On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Nick wrote:
Nicolas Lehuen wrote:
BTW, did we ever considered using SWIG to map the Apache API ? I know
it can be quite tricky to use, but it could be a real time saver.
That's essentially what mod_snake did, and why I liked it so much. Though I
don't remember if it used swig or pyrex.
It used SWIG. I'm -1 on using SWIG, I like the hand-crafted quality of
mod_python.
SWIG in my opinion is good when you want some kind of an API made
available to you quickly, but in a static environment where can put some
thought into functionality, usability, Pythonic-ness of every approach,
write documentation with good examples and a meaningful test case SWIG
does not buy much.
If someone just wanted to map the APR to Python - they can always use
SWIG, but that's not what mod_python is about.
Grisha
