Roadmap

opC++ Beta

Status

opC++ Beta includes:

• Windows compiler
• Windows Visual Studio addin
• opC++ Standard Dialect
• Linux compiler

Dialects

Dialect support adds a full additional phase to c++ compiling.

Dialects allow you to extend c++ through modifiers and categories, as well as setting up code generators based on modifiers.

• add additional categories to c++ besides class and struct.
• add custom modifiers to c++ through category definitions.
• add generated mappings based on compiler metadata, categories, and modifiers.
• setup feature dialects to organize and share your extensions.
• add generated custom initialization.

Generation Methods

opC++ provides a few simple methods for controlling code generation.

basic methods:

• notes - generate standalone code snippets upon category use.
• maps - generate per member code snippets with modifier filtering upon category use.
• disallows - setup code guidelines using criteria expressions.

advanced:

• extension points - inject new code into named locations in a dialect.

Possibilities

opC++ Beta will open up the following programming styles:

• custom meta-object protocol generation
• custom meta-data provider objects
• features by category
• automatic class registrations
• automatic feature registrations
• custom enumeration types
• custom initialization styles

Version 1.0

Version 1.0 will add the following:

• transform maps
• custom output locations
• allows
• full documentation
• stability

Transform Maps

Transform maps let you alter types and names of members. It will allow you to do basic transforms based on modifiers.

Transform maps will allow:

• name changing/mangling
• type wrapping
• basic function and data transforms

Transform maps will open the following programming styles:

• custom garbage collection
• custom type safety and automatic type wrapping
• c++ delegates

Custom Output Locations

Custom output locations allow you to write notes to specified files. These files could be xml, c++, or any textual file.

Custom Output Locations will open the following programming styles:

• generated scripting language bindings and stubs.
• generated custom documentation, data files.

Allows

Allows let you override disallows for certain cases.

Version 1.X+

Version 1.X and beyond will potentially add the following:

• nested map notes (generate more notes per member)
• additional add-in syntax highlighting
• optional c++ extensions
• portability features
• better source support
• optional game related features
• conditional generation
• strong type checking
• strong name checking

Nested Map Notes

Nested Map Notes allow you to generate multiple notes per member in a map.

Nested Map Notes will open the following possibilities:

• Ability to decrease reliance on templates.
• Ability to generate conditional notes within maps.