[C++-sig] GNU gettext and "_"

Prabhu Ramachandran prabhu at aero.iitm.ernet.in
Thu Jun 20 19:11:42 CEST 2002


>>>>> "RWGK" == Ralf W Grosse-Kunstleve <rwgk at yahoo.com> writes:

    RWGK> I am having real difficulties seeing the usefulness of the
    RWGK> "mirror Python syntax" approach, especially if you threaten
    RWGK> to mess around with defines in questionable ways. Why would
    RWGK> I want to write Python in C++? If I want convenience I use
    RWGK> Python, and if I need speed I use (pure/real/familiar) C++.

I agree.  So long as the interface does not use very long names and is
well documented I dont see a real point in mirroring Python syntax.

my 2p.
prabhu





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