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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,fda5a12bddfaf1a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.cs.univ-paris8.fr!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada-Python inter-language testing Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:32:48 +0100 Organization: None Message-ID: <2530726.UhbYVafVWR@linux1.krischik.com> References: Reply-To: martin@krischik.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1105969031 01 22836 3Qnrr+AL6vBW4Xq 050117 13:37:11 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: JrjXimZGoe4wdkVKGazk72gVSDA6DmwEfhx52S44hB6FoXgf1d8VY5 User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7866 Date: 2005-01-17T14:32:48+01:00 List-Id: Matteo Bertini wrote: > I'm doing some coding for an Ada-Python bridge to decouple test-code > from ada-code. > > The idea is: > > (A) Have some Ada code to test. > > (B) Write down an Ada package exporting procedures and functions in a C > compatible way. > > (C) Write a Pyrex[1] (Python[2] like language for making C modules) > bridge to access Ada exported procedures and functions. > > (D) Write unit-testing in Python, being free to add/remove/change > test-cases without recompiling and with a lot of introspection features. > > > Considering that the point (B) is error prone and time consuming, could > ever someone in the real world need something like this? Now, GPS has a Pyhon binding: http://libre.act-europe.fr/gps/ and there is a Python/Ada Project on Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyada/ So, yes there is interest. However, the pyada project is not unmaintained (you might want to take it over) and that shows: it ain't easy Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com