From: "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It would be great to have an abstract code generator that would have > > front-ends to generate Java, C, and C++. I haven't studied the code base > > enough to know if this is feasible, but I would imagine we could generate the > > code to access many of the Excel and Word datatypes is this manner.
It would be really cool :-) > > I'm going to take a crack at writing a C++ version of POIFS, that seems > > like a good starting point. We can always rewrite this in C later, or > > not. Anyway I don't want to take up any more time on this list discussing > > the relative merits of C++ vs C. > > Of course C is better ;-) Just joking, you are 100% right, just do it (read my bottom line). > agreed.. . go ahead. I'll apply the patches, but you're choosing far > less support then if you went with C. Marc Johnson is a very gifted > programmer. And the sole author of POIFS (I don't think any of my old > code is still in there). > > Work with Ken on getting the build enhanced to support you. Take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ant-contrib/ , the cpp task. > We already DO do XML->Java code generation. I'd really like to see you > do a Java->C++ code generation and then later when we want something > nicer we can write a Java->C style for it. IF you go that route you > might see if Avik's friends who want POI in J# are interested in > collaborating on a generator. > > I wish you'd change you mind but I can see you're one of the C++ people > who despite the obvious failure of the language still persist. You just can't accept it, eh Andy? ;-P > Please do at least TRY to make it portable. I will support you if you > take the code generator approach. If its just a bunch of C++ code I'll > apply the patches....but I won't like it. And it wont be useful to me > so I probably won't do much coding on it. > > Once you get a working POIFS we'll announce the new wing of the project > on the homepage and all. Please follow the POI project coding > conventions in *spirit* (they say Javadoc but you know what we mean). Use Doxygen, and you can write Javadoc tags http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ . Besides, it also has an Ant task that I have already used and that works well. > One more thing, please sign and return this: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/site/agreement.html > > And note that you cannot submit patches if you've received any > OLE2CDF/Excel or Word specs under a non-disclosure agreement. (I know > this seems like....duh...but the warning labels on bleach that say not > to drink it are there for a reason).. > > I look forward to you first patches....even if you choose that > detestable bastardized language... I suppose it could be worse....It > could be Visual Basic or C#....but *shrug*.. Or M$ batch files ;-P -- Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] - verba volant, scripta manent - (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
