[Ns-developers] Status of Python bindings

[Gustavo Carneiro]

On 19/05/2008, Gustavo Carneiro <gjcarneiro at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The PyBindGen API changes are more or less complete:
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~gjc/pybindgen/trunk<https://code.launchpad.net/%7Egjc/pybindgen/trunk>
>
> If nothing else comes up API-wise, next steps are:
>
>  1. Generate NS-3 API definitions as a single Python file and make it work;
>
>  2. Split the above file into several files, and support local modification
> files;


Split is done.  Resulting files can be seen here, for example:
http://code.nsnam.org/gjc/ns-3-pybindgen-notracing/file/4b7a3d82929f/bindings/python/

Supporting local customizations is not yet done, but should be trivial to
add.

 3. Figure out issues related to splitting python bindings into a separate
> repository;
>
>  4. Document the process, adding examples;
>
>  5. Bring the code up to date to ns-3-dev (assuming it is API stable by
> then).
>
>
> On 17/05/2008, Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage at sophia.inria.fr> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 12:06 +0100, Gustavo Carneiro wrote:
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>> >
>> >         Well, I think you got it right the first time.  I won't cry
>> >         about it too much ;-)
>> >
>> > This didn't come out right.  Sorry, I've been sick the last few days
>> > and not in a good mood :(
>> >
>> > If you want to convince Mathieu that (returntype, name, params) is
>> > better, I'll change it back.  If you are unsure, as I am, then I would
>> > rather leave it as it is.  I really really hate API changes, in case
>> > you haven't noticed... :P
>>
>>
>> If you and craig agree, feel free to ignore me.
>>
>>
>> >         > Regarding returntype mandatory, fine by me; I'll keep it.
>> >
>> >
>> >         I think that was the real issue under discussion.
>> >
>> > About this, I was thinking of simplifying it slightly.  Instead of
>> > ReturnValue.new('void'), None would also work equivalently.  Does it
>> > sound OK?
>>
>>
>> It does sound ok.
>>
>>
>> Mathieu
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
> INESC Porto, Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit
> "The universe is always one step beyond logic." -- Frank Herbert
>



-- 
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
INESC Porto, Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit
"The universe is always one step beyond logic." -- Frank Herbert