On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 00:15 +0100, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote: > Hi Kohei, > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 05:35:33PM -0500, Kohei Yoshida wrote: > > Also, by "funky garbage collection" if you are referring to the > > ref-counted cssu::Reference memory management that UNO API uses (since C > > ++ doesn't even have memory management natively), doesn't python have > > the same issue since its objects are all reference-counted? And since > > with python it has to go through the language binding wouldn't it make > > it even more interesting than native C++ binding? > > No, I was refering to the fact that Java objects are _not_ refcounted and thus > sometimes can create interesting scenarios. Stephan likely can tell you a few > dark tales about Java zombie objects.
Ah, so that sentence was referring to Java, not C++. That's where my confusion came from. > > Let's not read too much into my words. > > Ok, lets just say the were very inviting to interpretation. Heh. > > So, who would be willing to invest time if it were written in python? > > With C++ at least Markus is already showing interest. > > Well, so far we are not suggesting to newcomers comfortable in Python that we > have much to offer for them: > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks_by_required_Skill#Easy_Hacks_requiring_Python_Skills > > OTOH I dont think it makes sense to have 50 tests in C++, 1 in StarBasic, 200 > tests in Java and 5 in Python and be stuck with all of them. I was just > supporting Michaels point that having a quicker way than Java/C++ for tests > might be worth consideration(*). FWIW I used to start tests in StarBasic -- as > ugly as it is -- because a) it spares you the interface casting madness and b) > it provided reflection via DBG_properties, DBG_methods and > DBG_supportedInterfaces. And once the testcode was done, I rewrote the stuff > in > Java (which was the only sensible option at the time). So, this suggests that we first write test in python, then later rewrite it in C++, or would python tests stay in python? -- Kohei Yoshida, LibreOffice hacker, Calc _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
