General questions

[Andres Riancho]

List,

I wanted to know if java2python is still under development, I have
seen in the commit mailing list that the svn hasn't been updated since
Oct 5 2007 and I was wondering if this was because of the lack of bug
reports/features requests or just because nobody is touching the code.

Also, I would like to know of any "success stories" other than the
interactive brokers api.

I'm asking all this questions because I may start porting a
library that is written in java and want to know what to expect from
the java2python community. Finally, I would like to know if this issue
[1] was fixed or not, because having source code comments
automagically ported would be just awesome =)

Thanks in advance for all your answers, and congratulations for
the great tool.

[0] http://groups.google.com/group/java2python-commit
[1] http://code.google.com/p/java2python/issues/detail?id=19

[Troy Melhase]

> I wanted to know if java2python is still under development, I have
> seen in the commit mailing list that the svn hasn't been updated since
> Oct 5 2007 and I was wondering if this was because of the lack of bug
> reports/features requests or just because nobody is touching the code.

I haven't needed to update the code because it's working for me. I
suspect I'll have to do a java 5/6 grammar update sooner or later, but
since the sources I'm most interested in translating are still 1.4, I
haven't needed to do that update.

> Also, I would like to know of any "success stories" other than the
> interactive brokers api.

Me, too.

> I'm asking all this questions because I may start porting a
> library that is written in java and want to know what to expect from
> the java2python community.

You can expect help from this member. I suspect you'd have help from
others as well.

What java library? During your port, keep in mind that you have the
option of specifying extra imports, search/replace strings, etc., via
the configuration module feature. See the ib.ext.cfg package for
examples.

> Finally, I would like to know if this issue
> [1] was fixed or not, because having source code comments
> automagically ported would be just awesome =)

I never heard back from Laurie, and I hadn't worked on that feature
myself. I'll take a look at it soon and get back with you.

> Thanks in advance for all your answers, and congratulations for
> the great tool.

You're very welcome. Please let me know how I can help further.

[Andres Riancho]

Troy,

First of all, thanks for the quick response!

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Troy Melhase <troy.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I wanted to know if java2python is still under development, I have
>> seen in the commit mailing list that the svn hasn't been updated since
>> Oct 5 2007 and I was wondering if this was because of the lack of bug
>> reports/features requests or just because nobody is touching the code.
>
> I haven't needed to update the code because it's working for me. I
> suspect I'll have to do a java 5/6 grammar update sooner or later, but
> since the sources I'm most interested in translating are still 1.4, I
> haven't needed to do that update.

Hmmm, now that you mention, this could be the problem with the second
email "the possible bug" I just sent.

>> Also, I would like to know of any "success stories" other than the
>> interactive brokers api.
>
> Me, too.

Maybe if I translate the library I'm testing, we can add that as a
success story =)

>> I'm asking all this questions because I may start porting a
>> library that is written in java and want to know what to expect from
>> the java2python community.
>
> You can expect help from this member. I suspect you'd have help from
> others as well.

Excellent.

> What java library? During your port, keep in mind that you have the
> option of specifying extra imports, search/replace strings, etc., via
> the configuration module feature. See the ib.ext.cfg package for
> examples.

The library/program I'm trying to translate is:
http://pixybox.seclab.tuwien.ac.at/pixy/download.php

Which is rather complex for a first timer with java and java2python;
but I'll try it anyways.

>> Finally, I would like to know if this issue
>> [1] was fixed or not, because having source code comments
>> automagically ported would be just awesome =)
>
> I never heard back from Laurie, and I hadn't worked on that feature
> myself. I'll take a look at it soon and get back with you.

You should mail Laurie!

>> Thanks in advance for all your answers, and congratulations for
>> the great tool.
>
> You're very welcome. Please let me know how I can help further.

Ok, thanks!

> >
>

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Andres Riancho
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Web Application Attack and Audit Framework