First small step towards bgen-generated CoreFoundation. there is hardly any real functionality yet, but method chains seem to work, and so do Retain/Release semantics.

Mac/Modules/cf/cfscan.py

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+# Scan an Apple header file, generating a Python file of generator calls.
+
+import sys
+import os
+BGENDIR=os.path.join(sys.prefix, ':Tools:bgen:bgen')
+sys.path.append(BGENDIR)
+from scantools import Scanner_OSX
+from bgenlocations import TOOLBOXDIR
+
+LONG = "CoreFoundation"
+SHORT = "cf"
+OBJECTS = ("CFTypeRef", "CFStringRef")
+
+def main():
+	input = [
+		"CFBase.h",
+###		"CFArray.h",
+##		"CFBag.h",
+##		"CFBundle.h",
+##		"CFCharacterSet.h",
+###		"CFData.h",
+##		"CFDate.h",
+###		"CFDictionary.h",
+##		"CFNumber.h",
+##		"CFPlugIn.h",
+##		"CFPreferences.h",
+##		"CFPropertyList.h",
+##		"CFSet.h",
+###		"CFString.h",
+##		"CFStringEncodingExt.h",
+##		"CFTimeZone.h",
+##		"CFURL.h",
+		]
+	output = SHORT + "gen.py"
+	defsoutput = TOOLBOXDIR + LONG + ".py"
+	scanner = MyScanner(input, output, defsoutput)
+	scanner.scan()
+	scanner.gentypetest(SHORT+"typetest.py")
+	scanner.close()
+	print "=== Done scanning and generating, now importing the generated code... ==="
+	exec "import " + SHORT + "support"
+	print "=== Done.  It's up to you to compile it now! ==="
+
+class MyScanner(Scanner_OSX):
+
+	def destination(self, type, name, arglist):
+		classname = "Function"
+		listname = "functions"
+		if arglist:
+			t, n, m = arglist[0]
+			if t in OBJECTS and m == "InMode":
+				classname = "Method"
+				listname = t + "_methods"
+		return classname, listname
+
+	def writeinitialdefs(self):
+		self.defsfile.write("def FOUR_CHAR_CODE(x): return x\n")
+
+	def makeblacklistnames(self):
+		return [
+			# Memory allocator functions
+			"CFAllocatorGetDefault",
+			"CFAllocatorSetDefault",
+			"CFAllocatorAllocate",
+			"CFAllocatorReallocate",
+			"CFAllocatorDeallocate",
+			"CFGetAllocator",
+			]
+
+	def makegreylist(self):
+		return []
+
+	def makeblacklisttypes(self):
+		return [
+			"CFAllocatorContext",
+			]
+
+	def makerepairinstructions(self):
+		return [
+			]
+			
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()