Pyd

[Daniel Keep]

Kirk McDonald wrote:
> http://dsource.org/projects/pyd/wiki
> 
> As of revision 16, Pyd is now capable of the following:
> 
> [testdll.d]
> module testdll;
> 
> import pyd.pyd;
> import std.stdio;
> 
> // Function wrapping
> char[] bar(int i) {
>     if (i > 10) {
>         return "It's greater than 10!";
>     } else {
>         return "It's less than 10!";
>     }
> }
> 
> // Default argument support
> void baz(int i=10, char[] s="moo") {
>     writefln("i = %s\ns = %s", i, s);
> }
> 
> // Inroads on class wrapping
> class Foo {
>     void foo() {
>         writefln("Foo.foo()");
>     }
> }
> 
> extern (C)
> export void inittestdll() {
>     // Wrap function
>     def!("bar", bar);
>     // Wrap function with default arguments
>     def!("baz", baz, 0);
> 
>     module_init("testdll");
> 
>     // Wrap class
>     // (It sure says "Foo" a lot... I should do something about that.)
>     auto Foo_ = wrap_class!("Foo", Foo)();
>     Foo_.def!("foo", Foo.foo);
>     finalize_class!("Foo", Foo);
> }
> // EOF
> 
> In Python:
> 
>  >>> import testdll
>  >>> a = Foo()
>  >>> a.foo()
> Foo.foo()
> 
> This class wrapping support offers little more than that at this point. 
> This is mostly because there are now soooo many cool things I can do 
> that I must pause and catch my breath.
> 
> Important things left to do:
> * Add the wrapped types to the conversion templates. This is fairly 
> trivial, actually.
> 
> * Support for constructors other than the default constructor. This is 
> not trivial. I know how I am going to do it, but it is going to involve 
> hammering out a bunch of code.
> 
> * Exposure of properties (and maybe member variables, though that is 
> harder).
> 
> Nifty features I can implement:
> * Automatic wrapping of overloaded operators. (If you overload opAdd, it 
> will automatically do the same in Python.)
> 
> * Subclassing support. (The ability to write subclasses of your D 
> classes in Python.) This is actually just a matter of being careful as I 
> write the wrapping templates. If I do it right, this will simply Just Work.
> 
> -Kirk McDonald

To you, dear sir, I tip my hat.

	-- Daniel