> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:57:40 -0500
> From: adotsdothmusic@gmail.com
> To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: [Csnd] Csound with C++ -embed your orchestra
>
> Thanks for this update, Mike!
>
> On 6/23/11, Michael Gogins <michael.gogins@gmail.com> wrote:
> > For general information, I have determined that versions of the GNU C++
> > compiler (g++) from 4.5.2 onwards implement a new form of string literal
> > that can contain embedded line breaks. This includes MinGW 4.5.2.
> >
> > This is of obvious usefulness for those who use Csound as a synthesizer for
> > algorithmic compositions written in C++. You can now embed your Csound
> > orchestra in your C++ source code, simply by pasting your orchestra into
> > your C++ source code and assigning it to a string variable.
> >
> > Such string literals are declared and defined like this in C++ code:
> >
> > const char *literal = u8R"XXX(I'm a "raw UTF-8" string.
> > And I have an embedded line break.)XXX";
> >
> > The R symbol indicates the new "raw" string literal form. The u8 prefix
> > means encode the literal as UTF-8 (which should work fine for Csound). The
> > "XXX and XXX" symbols are used to demarcate the beginning and end of the
> > multi-line string literal.
> >
> > The following also should work (the same, except using plain ASCII assigned
> > to a C++ string object):
> >
> > std::string literal = R"XXX(I'm a "raw ASCII" string.
> > And I have an embedded line break.)XXX";
> >
> > To use this facility with g++, you must pass to the compiler the
> > command-line option -std=c++0x, and you must invoke the g++ command not the
> > gcc command.
> >
> > I will be experimenting with using C++ as a composing language. I know that
> > it is possible to get around problems with libraries and build tools by
> > #including all required sources and using a simple build script. I will post
> > examples.
> >
> > The advantages of composing in C++ would be the more or less as fast as
> > possible execution speed of the code and the ability to use a vast array of
> > libraries, not least including the standard C++ collections and algorithms.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike
> >
> > --
> > Michael Gogins
> > Irreducible Productions
> > http://www.michael-gogins.com
> > Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
> >
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