Lexy: A DSL Library for C++ Parsing

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Explore the capabilities of lexy, a powerful C++ parsing library, in this 14-minute conference talk from ACCU 2024. Dive into the library's design as a syntax sugar for handwritten recursive descent parsers, offering full control over alternatives and backtracking. Learn about its support for Unicode and binary inputs, robust error handling with automatic recovery, and flexibility in storing results. Gain insights into using lexy effectively, understanding its inner workings, and the rationale behind its design choices. Discover valuable template meta-programming techniques, explore the creation of embedded DSLs in C++, and examine the limitations of C++'s iterator model alongside the advantages of sender/receiver style continuations.