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Subject: Re: GtkAda for GTk4?
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On Monday, 14 February 2022 at 08:46:03 UTC+1, briot.e...@gmail.com wrote:
> > GtkAda bindings are generated by a tool designed by AdaCore. This tool 
> > might require massive changes when migrating to GTK 4.
> 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

Thanks Emmanuel for your input. Seems it indeed would be a larger effort, and as Dimitry states, perhaps one should wait for next major release. It will take some time in any event to create the interface binding. 

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