I have updated the genwxbind.lua and bindings/wxwidgets/wx.rules file
to use the data types cache data. I have not been able to test it with
external wrappers, but it should work. Read the comments in wx.rules.
Basicly, you have a table of the cache files, which are automatically
generated by genwxbind.lua, that you "include" in your rules file.
Regards,
John Labenski
On 1/11/06, John Labenski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>I see many *.i files, which have things in it which are not forward
> > >>declared?
> > >>Does genwxbind.lua parse the headers included with %include?
> > >>That would explain it, but i got the feeling it is not doing anything
> > >>with %include, it is just for putting it in the C++ generated code?
> > >
> > >genwxbind.lua reads all the .i files in an generates a list of all the
> > >classes that were defined. Any class not defined will generate an
> > >error.
> > >
> > >
> > I see, so if i understand well, each call to genwxbind.lua
> > should be one a set of *.i files which are selfcontained. Meaning all class
> > names should be somewhere in there.
> > What if one uses classes from an other module/library, e.g derived
> > classes. The base class is wrapped already (with a seperate call to
> > genwxbind.lua) , the baseclass of the derived class in the new module needs
> > to be know too.
> > So in that case one needs the empty class defenition as a sort of forward
> > declaration right?
> >
> > What i conclude from this is that we need soem sort of *.ih files for
> > module, being a header of know types from another module. Something like
> > filling the list of know types.
> >
> > Maybe we should have a %forward class classname, to achieve the next from
> > the rules file, but from a *.i file.
> >
> > dataTypes["wxCursor"] = AllocDataType("wxCursor", "class", false)
> >
> > Did would make it a bit more moduler.
>
> Yes it would, there is a DataTypes.Cache.lua file created in the
> bindings/wxwidgets directory that can be used for this, but I haven't
> been able to look into it. You're right that some sort of
> "precompiled" header from a set of .i files should be generated to
> take the burden off of other bindings.
>
> I will look into the DataTypes.Cache.lua file to understand how and if
> it's actually used.
>
> Regards,
> John Labenski
>
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