[SAGA-RG] SAGA Python language binding naming.

[Fisher, SM (Steve)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Merzky [mailto:andre at merzky.net] 
> Sent: 14 August 2008 19:26
> To: Fisher, SM (Steve)
> Cc: Andre Merzky; Hartmut Kaiser; SAGA RG
> Subject: Re: [SAGA-RG] SAGA Python language binding naming.
> 
> Quoting [Fisher, SM (Steve)] (Aug 14 2008):
> > 
> > Hi,
> >  
> > Sorry to be late commenting. A python module is a file and 
> the package
> > structure corresponds to a directory tree - so clearly we 
> need multiple
> > modules arranged in packages.
> > 
> > I would also suggest that enum like variables be entirely 
> in capitals
> > 
> > I don't find that: bytes_read = f.read (buffer, len) is 
> very pythonesqe.
> > Surely it should be buffer = f.read() and len(buffer) will 
> tell you what
> > you have got.
> 
> But how can you then specify that you want to read 20 bytes,
> instead of the whole 20GB file?

buffer = f.read(20)

I feel that the proposed calling sequence looks too C like
 
 
> > Is this a complete Python implementation or is it a wrapper 
> around C++?
> 
> Our implementation wraps around C++.  If I am not mistaken,
> Pauls implementation will wrap around Java (using Jython)?
> 
> Cheers, Andre.
> 
> 
> > Steve
> 
> 
> 
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