Re: [pygccxml-development] [FT]input_t class - new vision.

[Matthias B. <ba...@ir...>]

Roman Yakovenko wrote:
> from pygccxml import declarations
> type_transformation_t ?
> 
> def __init__( self, arg_id, transformation=None ):
>    self.arg_id = arg_id
>    if None is self.transformation:
>        #by default just remove reference
>        #because I expect this will be applied to immutable passed by ref
>        self.transformation = lambda type_:
> declarations.remove_reference( type_ )
>    elif is_callable( transformation ):
>        #let user define the transformation
>        self.transformation = transformation
>    else:
>        #user already knows what he wants, so we will just use it
>        assert isinstance( transformation, declarations.type_t )
>        self.transformation = lambda type_: transformation
> 
> transf = type_transformation_t( 1
>                  , lambda type_: declarations.remove_reference(
> 
> declarations.remove_const( type_ ) ) )
> 
> Something like this.

Your example uses an entirely different interface than what is currently 
implemented, but I guess I can see what you want to have.

I agree that functionality like this could be useful, I'd suggest to 
implement it as an additional transformer though and keep input_t still 
around.

- Matthias -