I've sent the author a mail to see what his views are. If he is favourable, it will require primitive-collections to split from [collections], as the code balance would be wrong. In fact I think I'm +1 to doing that anyway.
The name - [primcoll], [pcollections], [primitive-collections], [primitives] ? Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "__matthewHawthorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I took a look around the web for primitive collection implementations, > http://pcj.sourceforge.net looked interesting, and had some links at the > bottom to similar projects. > > > > > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 16:24, Stephen Colebourne wrote: > > At work I use Velocity to generate the java classes which then get checked > > into the CVS. The main trick in my case was to allow the generated java > > files to be read in again by the generator next time around, so manually > > added methods weren't lost. > > > > Code generation will work well for generating primitive Maps as there are so > > many possible combinations. However, before anyone starts, it would be good > > to search the web as I'm sure someone has probably already done this. They > > may be persuedable to donate the code/generator to Apache. > > > > Stephen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "J.Pietschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > __matthewHawthorne wrote: > > > > There are many times that I've wished I had found a nice way to > > > > autogenerate things while creating a bunch of redundant primitive > > > > methods. > > > > > > There are half a zillion methods for generating code, starting > > > with Bash/Sed/Perl hacks, leading to dedicated macro languages > > > like the C preprocessor and m4, continuing with a variety of web > > > templating languages like PHP, there's XSLT and finally high > > > level stuff like lex/yacc, ANTLR and all the other grammar > > > generators. > > > > > > The recurrent problems: > > > - Need dedicated Ant tasks (Make was a bit easier here) > > > - IDEs rarely handle them well > > > - Tracking compile and runtime errors caused by generated code > > > to the ultimate source isn't well supported and often painful > > > > > > I personally use ad-hoc generators mainly to bootstrap code, once > > > the bulk of the code is stable, I abandon them. > > > > > > J.Pietschmann > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
