[C++-sig] [Py++] Missing struct

[Nikolaus Rath]

Roman Yakovenko <roman.yakovenko at gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
>> But what I don't understand his this: If exporting only one symbol "a"
>> produces python code that cannot be imported (because it depends on the
>> definition of another symbol 'b' that was not explicitly requested),
>> what is the point of generating the code in the first place? Under which
>> circumstances do you want to generate code that cannot be imported?
>
> Consider use case, where your code is split between different modules:
>
> module Base:
>     struct B;
>
> module Derived1:
>     d( B* )
>
> module Derived2:
>     d2( B* )
>
> In this case, when you exposed Derived* you don't want to expose struct B.

With modules you mean files in this context, right? I guess I finally
understand. So you would have 'struct B' in one file and something that
uses struct B in a different file. Then both files are translated
to ctypes separately, but as long as they are both imported, all the
required symbols are defined. Sorry that it took me so long ;-).

I'm still curious though: how do you usually handle dependencies on
system headers? If you use the dependency tracing code, it won't be able
to tell which dependencies are from system files (and should be
included) and which dependencies are from project headers (and are going
to be exported separately).


Best,

   -Nikolaus

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