Hi, Erik, Von: Erik Huelsmann [mailto:ehu...@gmail.com] >> It would make sense to design type-safe, light-weight container and >> iterator template wrappers around the APR structures if we decided to >> write code in C++. Since we're not, "explicit is better than >> implicit".
> I understand the point. I note that "explicit" is not a binary quality: there > are degrees of it. > I suppose I want to be writing in a higher level language. Maybe I should > just go ahead and really do so. > Exactly. There's been talk about doing so for much too long without action > (other than attempts - including my own) to find a way to "upgrade" C to > something less verbose and more expressive. > I've been long thinking that there are specific areas which are more-or-less > stand-alone, might be a good place to start this strategy. One place like > that might qualify is the piece of code that deduces the eligeable revisions > in merge tracking. That's the code I'm thinking you're now working in? > What kind of language were you thinking about? One of the languages that came > to mind is 'lua' which seems to have a pretty strong focus on being > integratable with C code. For lua there are also tools to embed the compiled > bytecode in a C library so the entire higherlevel language can be fully > encapsulated inside our libraries. As far as I can see, Lua is dynamically typed, thus not buying us too much in way of compile time type-safety. We just get exceptions instead of SegV - we can handle them, but we still have the problem of missing test coverage in not-so-common code pathes. Thus, I tend to prefer _more_ compile time type safety instead of less compared to where we are now (C). Best regards Markus Schaber -- CODESYS® a trademark of 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH Inspiring Automation Solutions ________________________________________ 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH Dipl.-Inf. Markus Schaber | Product Development Core Technology Memminger Str. 151 | 87439 Kempten | Germany Tel. +49-831-54031-979 | Fax +49-831-54031-50 E-Mail: m.scha...@codesys.com | Web: codesys.com | CODESYS store: store.codesys.com CODESYS forum: forum.codesys.com Managing Directors: Dipl.Inf. Dieter Hess, Dipl.Inf. Manfred Werner | Trade register: Kempten HRB 6186 | Tax ID No.: DE 167014915 ________________________________________ This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.
