Start of a bgen tutorial

[theller]

BPO	458383
Nosy	@loewis, @theller, @jackjansen
Files	tut.py: Start of a tutorial (tut.py)

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[theller]

Jack,

this is (maybe) a start of a bgen tutorial. It explains some of the things I understand now from bgen.

It is not finished, also it uses windows specific examples. I'm requesting comments on the general approach. I have also sent it to you via email, but probably you have not seen it.

[jackjansen]

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Thomas, I'm leaving your tutorial in the patch section for now.

My reason for this is that you give a nice explanation of how bgen generates code, and how you can then build the module (nifty, that one!), but you skip the whole "front end" bit: how bgen parses your C header files, and how you add support for the various C objects to Python. And in my opinion that is the biggest stumbling block for people starting to work with bgen.

I'll try and come up with a framework for a tutorial, if I have something I'll let you know so you can shine your light on it.

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If there is no action on this patch by Nov 1, 2002, I recommend to reject it.

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Closing it as rejected.