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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add xl ocaml bindings

To: Zhigang Wang <zhigang.x.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add xl ocaml bindings
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:16:14 +0100
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Xen Devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vincent Hanquez <Vincent.Hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Zhigang Wang wrote:
> I did some investigation on python bindings. It seems the best way today is
> using ctypes.
> 
> There are a few tools to autogenerate the bindings, but in my mind, the best 
> way
> is: generate at first time and then make some changes and maintain it 
> manually.
> I think user readability is most important.
> 
> And I was thinking xl should written in python.
> 

We already have a toolstack written in python: xend.
I think that rather than rewriting xl in python, it would be much better
to port xend to libxl.

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