[Python-Dev] framer tool

[Guido van Rossum]

>   Jack> how does framer relate to modulator? Is it a replacement?
>   Jack> Should modulator be adapted to framer? (And, if so, who's
>   Jack> going to do it? :-)
> 
> Framer could be a replacement for modulator.  The original impetus for
> framer came from Jim Fulton, who suggested that modulator be updated
> so that it could be used for C extension types.
> 
> I thought that Zope-style interfaces would be a nice way to specify
> the signatures of the extension module and types.  Since modulator
> didn't handle the specifications or the new 2.2/2.3 features, I didn't
> really look at it.

Jeremy points out that framer's *output* is different.  I'd like to
mention that framer's *input* is also different; Modulator is  GUI
tool, framer reads .py files.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)