hsutter/cppfront

Features

• Language Prototyping Toolkits - Enables experimentation with new C++ syntax and features by translating them into standard compliant code.
• Experimental Syntax Support - Converts experimental source code into standard syntax to enable new features within existing build systems.
• Mixed Syntax Parsers - Handles source files containing both standard and experimental syntax within a single compilation unit.
• Compile-Time Metafunctions - Ships a metaprogramming tool that uses compile-time reflection and specialized metafunctions for automated code generation.
• Language Extension Transformers - Translates experimental C++ language extensions into standard compliant code via a syntax transformation pipeline.
• Language Extension Frontends - Provides a translation layer that adds support for pattern matching, contracts, and string interpolation to C++.
• Pattern Matching - Translates high-level pattern matching expressions into standard C++ conditional logic.
• Compile-Time Meta-Programming - Enables compile-time reflection and automated code generation using specialized C++ metafunctions.
• C++ Source-to-Source Translators - Converts experimental C++ syntax into standard C++ code to enable prototyping of new language features.
• Metafunction Code Generators - Implements a system for compile-time reflection and automated code generation using specialized C++ metafunctions.
• Compile-Time Metaprogramming - Provides a reflection system to execute metafunctions for introspection and automated code generation during compilation.
• Source-to-Source Translation - Implements a multi-pass source-to-source translation pipeline to convert experimental extensions into standard compliant C++ code.
• Automated Memory Optimizations - Automatically applies move semantics and bounds checking to reduce memory overhead and prevent errors.
• Automatic Move Semantics Optimization - Automatically applies move semantics to variables at their last point of use to optimize resource management.
• Embedded Regular Expression Syntax - Provides specialized syntax to embed regular expression logic directly into the language for more efficient validation.
• Forward Declarations - Provides automatic generation of forward declarations to eliminate the need for specific definition ordering in source files.
• Parameter Passing Constraints - Automates the selection between value and reference passing using standardized parameter modes.
• Software Contract Systems - Introduces specialized syntax for defining preconditions and postconditions to ensure software correctness through contracts.
• String Interpolation - Adds support for embedding expressions into string literals using simplified syntax for automated value capture and formatting.
• Syntax Automation Layers - Simplifies development by automating forward declarations and managing parameter passing modes through a translation layer.
• Syntax Transformers - Automates forward declarations and applies move semantics to optimize resource management.
• Runtime Bounds Checking - Automatically inserts runtime checks on container subscript accesses to prevent out-of-bounds memory errors.
• Declaration Order Resolution - Automatically generates forward declarations so functions and types work regardless of their definition order.
• Instrumentation Generators - Automatically inserts bounds checking and move semantics based on static analysis of container sizes and variable lifetimes.
• Developer Tools - Experimental C++ syntax compiler

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