Andreas, Programmer needs to implement serialization for custom data (as it is shown for struct ABC in https://github.com/amarmer/RemoteCall/blob/master/TestAPI.h )Then advantage of the framework: C++ remote programming model is the same as local. It can be any transport which synchronously sends and receives data, it is not implemented by framework.Assuming transport is implemented as API like bool TransportSendReceive(std::vector<char>& vChar), then to use framework, needs to be created class like: struct RemoteCallTransport: public RemoteCall::Transport{   bool SendReceive(std::vector<char>& vChar) override   {      return TransportSendReceive(vChar);    }} transport; then client can call transport.CALL_REMOTE(Test)(parameters); Regards,Alex On Saturday, May 16, 2015 11:51 PM, Andreas Schäfer wrote: Alex- in which ways is your code superior to previous approaches? If I'm not mistaken then you've introduced a custom serialization scheme that simply transmits objects as a byte stream. I doubt that is important. Also, which network transports do you support? Cheers -Andreas On 03:57 Sun 17 May    , Alex Marmer wrote:

Hello, I created a C++ framework RemoteCall which allows to use RPC the same way as  local C++ calls are used. For declaration, implementation and call used macros: DECLARE_REMOTE, IMPLEMENT_REMOTE, CALL_REMOTE.Return and parameters (In and In/Out) can be any type except pointers.  For instance:  std::tuple DECLARE_REMOTE(Test)(std::vectorstd::string& vInOut, const std::wstring& sIn). Implementation is on https://github.com/amarmer/RemoteCall Would it be useful to add this framework in Boost? Sincerely,Alex 

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It allows to declare, implement and call C++ remote function the same way as local C++ function. On Monday, May 18, 2015 8:20 AM, Bjorn Reese wrote: On 05/17/2015 09:32 AM, Alex Marmer wrote:

Programmer needs to implement serialization for custom data (as it is shown for struct ABC in https://github.com/amarmer/RemoteCall/blob/master/TestAPI.h )Then advantage of the framework: C++ remote programming model is the same as local.

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But, isn't this what you'd use an RPC framework for? So a user won't have to mess with the networking code?

For, instance XML-RPC. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML-RPC  "XML-RPC" also refers generically to the use of XML for remote procedure call, independently of the specific protocol".   On Monday, May 18, 2015 8:30 AM, Andreas Schäfer wrote: Heya, On 07:32 Sun 17 May    , Alex Marmer wrote:

Programmer needs to implement serialization for custom data (as it is shown for struct ABC in https://github.com/amarmer/RemoteCall/blob/master/TestAPI.h )Then advantage of the framework: C++ remote programming model is the same as local.

I think there already are plenty of RPC frameworks which also carry this functionality. HPX[1] comes to mind (though it has to be noted that HPX does much more than just RPCs).

It can be any transport which synchronously sends and receives data,

From a user perspective, I have to say that a "synchronous-only" makes much sense for our applications.

it is not implemented by framework.

But, isn't this what you'd use an RPC framework for? So a user won't have to mess with the networking code? Cheers -Andreas [1] http://stellar-group.org/libraries/hpx/ -- ========================================================== Andreas Schäfer HPC and Grid Computing Department of Computer Science 3 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany +49 9131 85-27910 PGP/GPG key via keyserver http://www.libgeodecomp.org ========================================================== (\___/) (+'.'+) (")_(") This is Bunny. Copy and paste Bunny into your signature to help him gain world domination! _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost

Hartmut, Current implementation allows only global functions.  It would be interesting to create similar functionality for member functions of objects. Regards,Alex On Monday, May 18, 2015 11:35 AM, Hartmut Kaiser wrote:

On 03:57 Sun 17 May    , Alex Marmer wrote:

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Hello, I created a C++ framework RemoteCall which allows to use RPC the same way as  local C++ calls are used. For declaration, implementation and call used macros: DECLARE_REMOTE, IMPLEMENT_REMOTE, CALL_REMOTE.Return and parameters (In and In/Out) can be any type except pointers. For instance:  std::tuple DECLARE_REMOTE(Test)(std::vectorstd::string& vInOut, const std::wstring& sIn). Implementation is on https://github.com/amarmer/RemoteCall Would it be useful to add this framework in Boost? Sincerely,Alex

Can you call member functions of objects as well (besides calling global functions)? Regards Hartmut --------------- http://boost-spirit.com http://stellar.cct.lsu.edu _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost