From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9629eba26884d78 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-30 09:39:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: XML DOM Binding for Ada 95 - matter of style Date: 30 Jul 2003 12:33:30 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3f27bab4$1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1059582889 7852 128.183.235.92 (30 Jul 2003 16:34:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Jul 2003 16:34:49 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41028 Date: 2003-07-30T16:34:49+00:00 List-Id: "Denny Vrandecic" writes: > Denny Vrandecic wrote: > > > On the one hand, the W3C published IDLs in their standards, and I may > >> choose > >>[snip] > Martin Dowie answered > > How about providing both? One as a wrapper to the other. > > Simply put: double work, same pay. Well, same pay for you in the short run (one thesis), but significant gain for both you and the community in the long run. > There is no easy way of wrapping one around the other, especially > Exception Handling is a rather tricky issue that differs > tremendously between the IDL- and the Ada-way. To avoid double work > and still write the one binding that is most useful for the > Ada-Community I ask here for your opinion and advice. You should start with a thin binding (the IDL way). That will allow easy upgrade to any future versions of the DOM spec. Then anyone who wants to use it will write a partial thick binding (the Ada way). Eventually, all those people will get together and write a common thick binding. -- -- Stephe