Transpilation is not the way to go. Many C/C++ “metaphors” do not translate naturally so an application-level runtime library would be forced to deal with void* pointer/data manipulations, data unions, and other concepts more properly redone in the new language mindset. Redo seems best, accessing through cgo seems most practical, and the magic generation of ugly Go code seems least appealing.
Michael P.S. I love both Go and photography (https://michaeljonesphotography.smugmug.com/), so the marriage of the two is always welcome. From: <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu <cristi.magheru...@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 10:28 AM To: golang-nuts <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> Cc: <cristi.magheru...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [go-nuts] Re: Who wants to use Go to process your camera's raw files? I'm not familiar with the process nor with the tools that were used, but I guess there are people on this list who may be able to point you to those. I suppose if it was feasible for something as large and complex as a compiler, it should be much easier for comparatively smaller pieces of software like this kind of library. As for the C-isms, those can be refactored over time, making the code closer to idiomatic go. The problem with converting such libraries to Go is mostly philosophical, related to the fact that there may be other software written in C/C++ and other languages using them out there, and many other languages can use C/C++ libraries through bindings but those may not exist for software written in Go. Making a library in Go might render tools written in other languages unable to use the Go version of the library, and it would eventually cause fragmentation and duplication of effort, which may not be desirable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
