> I see some of the oop concepts reinvented to support json syntax. This
> adds another chunk of code that needs to be maintained. Replacing the
> json with python will simplify the generator.

At the time the decision was made, the surface neutrality of Json was
deemed more important.

> And I frankly don't think anybody's rewriting the generator in another
> language anytime soon.

How would you know?!

> 
> Oh, and this may be interesting to watch:
> http://hg.cython.org/cython-devel/file/tip/Demos/freeze/README.txt

Nice. But last time I tried Cython, not so long ago, it bombed segfault
on the generator for ridiculous reasons, so I didn't take it any further.

> I agree that it sounds like a step back, especially when one has to deal
> with circular dependencies. (classes that try to import each other)
> 
> But we have some form of import statement with any other programming
> language i'm aware of anyway. So if it will mean to get rid of the
> ./generate.py source step, I say so be it.

It might become also interesting from a Node.js point of view, to map to
the platform's "require" function.

T.


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