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[Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo.niemeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Robert Park <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is this something that you think would stabilise over the next cycle?
> Because I would definitely need the QML types I create to be as
> generic and re-usable as possible, without forcing everybody
> downstream of me to be using Go if they don't want to.

There's a chance. The patches are up for review and have been
postponed until the next release of Go is out, which is due this year
still.

> Ideally I would be authoring QML types, and then people downstream of
> me could include them in pure-qml projects, without having to write
> any C++ or Go at all in order to incorporate my work. Is that
> possible?

There are two routes for that. The one we're debating above, and then
you could also have a qmlscene-like runner built in Go that includes
all Go types.

I'm not sure about how much of a good idea that is, though. Perhaps it
depends on how much Go is buying you when developing those types,
because you're certainly adding an extra layer.


gustavo @ http://niemeyer.net