're lucky, as we don't use the "this" pointer;
otherwise, we'd get a crash a runtime.

Fixed since GCC-4.7.3  --> it's *really* time to upgrade to Debian/Jessie
2015-08-16 01:35:31 +02:00
00dc968d7b implement generic attribute access in Record type 2015-08-16 01:35:30 +02:00
bfb7bbd2f5 implement Record: operator string() for diagnostics 2015-08-16 01:35:30 +02:00
5b0d58518e WIP: stub GenNode ref 2015-08-16 01:35:30 +02:00
ee6d044e33 WIP: implement the node builder API 2015-08-16 01:35:30 +02:00
d14c502ea9 WIP: decision about the builder sequence
after sleeping a night over this, it seems obvios
that we do not want to start the build proces "implicitly",
starting from a Record<GenNode>. Rather, we always want
the user to plant a dedicated Mutator object, which then
can remain noncopyable and is passed by reference through
the whole builder chain. Movin innards of *this object*
are moved away a the end of the chain does not pose much risk.
2015-08-16 01:35:30 +02:00
d92878876a WIP: attempt to define the object builder invocation chain
TODO still unresolved issues with the bootstrap.
Looks like we shall not initiate from the basic Rec(),
but reather require an explicit construction.
2015-08-16 01:35:30 +02:00
8c78af2adc bool conversion for record references (see also #477)
I decided to allow for an 'unbound' reference to allow
default construction of elements involving record references.

I am aware of the implications, but I place the focus
on the value nature of GenNode elements; the RecordRef
was introduced only as a means to cary out diff comparisons
and similar computations.
2015-08-16 01:35:30 +02:00
1810d00690 WIP: but with a notable difference to std::ref
..it can be default created, which represents the
"bottom", invalid state
2015-08-16 01:35:29 +02:00
b81419ad63 WIP: decide to implement the record ref as simple referenc wrapper 2015-08-16 01:35:29 +02:00
cecb5db972 settle on an approach for handling attributes
Initially, I considered to build an index table like
collection of ordered attributes. But since our actual
use case is Record<GenNode>, this was ruled out in favour
of just a vector<GenNode>, where the keys are embedded
right within the nameID-Field of GenNode.

A decisive factor was the observation, that this design
is basically forced to encode the attribute keys somehow
into the attribute values, because otherwise the whole
collection like initialisation and iteration would break
down. Thus, a fully generic implementation is not possible,
and a pseudo generic implementation just for the purpose of
writing unit tests would be overkill.

Basically this decision means that Record requires an
explicit specialisation to implement the attribute-key
binding for each value type to use.
2015-08-16 01:35:29 +02:00
e664ea552f stub the Record::Mutator implementation
passes compiler again
2015-08-16 01:35:28 +02:00
28c27243c8 WIP: const correctnes: Record is conceived as immutable
...and so should be all the exposed iterators.
Thanks, dear C++ compiler for spotting this subtle mismatch!
2015-08-16 01:35:28 +02:00
96e10faa84 WIP: first round of stubbing for diff::Record 2015-08-16 01:35:28 +02:00
b91734b0a6 WIP: first draft -- properties of an external symbolic record type
This Record type is intended to play a role in the
diff description / exchange of GUI data structures.
2015-08-16 01:35:28 +02:00
f5ddfa0dbe decide on the foundations of tree diff representation
- we use a GenNode element
- this holds a polymorphic value known as DataCap
- besides simple attribute values, this may hold collections of GenNode sub elements
- a special kind of GenNode collection, the Record, is used to represent objects

The purpose of this setup is to enable an external model representation
which is only loosely coupled to the interndal data representation
through the exchange of (tree)diff messages
2015-03-21 02:00:55 +01:00