Re: GOB + Language Bindings.

[Bob Smith <bob thestuff net>]

I would if I knew how to write good c->language bindings and if I had
the time, but I can't. Anyone else up for the challange? :)


> 
> 
> Nice idea!
> 
> >From what I know Gtk+ widgets can be described by a some kind of format
> language with Scheme-like syntax. The various language bindings parse
> and use those descriptions to create the bindings for each language.
> 
> You can tweak GOB to create those descriptions for you, and then you can
> use the scripts supplied in the languages bindings to generate the
> bindings.
> 
> Care to take the project?
> 
>       Shlomi Fish
> 
> On 21 Aug 2000, Bob Smith wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I was playing around with GOB, and I had a really cool idea. (IMHO :)
> > GOB is used to generate all the harry GTK object code needed to create
> > an object, freeing up the developer to just fill in the blanks. The GOB
> > file contains basicly the API of the object being created. Since it
> > contains this information, couldn't it be used not only to create the
> > stub object, but also the language bindings for the object? GTK itself
> > is mostly GTK objects. If GOB files were created for each widget, it
> > could be ran through a progi to generate almost all of the binding
> > automaticly. Only functions like gtk_main() and such would have to be
> > bound by hand. (binding the few remaining functions could even be done
> > with SWIG). From what I have seen, creating new QT widgets is fairly
> > simple compared to GTK. But with a system like I described above,
> > someone wanting to make a new widget just makes a GOB file, fills in the
> > blanks in the code, and runs it through the gob-bindings. Not only would
> > it create the C widget, it would also automaticly create the language
> > bindings for the widget. The author wouldn't even need to know the
> > language. It would then be simpler to create GTK objects then under QT.
> > :)
> > 
> > Comments?
> > 
> > Bob Smith
> > 
> > 
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