[pypy-dev] cppyy: C++ bindings for PyPy

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:42 AM, <wlavrijsen at lbl.gov> wrote:

> Hi Maciej,
>
>
>  Quick question - if it's mature, why not merge it to default? I presume it
>> should be turned off, since there is a sizeable dependency, but still
>> having it in default can be good.
>>
>
> the dependency is the main issue: for it to build, it requires headers and
> libs from Reflex. Completely off (i.e. the module not picked up) could
> work:
> there are only a few changes that fall outside of the cppyy module proper
> (mainly access to the raw internals of arrays and a rule for .cxx in the
> generated Makefile). However, I'm not sure what the advantage would be, as
> the branch is regularly kept up to date with merges from default?
>
> Best regards,
>           Wim
>
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>

It'll at the very least run tests nightly so we'll make sure we don't break
it (we can install reflex on tannit). It's easier to maintain and I prefer
done features on trunk
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