Bug#904940: ITP: fparserc++ -- Function Parser for C++

[Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Owner: Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim@gmail.com>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : fparserc++ (upstream name: fparser)
  Version         : 4.5.2
  Upstream Author : Juha Nieminen, Joel Yliluoma
* URL             : http://warp.povusers.org/FunctionParser/fparser.html
* License         : LGPL-3
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : Function parser written in C++

This C++ library offers a class which can be used to parse and
evaluate a mathematical function from a string (which might be eg.
requested from the user). The syntax of the function string is similar
to mathematical expressions written in C/C++ (the exact syntax is
specified in the documentation below). The function can then be
evaluated with different values of variables.

It is a dependency for openEMS which I also intend to package
(https://bugs.debian.org/830109). Actually, it is embedded in the
openEMS source code, but built as a shared library. In order to avoid
embedding it in openEMS within Debian, the plan is to include it as a
shared library in Debian in a separate source package.

The plan at the moment is to maintain it myself - until I find a team
that fits. The last upstream version was released in 2015, so upstream
does not appear very active. However,  the library is required for
openEMS.