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{{Publication
| published = true
| date = 2008-05-26
| authors = Thierry Géraud, Roland Levillain
| title = Semantics-Driven Genericity: A Sequel to the Static C++ Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm (SCOOP 2)
| booktitle = Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Multiparadigm Programming with Object-Oriented Languages (MPOOL)
| address = Paphos, Cyprus
| lrdeprojects = Olena
| abstract = Classical (unbounded) genericity in 03 defines the interactions between generic data types and algorithms in terms of concepts. Concepts define the requirements over a type (or a parameter) by expressing constraints on its methods and dependent types (typedefs). The upcoming 0x standard will promote concepts from abstract entities (not directly enforced by the tools) to language constructs, enabling compilers and tools to perform additional checks on generic constructs as well as enabling new features (e.g., concept-based overloading). Most modern languages support this notion of signature on generic types. However, generic types built on other types and relying on concepts to both ensure type conformance and drive code specialization, restrain the interface and the implementation of the newly created type: specific methods and associated types not mentioned in the concept will not be part of the new type. The paradigm of concept-based genericity lacks the required semantics to transform types while retaining or adapting their intrinsic capabilities. We present a new form of semantically-enriched genericity allowing static generic type transformations through a simple form of type introspection based on type metadata called properties. This approach relies on a new Static Cxx Object-Oriented Programming (SCOOP) paradigm, and is adapted to the creation of generic and efficient librariesespecially in the field of scientific computing. Our proposal uses a metaprogramming facility built into a Cxx library called Static, and doesn't require any language extension nor additional processing (preprocessortransformation tool).
| lrdepaper = http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/papers/geraud.08.mpool.pdf
| lrdenewsdate = 2008-05-26
| type = inproceedings
| id = geraud.08.mpool
| bibtex = 
@InProceedings<nowiki>{</nowiki>	  geraud.08.mpool,
  author	= <nowiki>{</nowiki>Thierry G\'eraud and Roland Levillain<nowiki>}</nowiki>,
  title		= <nowiki>{</nowiki>Semantics-Driven Genericity: A Sequel to the Static <nowiki>{</nowiki>C++<nowiki>}</nowiki>
		  Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm (<nowiki>{</nowiki>SCOOP 2<nowiki>}</nowiki>)<nowiki>}</nowiki>,
  booktitle	= <nowiki>{</nowiki>Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on
		  Multiparadigm Programming with Object-Oriented Languages
		  (MPOOL)<nowiki>}</nowiki>,
  year		= 2008,
  address	= <nowiki>{</nowiki>Paphos, Cyprus<nowiki>}</nowiki>,
  month		= jul,
  abstract	= <nowiki>{</nowiki>Classical (unbounded) genericity in \Cxx<nowiki>{</nowiki><nowiki>}</nowiki>03 defines the
		  interactions between generic data types and algorithms in
		  terms of concepts. Concepts define the requirements over a
		  type (or a parameter) by expressing constraints on its
		  methods and dependent types (typedefs). The upcoming
		  \Cxx<nowiki>{</nowiki><nowiki>}</nowiki>0x standard will promote concepts from abstract
		  entities (not directly enforced by the tools) to language
		  constructs, enabling compilers and tools to perform
		  additional checks on generic constructs as well as enabling
		  new features (e.g., concept-based overloading). Most modern
		  languages support this notion of signature on generic
		  types. However, generic types built on other types and
		  relying on concepts to both ensure type conformance and
		  drive code specialization, restrain the interface and the
		  implementation of the newly created type: specific methods
		  and associated types not mentioned in the concept will not
		  be part of the new type. The paradigm of concept-based
		  genericity lacks the required semantics to transform types
		  while retaining or adapting their intrinsic capabilities.
		  We present a new form of semantically-enriched genericity
		  allowing static generic type transformations through a
		  simple form of type introspection based on type metadata
		  called properties. This approach relies on a new Static
		  \Cxx Object-Oriented Programming (SCOOP) paradigm, and is
		  adapted to the creation of generic and efficient libraries,
		  especially in the field of scientific computing. Our
		  proposal uses a metaprogramming facility built into a \Cxx
		  library called Static, and doesn't require any language
		  extension nor additional processing (preprocessor,
		  transformation tool).<nowiki>}</nowiki>
<nowiki>}</nowiki>

}}