Proposal: An Xfce C++ language binding for GTK+

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 10/08/04 01:12, Jeff Franks wrote:
> [snip: Proposal: An Xfce C++ language binding for GTK+]

this sounds like a cool idea.  i haven't yet looked at your framework, so
i can't comment on any of it's techincal points.  a few months ago i was
reading up on XS to give some perl bindings a try, but i got distracted
with other things and didn't go very far.

a question about your glib/gtk bindings: are they source compatible with
glibmm/gtkmm?  i notice you're using libsigc++ as well, so that leads me
to believe you might be source compatible.  i think that would be a big win,
as it sounds rather silly to have two competing language bindings.  i mean,
really, competing software, sure.  competing toolkits, sure.  but competing
bindings for the same toolkit?  kinda silly, IMHO.

i echo benny's desire for a generic framework for bindings, but i feel like
such a thing is probably impossible, due to the different mechanisms most
higher-level languages have for calling into native code.

anyway, i have to run; perhaps i'll have more time to look into this later.

	-brian