Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-03 Thread Sören Gebbert
Hi, [snip] > IIUC, a higher-level C API would be between the current API and modules. > What functionality is needed at this intermediate level ? > > Concerning the C++ API, I'm just a bit afraid that this will lead to more > and more modules in C++ with the possible issues Markus mentions above.

Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-03 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 02/02/17 09:22, Markus Metz wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Vaclav Petras > wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Moritz Lennert > wrote: I don't really agree

Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-02 Thread Markus Metz
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Vaclav Petras wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Moritz Lennert < mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote: >> >> I don't really agree with the idea that >> >> "Unfortunately, its [GRASS'] development is stagnating because of small

Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-01 Thread Vaclav Petras
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: > >please take a look at GAL project from 2008 [1]. Ma > > I didn't really work out the differences to GAL project but this GSoC project should be less ambitious, much more limited, cover smaller part of the

Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-01 Thread Vaclav Petras
I did not include many details in the idea so here they are. On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Moritz Lennert < mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote: > I just the GSoC proposal for a "Higher level API for C and C++". > It it should not remove the existing API but build on to of it. > I _think_

Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-01 Thread Moritz Lennert
Le 1 février 2017 21:02:25 GMT+01:00, Martin Landa a écrit : >Hi, > >2017-02-01 17:59 GMT+01:00 Moritz Lennert >: >> I just the GSoC proposal for a "Higher level API for C and C++". I >_think_ I >> understand where this comes from, but it

Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-01 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2017-02-01 17:59 GMT+01:00 Moritz Lennert : > I just the GSoC proposal for a "Higher level API for C and C++". I _think_ I > understand where this comes from, but it does raise some very fundamental > issues about how GRASS is written and should be written,

[GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

2017-02-01 Thread Moritz Lennert
Hi, I just the GSoC proposal for a "Higher level API for C and C++". I _think_ I understand where this comes from, but it does raise some very fundamental issues about how GRASS is written and should be written, notably, but not only, the inclusion of a C++ API. I just want to ensure that