[GRASS-dev] GSoC proposal "Higher level API for C and C++" : need for discussion

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

2017-02-01 17:59 GMT+01:00 Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be>:
> I just the GSoC proposal for a "Higher level API for C and C++". I _think_ I
> understand where this comes from, but it does raise some very fundamental
> issues about how GRASS is written and should be written, notably, but not
> only, the inclusion of a C++ API.
>
> I just want to ensure that there is sufficient discussion on the list about
> such a project which could have far-reaching consequences. And if we ever
> decide to for such a project, then I think it has to be made absolutely
> clear that the student working on this needs to be extremely proficient in
> C/C++. Otherwise, I'm afraid that we risk creating a great mess that might
> need lots of cleanup work afterwards.

please take a look at GAL project from 2008 [1]. Ma

[1] https://dspace.vutbr.cz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11012/53128/5989.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
[2] https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/gi/article/viewFile/gi.3.1/2561

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