On 17/01/2013 17:20, Kirill Okhotnikov wrote: > Dear Babel Developers, > > I decided to implement bzip2 pack/unpack functionality in open-babel > (#91 bzip2 compression/decompression). > > I'm new in openbabel, so I want to discuss some things. > > 1) I decided to go for boost iostreams library. They have compressed > gzip/bzip2 support in similar way, like implemented now in obabel. I > think, that it will be good idea to have boost library to be required by > the project (connected permanently). Some other boost libraries can be > useful. For example, Program Options, Geometry, RegExp. In the future > developers can easily use this powerful well known library. > > 2) Compressed stream is not supported tellg/seekg functions. So, some > formats cannot be read. What should I do with it? May be add a property > to format plug-in, that the format is not supported compressed streams. > > 3) Can somebody help me to compile and test the system under MS Windows?
I also would be sceptical about how easy this would be. It would be deep in the command line functionality and OpenBabel's code is old, from several sources, incrementally developed and easy to break. The usefulness would have to be quite high to justify adding a dependence on another big library However, I develop using 'real' Windows and could test any code you do produce. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-Devel mailing list OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel
