So instead of being able to just write C code for our C libraries, we'd now have to write non-C code, run a generator, and then use this in addition to C code?
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Cedric BAIL <cedric.b...@free.fr> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > One of the annoying things with Eo is that we now need to update a few > more place than before when we add a new function. We have to do : > - Add enum at the proper place in header > - Add macro for the function call in header > - Add function with proper argument in the C file > - Add declaration at the right place in the object table in the C file > - Add description at the right place in the description table in the C file > If necessary, we also have to do > - Add legacy prototype function in header > - Add legacy wrapper function in c file > > Of course when you create a new object you have even more boilerplate > to write. In fact, most of it can be inferred if we did have a > properly detailed prototype. So I would like to propose a tool, eo-gen > that would take a "json" like format (see a possible example there: > https://phab.enlightenment.org/P17 ). From this description file, it > will generate or update the .c and .h file. This json file would be > included into the distributed header of our library, so it could be > used by other tools. > > To properly update the .c/.h files, it will search for a know pattern > in the comment and use that to infer what is going on. Once using > eo-gen, it will not be possible to remove those comment without > breaking the capability to update the source. > > I know that some people have also been thinking about this problem, so > let's try to find a common solution there. > -- > Cedric BAIL > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
