On 1 October 2017 at 11:48, Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote:
> Given that D and Rust can create a mostly automated system for generating > bindings, I am surprised to hear C++ would be difficult. Clearly girtod and > gir already exists, and it seems nothing for C++ does. I guess the > question is > the a "market" for doing something. > I should clarify that what I said about thinking they're not compatible was purely based on the fact that no one has made them compatible yet... which is not very good reasoning, now that I think about it :) and yes, may be doable already. I would be in the market as a user, but of course making this work could be distinctly non-trivial on the part of the maintainers, and it's possible they don't have sufficient time or interest. > I'm trying to give up all use of Autotools: Meson, SCons, and if necessary > CMake, FTW. > Yeah, I spent a few days converting one of my more 'toy' projects from Autotools to Meson, and while I still have to convert the tests (snore), it's obvious that Meson is infinitely easier to write and more maintainable. I can't wait to see the git commit where I finally bin Autotools - I can only guess how many lines and bytes of bloat that'll be. I appreciate what Autotools set out to do, but it kept doing it for far too long. The part of this I'll miss the most is Automake, as I kinda like its nonlinear syntax and find it quite expressive in some areas - but I think Meson wins in having files that are easier to reason about and not loaded with Autoconf baggage.
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