[Xcb] XCB naming conventions technical problems

[Jeremy A. Kolb]

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Vincent Torri wrote:

> 
> hey,
> 
> i'm also hacking that stylesheet :)
> 
> >
> > What do import.py, size.py  and type.py do? They do not seem
> > to be called before the xsl processor gets called?
> 
> I don't know
> 
> > * Within the stylesheet there are a lot snippets like
> >
> > ..."XCB{$ext}Init"...
> >
> > If I transform them to
> >
> > ..."xcb_{$ext}_init"...
> >
> > and $ext is empty because it is an unqualified type the
> > result will be
> >
> > "xcb__init"
> 
> It's normal, as that string is present only in extension files. I have 
> solved that by changing in the extensions xml description the 
> extension-name field with _render instead of Render (for the render 
> extension), and use :
> 
> xcb{$ext}_init
> 
> > * Renaming types e.g. from WINDOW to window_t can be done in
> > two places: In xproto.xml or by appending "_t" in various
> > places in c-clients.xsl.
> 
> definitely not in xproto.xml
> 
> i've not solved yet that problem
> 
> > When doing the former, the created functions for requests
> > would e.g. look like "xcb_create_window_t_checked" which is
> > not wanted. The other way, appending "_t" in the stylesheet
> > is quite complicated because many places need to be
> > adjusted. I tried for an hour but it still does not compile
> > correctly (But maybe Josh could do it).
> 
> i'm trying that way. I have some good results, but there is some work. 
> Lots of.
> 
> > After giving up (there were more problems), I did a small
> > xml->c converter for a subset in python which seems to me
> > simpler and better readable (although less error checking
> > presently). This raises the question: would a move from xsl
> > to python be viable or is python too much of a dependency?
> 
> I remember that someone (Josh, iirc) wanted to do something in python, but 
> I can't remember if it was for the generation of the header / source 
> files.
> 

Mesa generates a lot of headers and source files from a python script 
combined with some xml files.  I believe it's under 
Mesa/src/x11/glx/glapi/.

> Vincent
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