On May 6, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> Seriously, if you want such kind of shitty interface, which allows you > to call arbitrary function with arbitrary arguments > without any argument type checking, i can write it for you. call me crazy but: yes i would like that interface. ctypes works very well. i have used it plenty. it gives you the ability to get access to libraries trivially. you dont have to spend a week writing a wrapper for something you might only need for a short period of time. if you need to use that library extensively then you need to spend the time writing a proper library for it. you can call me crazy but i find functionality like this *extraordinarily* useful. both python and ruby have very nice implementations, its kind of a shame we dont yet. were all adults here, i understand that if i do something stupid i will get bad results, but i like having the ability to make that decision. jb -- A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. -Leo Tolstoy
