On 10/4/11 12:02 PM, Karel Gardas wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to find out if it's possible to use Haskell data type definition capability to define types and compile defined types into other languages, for example into Google's protocol buffers data definition language. So basically speaking I'm thinking about using Haskell sub-set as a data-definition DSL together with some functions which will generate some code based on supplied defined data types. My idea is:
If your main goal is to use protocol buffers in Haskell, then I'd recommend checking out Chris Kuklewicz's packages: hprotoc, protocol-buffers, protocol-buffers-descriptor. If your main goal is actually to have a DSL, well, the other folk's comments about generic programing techniques should help. -- Live well, ~wren