Subj : Re: Equivalent of JS_InitClass for global object?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Sun Aug 24 2003 07:58 pm

Brendan Eich wrote:

> David Bradley wrote:
>
>> John J. Lee wrote:
>>
>>> I've written a Javascript/Python bridge.  I can implement Javascript
>>> objects in Python, except for one case: I can't implement the JS
>>> global object in Python (in particular, I want to implement the
>>> "window" object found in web browsers' object models).
>>
>>
>> Have you looked a PyConnect? The code may be in a bit of disarray, 
>> not sure how well maintained it is, but it might be an easier task to 
>> get it in order than reinvent it: 
>> http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/extensions/python/xpcom/ 
>
>
> Mark Hammond has updaged it recently.  I think it works. 


Bcc'ing Mark, now that I have his address (not cc'ing, in case he wants 
to avoid the fame, or the spam).

The advantage of PyConnect is that if you go down the JS/Python route, 
you're inviting n^2 inter-language-runtime bridge-building.  If you 
instead choose to build only XPCOM/language bridges, you need n for n 
languages.  Plus XPCOM, of course.

/be

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