(Discussion) Reducing boiler plate code

[csparker247]

Registration of ports and nodes is a pain. So much boiler plate!

// MyNode.hpp
class MyNode : public smgl::Node {
int val_;
public:
    smgl::InputPort<int> p{&val_};
    MyNode() : Node() {
        registerInputPort("p", p);
    }
};

// main.cpp
smgl::RegisterNode<MyNode>();

Suggested solutions:

• Front-end preprocessor for converting smgl directives into compilable boiler plate (from R. Finkel)

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Migrated from GitLab educelab/smgl#4. Originally opened by @csparker247 on 2020-10-07.