> Hi, In reference to the discussion about a root2h program, I think
> this would be a useful tool for our collaboration, enabling PAW
> users to use a ROOT-based system without learning ROOT or C++.
>
> It would be even more useful to have a root2datastream, where the
> format of datastream was well-defined and "easy" to read, ie not
> requiring any special library to read (maybe ASCII). This would
> allow people to convert root files into anything that they wanted,
> including hbook files, matlab files, or something else.
Actually one always can use
printf
C subroutine (or another C/C++ "standard" I/O functions to generate
any ASCII (or binary) output from within ROOT macro (or interactive
session) he likes. And then apply gRoot->Exec(" Shell command") to
launch something but ROOT (see root/tutorials/rootalias.C as
a patern).
I see no task here for ROOT team. It could be done on the user
level (ROOT-based application).
One can create for his users this system. It seems ROOT has
provided all features one needs to implement it.
I assume it is quite complicate to find an universal solution,
namely "format of datastream" to describe ANY C++ object but C++
itself.
With my regards,
Valery
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