OpenMesh 1.9.5 ported to D

[Jascha Wetzel]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Jascha Wetzel wrote:
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> I ported most of the OpenMesh library from C++ to D 
>>> (http://www.openmesh.org)
>>>
>>> It's not available anywhere yet, but it will be eventually, under the 
>>> LGPL licence like its papa.
>>> I'm mentioning it here now because I've just been lazy about putting 
>>> it up.  But if there's interest, I can work a little faster at 
>>> getting a project up for it on dsource.
>>>
>>> It's a 100% native D port rather than a wrapper.  OpenMesh is almost 
>>> entirely templates, so doing a wrapper didn't make much sense.
>>>
>>> --bb
>>
>> neat! did you contact the maintainers? there is at least one D project 
>> at the ACG group atm, there might be people interested in supporting 
>> the D port.
> 
> Yes, I contacted them.  Initially I was trying to submit patches and 
> stuff against the C++ version for improvements I was making there, but 
> there doesn't seem to be anyone with write access who's interested in 
> maintaining it right now.  They responded to my emails (eventually) but 
> that was part of why I decided to just go ahead and port to D, the C++ 
> version seems not to be much of a moving target now.

it seems that the c++ version is too complex to be commonly used. 
apparently, only a small subset of the flexibility gets used. it might 
not justify the complexity of the lib.

> I also asked them if they would be interested in hosting the D port 
> alongside the C++ port, but they said no.  Actually the one who 
> responded to me only said "Good work -- never heard of this language.".
> 
> So I'm just going to put it on dsource.

uh, that's kind of surprising. maybe that's because the project is 
officially maintained by the group, but all the initial authors aren't 
with the group anymore (all but the last of the listed contacts).

anyway, i'd use it right away and help improving it, if necessary. i've 
written two specialized mesh structure-sets by now and it's time to use 
a single, generic solution.