BTW, I meant to mention in the prior note, that there are developments
on the compiler front. There was discussion on this list previously
about issues relating to the availability of "acceptable compilers".
At LLNL we defined that as meaning "draft standard conformance,
period". And it was mentioned on this list that this was tough for a
lot of people to swallow. Well, the size of the pill has decreased
quite a bit lately. Kuck and Associates now has released KCC 3.2b
(one awesome compiler indeed) on Linux. The price for KCC on Linux is
/much/ less than their workstation price. Check their web page at
www.kai.com for details, but the base price is $395.
Also, there is another compiler on the market based on the same high
quality EDG parser, from Commeau computing. That's probably not
spelled right, but if you want, I'm sure you can track them down.
Anyway, as of only a few weeks ago, they were running a deal where
they would ship you a compiler with draft standard language
conformance for $50, on just about any Unix platform on the market.
The big gotcha with this compiler is they don't have a quality library
to go with it. But at least it has a (reputably) solid implementation
of exceptions, templates, member templates, defaultable template
arguments, RTTI, etc etc etc.
Although I do not intend to use this compiler myself, I would be happy
to hear from people who try it out on the Python C++ code. Maybe we
can work something out for that compiler, if it turns out that a
significant fraction of C++ sig users decide to adopt it.
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LANL CIC-19 POOMA/RadTran phone: 505-665-4529 fax: 505-665-7880
"Here are your ball-peen hammers. Now go malleate some heads!" -Jim Morel
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Hello all,
This is just to let you know that Livermore has cut the code we've
talked about here previously. You can get "it" via anonymous ftp to:
icf.llnl.gov:pub/python/Current_snapshot.tgz
"It" is in fact a complete Python source tree. It has basically stock
Python 1.4, plus a recent NumPy, plus the Livermore C++ Python
binding, plus some of the Livermore graphics stuff (for use with
NumPy), and maybe more stuff I can't recall.
The current state of the C++ binding has been described in this forum
previously. If you've forgotten, you can review the list archival
database at python.org.
I should add that the relocation from LLNL to LANL caused some
interruption in the development of the Python C++ binding, so there is
definitely still work that needs doing. If you get the above file,
please understand that you are getting a /development snapshot/. The
snapshot is produced by a cron job, once a week on Friday nights.
There is no representation of quality/stability/etc. It just tars up
whatever is in the repository at that time, and puts it up for ftp.
True "releases" with some concrete expectation of
robustness/quality/etc, are further out. So, just be aware of what
you're getting into if you decide to use these snapshots.
Paul (LLNL) and I (now LANL) /do/ intend to continue developing this
cooperatively. We've had a protracted distraction period as I get
resituated here. However, I do have projects on the plate which will
involve binding C++ to Python, so I have every intention of continuing
with what we have been working on, as will Paul. I will post to this
list occasionally as developments are committed into the repository,
so that list readers will have some idea of when it is useful to
update their snapshots. I also "intend" to write some documentation
on the C++ Python binding mechanism we are working on.
Finally, I will repeat what I have said several times before, which is
that this is a SIG, and it is entirely appropriate for others to
describe here what they are doing for binding C++ to Python. We are
trying to build a consensus here, so for that to happen, we have to
know what people are doing.
Cheers to all,
--
Geoffrey Furnish email: furnish(a)lanl.gov
LANL CIC-19 POOMA/RadTran phone: 505-665-4529 fax: 505-665-7880
"Here are your ball-peen hammers. Now go malleate some heads!" -Jim Morel
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