Re: [Quantlib-dev] [PATCH] Payoffs fully implemented in a foreign language via SWIG

[Andrea <mar...@go...>]

On 22/01/10 11:06, Luigi Ballabio wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 21:08 +0000, Andrea wrote:
>> It looks like it makes things a lot easier.
>> Basically one has to export the raw C++ inheritance.
>> Then swig will remove all differences between pointers, references,
>> shared_ptr, wrapping them when needed.
>> I think it would simplify what Quantlib-SWIG does now, where it needs
>> to expose classes inheriting from shared_ptr<I> rather than I itself.
> 
>> It is very likely that the user will not notice any difference.
> 
> Ok, I see.  Yes, that would simplify the interfaces somewhat.  However,
> there's the problem that shared_ptr is not supported in all the
> languages we're exporting to.  
> 
>> Coming back to my original problem, unfortunately it seems that using
>> shared_ptr and directors does not work (yet?) (SWIG generates invalid
>> Java code). So for the time being the code I posted at the top of the
>> thread is still my best solution.
> 
> Ok, I'll look at it. Thanks.
> 
> Luigi
> 
> 
> 

For the problem with directors, feel free to join me here

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.swig/15606

Andrea