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Subject: Re: Ada-WinRT bindings - Alpha release
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On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 7:21:16 PM UTC+10, gor...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Den fredag 13 april 2018 kl. 11:05:41 UTC+2 skrev alby....@gmail.com:
> > Dear Ada community
> >=20
> > I am pleased to announce the initial alpha release of the WinRt binding=
s for Ada.
> > It is available on GitHub at the following URL
> >=20
> > https://github.com/Alex-Gamper/Ada-WinRT
> >=20
> > Please feel free to raise issues/question/recommendations for improveme=
nts either
> > via GitHub or on his forum
> >=20
> > Thanks
> >=20
> > Alex
>=20
> Hi Alex!
>=20
> Great work on the Windows binding! It is huge! :)
>=20
> One thing I keep in mind when making Ada bindings to C libraries is to at=
tempt hiding the access types from the users of the API. For example wrappi=
ng the access type variables inside the private the part of limited types (=
to avoid copying of the private access type variable in order to be sure on=
e does unchecked deallocation just once). It means first making a thin bind=
ing with access types (because there are pointers in the C API) and then bu=
ilding a thick binding on top. And oh yes, that's easier said than done. An=
yways, something I keep in mind.
>=20
> Best regards,
> Joakiim

Hi Joakiim

I sort of understand where you are coming from? I fell into a trap of over=
=20
implementing the mappings of WinRT to Ada, which resulted in a huge Api sur=
face

As a compromise I focused on the core COM interfaces (which WinRT/UWP is ba=
sed
upon). So in essence the current bindings represent a low level bindings th=
at
can and should be built upon.

Alex