[Swig-user] SWIG for MATLAB: An update and call for collaboration

[Joel A. <j.a...@gm...>]

Hi all!

As you may know if you've been following this mailing list, there is an
ongoing effort to write a MATLAB module to SWIG. Since many of you probably
are not also following the swig-devel mailing list, I thought it would make
sense make a short update on this list.

After great contributions from in particular Kris Thielemans, the module
has now reached a state where it is actually mature enough to be used for
major projects. I've successfully used it to generate MATLAB bindings for
our project CasADi (http://casadi.org) and Ian Bell reported to have used
it to generate MATLAB bindings to CoolProp (http://www.coolprop.org).

If you want to try out the module, now might be the time. Both Kris
Thielemans and I have limited time for working on this, so consider
contributing if you want to see the module finished soon. Otherwise it
might take time before it's mature enough to be merged into the master
branch of SWIG. I'm personally (don't know about Kris) also willing to work
on the MATLAB module (or its usage) on a commercial basis. Feel free to
contact me about that.

Here is how you can obtain the module (adapted from Ian Bell's mail):

 * In Github, fork mine (https://github.com/jaeandersson/swig) or Kris' (
https://github.com/KrisThielemans/swig) fork of SWIG. They are currently in
sync, so it shouldn't matter which.
 * Clone your fork (replace "myusername"):
  >> git clone -b matlab https://github.com/myusername/swig swig-matlab
* Add the mine and Kris' forks as remote to be able to keep up to date with
development:
  >> git remote add joel https://github.com/jaeandersson/swig
  >> git remote add kris https://github.com/KrisThielemans/swig
* Compile SWIG
  >> cd swig-matlab/
  >> ./autogen.sh
  >> ./configure --with-matlab=/usr/local/MATLAB/R2014a/bin/matlab
--prefix=/home/ian/swig-matlab
  >> make
  >> make install
* If you fix or improve something, commit and push to your fork and then
make a pull request in Github.


Best regards,
Joel