On 2013-01-17 18:20, Kirill Okhotnikov wrote: > Dear Babel Developers, > > I decided to implement bzip2 pack/unpack functionality in open-babel > (#91 bzip2 compression/decompression). > > I'm new in openbabel, so I want to discuss some things. > > 1) I decided to go for boost iostreams library. They have compressed > gzip/bzip2 support in similar way, like implemented now in obabel. I > think, that it will be good idea to have boost library to be required by > the project (connected permanently). Some other boost libraries can be > useful. For example, Program Options, Geometry, RegExp. In the future > developers can easily use this powerful well known library.
I'm not sure that most developers would vote for an obligatory boost library. Isn't it quite hard to compile on uncommon platforms? Optional might be OK though, what do other people think? > > 2) Compressed stream is not supported tellg/seekg functions. So, some > formats cannot be read. What should I do with it? May be add a property > to format plug-in, that the format is not supported compressed streams. Exit with a comprehensible warning makes most sense. For the Gaussian format I implemented support for gzipped files by using normal C++ I/O operations (rather than the old workaround that was in place). Why wouldn't that work with bzip? > > 3) Can somebody help me to compile and test the system under MS Windows? > > > Best, > Kirill Okhotnikov. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 > _______________________________________________ > OpenBabel-Devel mailing list > OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel > -- David van der Spoel, Ph.D., Professor of Biology Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University. Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: +46184714205. sp...@xray.bmc.uu.se http://folding.bmc.uu.se ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-Devel mailing list OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel
