Re: ObjectHandler, QuantLibAddin, and QuEPs

[Ferdinando Ametrano <nando ametrano net>]

Hi all

Jody Goldberg wrote:
> I'm definitely already on some of the quantlib lists, possibly not
> that one please add me.
I've added you and Eric to quantlib-dev

> Gnumeric already has a significant set of financial analytics,
> and I'd like to see that expanded to use quantlib.
this is great news.

> IDL is a non-starter.  It is nowhere near reach enough to supply the
> amount of documentation and detail to generate the code I'd like to
> see.  A config_file and some sort of script, possibly in python
> seems like a reasonable approach.  I've seen it used successfully in
> things like pygtk and gtk#.
I definitively trust you on such an issue.

>   By defining the api using a format we
> control it's possible to get all the relevent information.
> Something as simple as an xml based format would be fine.  The goal
> is to provide things like
>     - name
>     - short func description
>     - per argument name, description, type
>     - Return type
>     - long func description (algorithm, model, possible a url to
>       more docs)
>     - implementation status
>     - testing status
>     - version info (eg first created in QL v?)
>     - Related functions
>     - Possibly a ChangeLog ?
>     - Translations ?
>     - Keywords/Categories to classify function
>     - Samples/Examples
>     - Related functions
I agree with everything but translations. Not that we have to forbid them, 
but imho the financial community doesn't really need them.

Eric wrote:
> I'll send more specific comments on Monday,
> as well as a split QuEP11(/12?) and a draft
> design for the automatic generation of code
I look forward to it.

ciao -- Nando