[Mono-list] python bindings

Bob Smith bob@thestuff.net
Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:37:44 -0500 (EST)


The key word there is bindings. Do they just wrap the KDE3 classes or are
they a pure C implementation that doesnt depend on QT? If it uses KDE
classes it probably ends up just using the QT stuff somewhere. I'd be
curious though if it didnt depend on QT.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, degs wrote:

> I'm pretty sure the new KDE3 C DCOP bindings have some hand-rolled
> marshalling stuff and doesn't appear to depend on QT.
>
> (Disclaimer: I only glanced at the code I may be mistaken)
>
> degs
> On Tuesday 20 November 2001 16:35, Bob Smith wrote:
> > From my understanding, dcop requires qt's serialization methods and are
> > therefore not portable. We would have to depend on QT for everything in
> > that case, and I dont think we want to add that dependency. But, I dont
> > beleave anyone is aposed to someone writing a class to bind to dcop so
> > that KDE developers can use it from mono. We are planing on doing
> > something similar for GNOME so we can access Bonobo.
> >
> > We dont need to just support Bonobo or Dcop. We can support whatever
> > anyone wants to bind.
> >
> > On 20 Nov 2001, Dick Porter wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 10:07, Tobias Florek wrote:
> > > > btw: as com+ replacement i suggest using dcop, cause it
> > > > d) would let mono gain many kde developers, who cant think about mono
> > > > now due to ximian/gnome
> > >
> > > I don't see why we should make special efforts for the closed-minded.
> > > The other items you list are good reasons though.
> > >
> > > - Dick
> > >
> > >
> > >
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