On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:48:07PM -0400, Michael Dickens wrote: > I've always wondered why GNU Radio didn't use C++ templates for gr- > blocks (see e.g. the 'gengen' subdirectory in gnuradio-core), since > they generally result in much less written code. Might partly be > that SWIG only "recently" (as of 1.3.12 or so) added C++ templates to > its bag of tricks? Also might be that the SWIG interface is > challenging at its best, let alone with something as complex as C++ > template expansion / instantiation? > > Last week I hacked through both the C++ and SWIG necessities to get > template C++ gr-blocks to expand (instantiate) correctly into shared > libraries that work correctly with both Python and C++. After much > fussing, I wrote a SWIG macro (%define), similar to > "GR_SWIG_BLOCK_MAGIC", but for template C++ class expansion into > uniquely named GR blocks. While the macro might not work for > everyone (or it might, testers would be appreciated), and maybe it's > a bit ugly to read, the steps in it make sense according to the SWIG > documentation. > > If anyone is interested I can provide more information. - MLD
Great! Can you point us to the code, and show for example, how you'd handle gr_sig_source*? Thanks, Eric _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
