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

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 10/08/04 21:17, Jeff Franks wrote:
> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> 
> >i think [source compat] 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.
> > 
> >
> Sometimes when there are conflicts you have no choice but to either do 
> it yourself or don't do it all.

right, i certainly understand.  sometimes what exists can't be modified
enough to your satisfaction, so you start from scratch.  but is there a
good reason, for example, to call it sig_clicked() rather than
signal_clicked()?  for three more keystrokes, you gain a little more
compatibility for no measurable loss (unless you're as lazy as i am).
since i've never written a lang binding before, i can't say with certainty,
but it seems like you could have designed your binding API such that it
could be a drop-in replacement for gtkmm.

i don't want to sound like i'm telling you how to write your software, but
i really hate to see fragmentation, especially when it seems like it's
possible to be compatible without much of a loss.  at least that way it'd
be a lot easier to get gtkmm converts...

	-brian