Re: [pcp] GSOC 2016 idea for PCP

[Charles Cui <charles.cui1984@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nathan for your great comments!
I will improve these points in the proposal.



Thanks, Charles

2016-03-23 22:14 GMT-07:00 Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Charles,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>>   Just let you know I have uploaded my proposal and shared with the
>>   community.
>> Please feel free to comment.
>>
>
> My earlier comments were lost by the google site in the final->draft
> transition, but the gist of it was:
>
> - perhaps a little bit light on the details of your implementation
>   plans, but otherwise a good proposal
>
> - e.g. it'd be good to see an understanding that there is a need in
>   some places to call C code from Go as well as Go code from C (e.g.
>   in the pmdaFetch(3) man page see paragraph #2 which discusses the
>   pmdaFetch and pmdaSetFetchCallback interfaces).
>
> - the perl and python PMDAs may prove a good reference for you, in
>   the way type conversions are done in the PMDA callbacks, as well
>   as examples for the points where C <-> Go <-> C transitions will
>   be needed.
>
> Overall I thought it a good proposal though and I know its almost
> the last day before submission now, so I mention the above at this
> late stage mainly as tips for you to just keep in mind for later on.
>
> cheers.
>
> --
> Nathan