Re: RFC : Proposal for new simple GTK2-based DIA API [was Re: Dia Python]

[James Michael DuPont <mdupont777 yahoo com>]

--- Lars Clausen <lrclause@cs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, James Michael DuPont wrote:
[snip]
> > Well, I will review the differences, as far as I can tell, 
> > does the current API does have a clean separation between the
> > implementation and the inteface? 
> 
> Yes it does.  The diagram structure is separate from the rendering
> structure is separate from the interface.  Please familiarize
> yourself with
> the code before suggesting mass changes -- adopting a new API like
> that
> would require changing every single object, a major and bugprone
> project
> just to change API arbitrarily.  If you have some arguments why your
> API is
> better than the current, please tell us.

ok. I will. Thanks for the reality check.

> > Plus I would like to have a clean model for scripting. It will be
> > easier to aggree on a simple new model, and modify existing code to
> > work with it than to try and upgrade the existing. 
> 
> No, it'd be easier to agree on a simple old model that's already
> implemented and has been working for many releases.

ok. Then I will do a point by point analysis of the current model and
get back to you.

mike

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James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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