[Kde-bindings] Re: Current status of binge

[Patrick Hartling]

Adam,
	I do have some patches to the existing parser, but after reading through 
the archives of the kde-bindings list, it seems that it might not be 
worth the effort to hack away on it.  It appears that Ashley has already 
done quite a lot (in quite a short time!) towards using gcc's 
-fdump-translation-unit option.  I can definitely say that implementing a 
full C++ parser is probably too much effort.

  -Patrick

Adam Treat wrote:
> Hello Patrick,
> 
> On Saturday 18 January 2003 05:18 pm, Patrick Hartling wrote:
> 
>>Yeterday, I ran across the work being done on binge to automate the
>>generation of C# bindings for Qt.  It looks like exactly what I need to
>>allow the use of roughly 350 C++ classes with the .NET languages.  I am
>>quite anxious to put binge to use if I can.
>>
>>I have checked out the current Qt# source from CVS, but I am finding
>>that the parser tool for generating an XML API file has some limitations
>>when there are method implementations inlined in class declarations.  Is
>>there any other tool for generating these API files?  If not, is there
>>any interest in patches to extend the capabilities of the parser
>>utility, or should I just hack together some preprocessing scripts for
>>my own use?  I'm fairly new to C#, but I think I could probably take a
>>stab at making additions to the parser.
> 
> 
> We would gladly accept any patches to improve the parser.  That being said, we 
> are considering a move away from the parser and towards an application that 
> would modify and XML'ify the output of gcc's -f-dump option.  Work on this 
> has already begun and you can read about it on the kdebindings list as well 
> as here.
> 
> We are considering this shift because our Parser is reaching the maximum of 
> it's capabilities without a major rewrite which would parse a more complete 
> set of the C++ syntax.  Using gcc has the advantage because it can already 
> parse the full range of C++ syntax.  You should speak with Marcus and Ashley 
> about this as they are kind of the experts on the parsing options.
> 
> We would also gladly accept patches and improvements to binge proper if you 
> create them.  Am going to forward to the kdebindings list.  I would encourage 
> you to drop by our IRC chat room and hopefully catch one of us when we are 
> around so we can discuss further.
> 
> IRC channel #qtsharp on Freenode.net
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adam
> 
> PS: If it would make sense and people are interested perhaps we can create 
> #kde-bindings on freenode.net and move the #qtsharp discussion over there if 
> the other kdebindings developers are interested...
> 
> 
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