From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Aur=C3=A9lien_Aptel?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code - some ideas Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:51:55 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366653120 27862 80.91.229.3 (22 Apr 2013 17:52:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:52:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs development discussions To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 22 19:52:04 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UUKuI-0007tr-Gd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:52:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33708 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUKuI-0007K2-7P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53097) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUKuF-0007Jt-LS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:52:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUKuD-0000aT-PU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:51:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com ([209.85.217.178]:52683) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUKuD-0000ZE-J1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:51:57 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id q13so5823730lbi.23 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:51:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nyHjh97RjaCpeDAVeEcyd4+eK9HDi/aG+tESghAj73I=; b=g69AQc5Ah+r0D94yJoJ38wZ9lss6cRfERa7xMw6Zd20/H1FqWtNDItAeHVu/G+NKON r46xL3UnuhCRnIU5l5bUPb4d6kQtuIWxAop1yH36MPmh/h1bzi2uI1r92kiPhvMOf2ZD iX26IxrJEkMWj8nv+8Ep0Vr/3fPDIP76FDAVjiFv6h/JSUZWkzMVdb6khlmWmL+CDTwt cAfsETr8fo8Ns8D75c7gD6kd7Wrl5oDsMQIhs8N/edz0rmTjxVzjls+KOGSW4LgROa8p rCCuwWV24vYQ4vXp+fhEjD92OKQoB/GfYeEclTmjC8P5BNqaEi8n/ad0Pn0G83I/XeK8 VesA== X-Received: by 10.112.76.39 with SMTP id h7mr13611128lbw.118.1366653115878; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:51:55 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.3.165 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:51:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: YUWRDHHgp6seoPibnqJWGP3_ywg X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.217.178 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:159127 Archived-At: On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I say possibly because the more I look into into the more I realize >> it's not really helpful for complex stuff and simple stuff are easy to >> do with a module. > > Things like libxml2 and libgnutls should use such a mechanism instead of > the one they use currently. I agree. > Adding support for other libraries is problematic currently, so I'd > rather try and avoid it until we have something like an FFI, so that we > can add libraries without having to recompile Emacs. I understand. My project could then be: - add support for compiled modules - rewrite libxml2 and libgnutls as modules - complete GIR implementation It looks like a lot of work so I can't guarantee I'll be done by the end of the summer but I'll surely be closer to the end than the start :)