On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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?
If you want you can still write just C code. It just make your life easier by having less to type. > 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 > -- 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
