On dimanche 06 juillet 2008, Guy K. Kloss wrote:
> That depends on the way you implement it. You basically define the
> binding (parameter type lists, rules on how to handle pointers, etc.) in
> Python structures. The library itself is loaded dynamically, and through
> the binding description Python knows how to map from Python types to the
> C/native types. You can also define code that converts from e. g.
> arbitrary array types to the native types, performs checks, etc.
>
> I would envision the procedure like this:
> 1. create (preferably auto-generate) a basic wrapper to the library:
> --> _lcms.py module or something like that
> 2. create an lcms.py module that imports all of _lcms and
> adds/overrides stuff to make the calling API more pythonic
> 3. create an OO API to handle lcms nicely for convenience in
> applications
Sounds good :o)
> The idea behind it is to work in a way like e. g. popen. There are the
> popen functions, and then there's the Popen class that gives more
> elegant access to the functionality. The _lcms module, as auto-generated
> would of course NOT be edited directly, so that it can easily be updated
> through the generator on any code changes to the lcms code base
> (lcms.h). But that shouldn't provide any problems, as Python is so nice
> and dynamic in its way that it all can easily be overridden, modified,
> appended, decorated, ...
popen-like module should be great! BTW, you still need swig/boost to
automatically wrap and generate _lcms.py, don't you?
--
Frédéric
http://www.gbiloba.org
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