On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:55:48 +0100 Andrea Crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/09/2012 05:00 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I'm trying to generate C++ code from an XML file. I'd like to use a > > template engine, which imo produce something readable and maintainable. > > My google search about this subject has been quite unsuccessful, I've been > > redirected to template engine specific to html mostly. > > > > Does anybody knows a python template engine for generating C++ code ? > > > > Here's my flow: > > > > XML file -> nice python app -> C++ code > > > > From what I know I could use Cheetah, a generic template engine. I never > > used it though, I'm not sure this is what I need. > > I'm familiar with jinja2 but I'm not sure I could use it to generate C++ > > code, did anybody try ? (maybe that's a silly question) > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > > > JM > > I think you can use anything to generate C++ code, but is it a good idea? > Are you going to produce this code only one time and then maintain it > manually? > > And are you sure that the design that you would get from the XML file > actually makes sense when > translated in C++? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list You can build nice python app with Cython/Pyrex too if you got sufficient knowledge in C/C++ programming to extend the app in C. :-) Otherwise that seem like a little counter-productive to produce a python template only for generating C stubs when python is good for many things without requiring advanced C++ skills like memory management, etc. HTH, E -- Etienne Robillard Green Tea Hackers Club Fine Software Carpentry For The Rest Of Us! http://gthc.org/ e...@gthcfoundation.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
