2014-07-16 12:31 GMT-03:00 kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com>: > yes the one I am considering as strong candidate is > > (BPYObjects at: 'Cube' ) location : #( 0 0 0 ) > > Why not BPYCube?
> I would try to simplify bpy ( Blender Python API) and make it a lot more > pharo friendly. > > However plain python string will be kept as well, so you can copy paste > existing python code. > > One thing to note here is that Blender python addons are a huge deal. > Python addons are actually full blown python apps. Blender python is > basically a regular cpython 3 which is by far the most popular python > implementation , meaning not only that you can use blender api object but > any python library you can find. As a pharo developer you also can tap into > this power via Ephestos. > > something that I forgot to mention in the video, in the github repo there > is a rawcode.py. This is a strip down version of the Blender code that will > separate to its own project that I am naming "Atlas". > > The goal of Atlas, is to create a two way communication socket bridge > between cpython (most popular python implementation) and pharo. Very > similar to Ephestos but you will no longer need Blender. That means that > pharo coders will be able to use python libraries from inside pharo and > even mix python with pharo code. So you could make part of your application > in python and part in pharo and still function as a single application. > > I am interested in Atlas. Do you have a link? > If I find the time I would like to expand Atlas to other languages too, so > that pharo can take advantage of any library written in any language > without the trouble of FFIs. But most likely I will stick to python and let > others do the work. > > But even with just python as you imagine python is extremely popular and > quite friendly with the pharo way of thinking. Meaning that in python its > all about live objects too. Pharo will be able to tap into thousands of > powerful python libraries. > > I reserve some doubts to the amount of problems I will have to face to > accomplish this and I am no way claiming it wont be a long process but so > far through these very first steps the idea seems to go well in practice. > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Damien Cassou <damien.cas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:09 PM, kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > The goal is to expose Blender coders to the power of Pharo and Pharo to >> the >> > power of Blender. As you can imagine the potential is huge but I rather >> talk >> > what Ephestos can do already. >> >> That's great kilon! I can't wait to see how far you could go with >> that. I hope you plan to use Pharo syntax instead of plain string for >> the messages. A message like this: >> >> "bpy.data.objects["Cube"].location = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)" >> >> could be written like that: >> >> (EphestosMessage bpy data objects: 'Cube') location: (EphestosLocation >> x: 0 y: 0 z: 0) >> >> or something similar >> >> -- >> Damien Cassou >> http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st >> >> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without >> losing enthusiasm." >> Winston Churchill >> >> >
