Function pointers in IDL

1 · Jérôme Petazzoni · Oct. 27, 2013, midnight
To help @EstelleDeau to refactor some code, I had a look at introspection and reflection features in IDL. It is a really weird language (especially when my primary languages are now Python and Go), but it was a fun ride. Note: we are talking about Interactive Data Language here; not Interface description language. The former is a programming language used for data anlysis by e.g. NASA; the latter is used to describe component interface for e.g. RPC. Why? Why am I doing this? Science! My wife @Es...