Re: Converting defs file unto guile-wrap code

[Rob Browning <rlb at cs dot utexas dot edu>]

Ariel Rios <ariel@linuxppc.org> writes:

> Now, Is these the correct approach to follow? It is obviously
> a very easy way of doing it.

It seems OK.  It's probably worth trying, and if you run in to
trouble, it should be quite easy to change to a normal parser.  My
experience has been that sometimes it's a little easier to just deal
with a straightforward parser, but it the job is simple enough, then
macros may be fine.

Anyway, writing a parser later if you need it would be easy:

  (define (compile-defs file-port)
    (let loop ((next-form (read)))
      (cond
        ((eof-object? next-form) ...)
        ((null? next-form) ...)
        ((eq? 'define-enum (car next-form)) ...)
        ...)
      (loop (read))))

or similar...

> Rob, do you think that the current defs format info is enough for
> g-wrap?

I haven't really seen the defs file in detail yet, but I suspect it
is, and if not, then we should be able to either enhance g-wrap, your
translator, or the defs spec to fix the problem.

BTW I've been told to go ahead with the g-wrap CVS module, so I should
be able to commit that this week sometime.  I'll also send you the
current (1/4 finished) info docs right now.

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Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu> PGP=E80E0D04F521A094 532B97F5D64E3930