[Insight-developers] GCC-XML extension

[Brad King]

Hello, all:

A major part of Insight's interpreted language wrapper generators is the
use of an extension to GCC's C++ front end that generates an XML
description of a C++ program (with template instantiations).  The
extension greatly simplifies parsing of Insight's sources for the wrapper
generators, but can also be a useful stand-alone tool.

I have setup a separate project web-page (a public one) and mailing list
for anyone interested in the development of the extension.  I have
received several offers for help from people at various organizations
around the world, so I needed a place to organize the effort. It is hoped
that this extension will one day be mature enough for inclusion in the
main GCC distribution. Although there is a working prototype, there is no
DTD for the XML code that is generated, so there is much work to be done.

There is now a link to the page off the Insight developer's page:
http://public.kitware.com/Insight/HTMLPrivate/

Or you can go directly to it with this link:
http://public.kitware.com/GCC_XML/

If any of you are interested in trying out the extension, there are
instructions on the page.  Although this is a sub-project of Insight for
wrapper generation, it is probably best to direct discussion of it to the
gccxml mailing list (see web page) instead of the main Insight list.

Have fun,
-Brad