Re: Using OSTree API

[Colin Walters <walters verbum org>]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015, at 02:58 AM, Leandro Santiago wrote:

> I checked ostree uses libglnx to manage memory

libglnx just wraps GCC's __attribute__((cleanup)):
http://blog.verbum.org/2012/05/09/__attribute__-cleanup-or-how-i-came-to-love-c-again/

Which then later landed in GLib.

You don't *need* to use this of course, it's just extra convenience.

> Awkwardly I found no ways to generate C++ bindings from introspection
> files. It's a bit off-toppic Do anyone know if it is possible?

I am not sure if there is a project implementing that - AFAIK the
glibmm bindings still use .defs files, though I may be wrong.

As far as languages, I think dynamic languages are good for prototyping,
but they tend to be heavy on memory usage which matters when you
have a persistent daemon, so C/C++ is likely
your best bet long term, and lowers the impedance mismatch.

That's what we've done with the rpm-ostree daemon.