[C++-sig] Re: [Implementation] Calling wrapped functions, converters, policies

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "RWGK" == Ralf W Grosse-Kunstleve <rwgk at yahoo.com> writes:

    RWGK> --- David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote:
    >> What's the difference between custom-written interface files
    >> and custom-written Pyste scripts?

    RWGK> Can you have if statements, loops and subroutines in SWIG
    RWGK> interface files, or importable modules that concentrate
    RWGK> frequently used functionality?  Also, how do the C++ parsers
    RWGK> in g++ and SWIG compare?  

AFAIK with SWIG, if's are possible, loops are not.  You can define
quite powerful macros and you could call them 'subroutines'.  The SWIG
C++ parser is not perfect but works with most C++.  It is however
*really* fast compared to g++/GCC_XML, I'd say about 10x faster.

cheers,
prabhu