Re: [Edbrowse-dev] Javascript support

[Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>]

Adam Thompson <arthompson1990@gmail.com> writes:

> "SpiderMonkey now provides a fully C++ interface,
> so embedders relying on embeddability in C projects will have to convert to
> C++, or implement their own adapter code."

Hi,
Thank you ever so much for doing the research.

Years ago, we batted around the idea of rewriting edbrowse in C++.
Those string objects would sure be nice, and after all, edbrowse is very
string-intensive.  We also use lists in some places, and we could use
STL's list container instead.  But it never happened.  C++ is a
complicated beast.  The people who work on edbrowse are more comfortable
with C.  I used to be decent with C++, but I've managed to forget most
of what I knew.  So I'm not chomping at the bit to do this.  I wonder
how difficult the adapter code will be?  I assume it'll just be tedious.

Happy Holidays,
-- Chris