Re: [pygccxml-development] improving user experience

[Roman Y. <rom...@gm...>]

On 7/17/06, Matthias Baas <ba...@ir...> wrote:
> Roman Yakovenko wrote:
> > Also I completely forgot about "readme" functionality. May be my
> > approach is wrong.
> > May be I need to change the code. I think, that instead of reporting
> > warning from
> > "ignore" property, I need to report it from module_creator/creator.py file.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Well, I have to admit that I actually was somewhat surprised to see the
> __report_warning() message being invoked when accessing the "ignore"
> property but then, as long as it works.....

It was ugly hack, that does not work :-(.

> But it does sound reasonable to me if problems are reported when the
> code creator tree is created, so maybe this would make the code more clear.

I agree.

> By the way, when exactly is _exportable_impl() called

1. When pyplusplus asks for ignore property value. This is happen from code
    creators factory. ( That is why I introduced the hack )

2. When user calls for
    readme method
    exportable property
    why_not_exportable property

> (or when is the
> exportable property accessed)? Would it also be an option to log a
> warning message right at the place where it is created? (this is
> probably what I would have done in the first place)

You mean during construction, right? It is not possible. The main
reason for this
is that construction is done in 2 steps ( scanner and linker )

> Or is the generated message string used for something else as well?

No. It's main purpose it to be printed to user.

> Or is "exportable" already accessed somewhen before the user actually
> ignored the declaration? (so that the message should not be printed)

No. I don't think so, but we should be careful to not print same message ( from
same declaration ) twice.

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Roman Yakovenko
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