[Wxruby-dev] Cable ties

[repeater]

curt wrote:
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> We also just discovered an alternative to
> SWIG called
> Cable (http://public.kitware.com/Cable/HTML/Index.html) that looks like it
> might be much better and less labor intensive than SWIG, so we
> are going to
> evaluate the possibility of switching to Cable as an interface generation
> tool. Doing so would set us back at first, but pay off down the road.
>
> If you are interested in joining the project, perhaps you would be
> interested in checking out Cable to see if we can use it in place of SWIG.

hmm this is interesting. i'd like to test it out, but at first sight it
seems to be only supporting tcl right now.

i suggest our modus operandi with Cable:
a) wait until perl/python hordes releases a binding. there are many more of
them, and the path to ruby is better from there, so we can easily create a
binding based on their attempts. (better than being the 2nd non-tcl
interpreted lang)
b) as the p-language bindings realize, and if Cable is as amazing as they
claim, surely some projects will start to utilize it. it is best to make a
judgement call about the amount of effort and functionality needed by
looking at a working large example.

i'd consider the Cable route a wait-and-see don't you think.
overdepending right now could damage the progress of the swig route.

and about the swig sentiment, the main critique seems to be too much
micro-management, but i think if we are clever we could avoid it in this
project. but ho! the best way to regain my sanity, is to dive into swig-land
a bit and see for myself

cya <dives>
Peter