On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 14:30 -0200, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: > Hi - > > after several months I am taking back a look at my Python bindings for GEGL, > which make use of gobject introspection. > > The situation with gobject introspection is none but frustrating - maybe > one could use it, if he could live in #gobject on irc - but there seens to be > no documentation resources wherever. > > Moreover, it does not work very well, > whenever something is not available using the auto-generated bindings, > there is no workaround, but to make/request changes on the upstream project > and wait for a new release. > > Add to that things that simply stop working > (I just found out I can no longer instantiate a geglBuffer with the gobject > introspection - and the solution in my package is a hack already to workaround > the constructor failing in the past) > > Moreover, the latest GEGL stable release is still built with introspection off - > so people can't make use of the Python bindings without rebuildoing > GEGL themselves, > as all distros ship the package without the "gir" files. > > But -- I may be wrong --- people may be firmly committed to gobject > introspection, > and it may be the future, and it is my fault not learning it right - > And this is the main motivation for this message: > Doo anyone believe/think/can explain/ if gobject introspection has a > future at all? Actually, yes, but I admit I have no clue whatsoever :) People seem to be very committed to it. Without knowing much, proper doc annotations seem to be the key, have you checked those? Also, I think the only way to get real help is #gtk+ --Mitch > Otherwise, I think I will rewire the python bindings using another > method to bridge to the C library, which is more predictive and better > supported. (I also accept suggestions for that - > since I prefer working in Python itself, my options would be ctypes or cython) > > js > -><- > _______________________________________________ > gegl-developer-list mailing list > List address: gegl-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gegl-developer-list > _______________________________________________ gegl-developer-list mailing list List address: gegl-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gegl-developer-list
