Re: GtkAda for GTk4?

[Fernando Oleo Blanco <irvise_ml@irvise.xyz>]

Am Sun, 13 Feb 2022 23:46:01 -0800 (PST)
schrieb Emmanuel Briot <briot.emmanuel@gmail.com>:

> I wrote that python script years ago, when the XML files that
> describe the gtk+ API were actually pretty bad type-wise. The script
> is full of special cases, and very ugly. I don't think anyone should
> use it as a basis for binding to gtk 4, it would likely be much
> better to restart from scratch. I believe the XML files have improved
> significantly since then, and are used by more languages bindings,
> too, so that could likely be simplified.
> 
> Emmanuel

This may be worth mentioning...

Fortran also has a GTK binding [1]. It is also autogenerated with a
Python script. As far as I can remember, the change from GTK3 to 4 was
not too big. It did obviously require changes and a bit of elbow
grease, but they had GTK4 support as soon as it became official. The
actual code is present here [2].

This may serve as a comparison or reference for what may be needed. It
is obvious that the Fortran people did have a different starting point
and Fortran is a different language. I am just including it for
reference.

Cheers,
Fer

[1] https://github.com/vmagnin/gtk-fortran
[2] https://github.com/vmagnin/gtk-fortran/tree/gtk4/src