RE: [Simulavr-devel] Use of Python in simulavrxx

[Weddington, Eric]

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> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:38 PM
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> Subject: [Simulavr-devel] Use of Python in simulavrxx
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> Hi,
> 
> in an off-list discussion with Joel he asked me about about 
> the use of Python. 
> My opinion is, we should drop it. To run the examples always 
> gui.tcl is 
> necessary which means we need TCL for the GUI. Klaus' basic 
> examples always used 
>   TCL for checkdebug. So, does anyone sees a reason to keep 
> the Python interface 
> alive?
> 
> If there are no reasons to keep the Python-IF alive we should 
> stick on TCL as 
> the one and only interpreter. The SWIG-configuration needs to 
> be modified 
> accordingly and checkdebug.tcl should be the only files to be 
> supported.

If the python support is either broken, or no one volunteers to maintain it, 
then it should be removed.