[SAGA-RG] Python Bindings

[Andre Merzky]

They are awefull all right, but I don't see a better way.  Please have
a look at the the repository -- under pysaga/doc/ you'll see
masterthesis-paul.pdf which motivates that decision quite nicely.  You
probably should go over that doc anyway.

Best, Andre.


On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ole Weidner <ole.weidner at rutgers.edu> wrote:
> Hi Andre,
>
> can you please lay out the arguments for the existence of these abominable is_dir_self, is_link_self, etc. constructs? (With some example code, if possible). They look beyond awful and are, btw. a violation of GFD.90 ;-) Let's see if we can come up with something better!
>
> Thanks!
> Ole
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2012, at 14:33 , Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ole,
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Ole Weidner <ole.weidner at rutgers.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi Andre, All
>>>
>>> I was just thinking through some practical / convenient improvements for the Python Language bindings. Do you think it would make sense to allow creation of a saga.job.Description from a dictionary, e.g.,
>>>
>>> jd = saga.job.Description({'Executable':'/bin/sleep', 'Arguments':['60']})
>>
>> I should have added that in the bindings - the implementation allows
>> that already.  Thanks!
>>
>>
>>> IMHO this would be a very nice, optional addition. In conjunction with the already existing attributes_as_dict(), the API would become more 'symmetric' and would allow not only serialization but also convenient de-serialization.
>>>
>>> Also, *please* rename attributes_as_dict() to as_dict(). The attribute_ prefix is redundant (Attributes.attributes_as_dict()) and as_dict() is just more commonly used.
>>
>>
>> Makes sense.
>>
>> Best, Andre.
>>
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ole
>>>
>>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 20:32 , Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, sure!  I am still working on the parameter
>>>> types/names/documentation, and will send it around as soon as that is
>>>> done.
>>>>
>>>> The sources are as always in the redmine git.
>>>>
>>>> Best, Andre.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Steve Fisher <dr.s.m.fisher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Andre,
>>>>> Will you circulate a new PDF when you want us to read it again?
>>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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