From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id MAA24436; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:30:33 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA24490 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:30:31 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3PAURYM007535 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:30:29 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp119-113.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net [150.101.119.113]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3PAUKZq097902; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:00:21 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] swig like library... From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: Yamagata Yoriyuki Cc: ayerkes@speakeasy.net, caml-list In-Reply-To: <20040425.181100.78702024.yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp> References: <1082837516.9537.114.camel@pelican.wigram> <20040424202443.05043abc.ayerkes@speakeasy.net> <20040425.181100.78702024.yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1082889019.9537.279.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 25 Apr 2004 20:30:19 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 swig:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 yamagata:01 yoriyuki:01 yerkes:01 ayerkes:01 caml-list:01 swig:01 2004:99 bottleneck:01 forking:01 gmp:01 xlib:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 19:11, Yamagata Yoriyuki wrote: > From: art yerkes > Subject: Re: [Caml-list] swig like library... > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:24:43 -0500 > > > I agree that the lack of further automation is a bottleneck for SWIG > > users. I have considered forking some of the core type functions into the > > ocaml module for that reason. > > I think swig is nice. It does the supposed job, quick and dirty > interface to C. But that isn't what I need. I need a complete fully functional interface to GTK, GMP, Xlib, Freetype, Pango, ... blah blah .. ... all generated automatically for any available installation using distributed *immutable* annotation files. Hand crafting this number of wrappers -- and getting a portable result -- just isn't an option. Hand crafting annotation files can be made to work. I can actually (a) call some GDK functions (b) use callbacks successfully -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners