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Spirit is an object oriented recursive descent parser generator framework
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implemented using template meta-programming techniques. Expression templates
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allow us to approximate the syntax of Extended Backus Normal Form (EBNF)
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completely in C++. Parser objects are composed through operator overloading
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and the result is a backtracking LL(inf) parser that is capable of parsing
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rather ambiguous grammars.
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The Spirit framework enables a target grammar to be written exclusively in
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C++. Inline EBNF grammar specifications can mix freely with other C++ code
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and, thanks to the generative power of C++ templates, are immediately
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executable. In retrospect, conventional compiler-compilers or parser-
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generators have to perform an additional translation step from the source
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EBNF code to C or C++ code.
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WWW: http://spirit.sourceforge.net/
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