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On 18-06-2010 02:08:04 +0200, René 'Necoro' Neumann wrote: |
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> In parallel (or thereafter), we build the C-bindings. The API for these |
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> bindings probably look different -- but I guess they should be |
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> implemented in terms of the library created above. |
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> By example: |
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> - Operation: get the list of categories |
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> - Python-API: portage.api.categories() : Category list |
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> - Implementation: def categories(): return .... |
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> - C-API: category * categories() |
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> - C-Implementation: some wrapper around portage.api.categories |
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If you want to deliver a C implementation, I'd wonder why you wouldn't |
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just make a full C implementation and create Python wrappers for them |
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instead of the other way around. Might accidentially speed up Portage, |
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and make tools like portage-utils happy. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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