Code generation in Glade3(was Re: [Glade-devel] libglade usage)

12 Jan 2004 10:16:28 -0500

Hey

Well I don't know what he meant, but in glade-3, there will be no code 
generation by default. It just spits out xml, thats all. No builtin support for
C code. Some people might argue why C, why not ruby, c++ and thats one of the
reasons (but not the main, useful one). Make it do one thing, generate XML
files representing a UI, and one thing good :D. 

Code generators are supposed to be separate. And if I'm not
wrong, there was a C generator in glade 1 days, despite there being a builtin
C generator. So someone can hopefully revive that project if they want regular
C sources in glade-3 :-D. Also as one can see source generation is only useful
for newbies so they can learn a bit by reading the source. But I don't think
that it is a good thing since we also tell newbies to use libglade (which I 
believe is better). Anyway on a personal note, I really despise the code
generated by the builtin C generator in glade-1 and glade-2.

For source generation I program driven by a simple to meduim complexity XSL
stylesheet should be good enough to generate output. I don't know the full
details on this method, but I know it can be done. If this works we could just
have xslt stylesheets for various languages with the small program in one
module (called something like glade2x or something :-) )

Conclusion:
Glade3 will not have source code generation builtin. Those who want that must
start the process of reviving old code generation projects for their
favourite languages (C, C++, Perl, Ruby, Java, Python).

Hope that helps in clearing out some confusion.

Archit Baweja

"Ishan Chattopadhyaya" <ishanchattopadhyaya@hclinfinet.com> writes:

> Dragon master wrote:
> > <bitchmode>
> > I've seen entirely too many suggestions on this list along the lines of "I
> > don't use that feature so delete it."  Consider for a moment that Glade is
> > a tool used by many different people, representing numerous different
> > styles and techniques, and stop advocating removing features you don't
> > personally use.
> >
> > There are multiple ways of doing most things.  Anybody who uses any flavor
> > of UNIX should know this.  Nor is the blind spot restricted to UNIX users.
> > People complain that certain Microsoft products have too many ways of
> > accomplishing things, and they're ignoring this principle as well.
> > Different people think differently and your applications should take this
> > into account, not merely at the developer level, but right out to the
> > userlevel.
> >  </bitchmode>
> Just a thought... did you mean removing *source code generation* in Glade-3
> by this?
> 
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