[etrice-dev] Status of cpp code generator

["Karlitschek, Peter" <Peter.Karlitschek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi developers,
I just wanted to let you know how far I have come until now. The last weeks I could make some slow but steady progress and today I could for the first time _build_ an executable from a simple model, with all the generators in place (protocol, data class, actor, subsystem, subsytem runner).  That doesn't mean that the executable already does anything, but that's the next step.

There are some topics that I worked around which require more attention in the next step or later.
Here is my todo list:

- building attribute initializer lists: in cpp I don't want to create instances of data classes on the heap, but instead I would like to initialize those attributes in the constructor. -> would be good to get some generic support here

- building the state machine code: in cpp I have to split up the generated code into .h and .cpp file, for example I need the member function declarations in the header and the implementation in the code. This is currently not supported by the generic generator -> I think we need support here similar to operation-generation functions

- Message pooling: efficient allocation scheme for Messages is still needed

- Threading: Question is which library to base it onto. My favorite would be to use boost and later switch to C++11 threads

- Unittests: For the runtime and for the generator itself. On which test framework should the cpp-runtime tests be based.

- Modellib:	 Not started yet

Hope this gives a picture of the current status. I'm happy about any suggestions how to continue, especially to test the code.
Best regards,
Peter

Dr. Peter Karlitschek

Senior Software Engineer
R&D Software Algorithms and Applications

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