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I have not had the time myself yet to read through code but are on the same or a similar opinion. It would probably end up something like this: read through source code and find all functions or similar accessing the PCB file and put them in libpcb library file which would be become a storage library.



On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:32:01 +0200
"Bernhard Kraft (bkraf0j9 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I raised a similar discussion some months ago. I guess what is missing
> are language bindings for the PCB and gschem file format in different
> languages (Java, Python, PHP, etc.). I guess many people who "hack
> together" a quick solution like I tried will go for some script
> language instead of using the natively existing C bindings.
> 
> Maybe it would be easier to create for example PHP bindings to the PCB
> file format by creating a php (PECL) library or using JNI to create
> Java language bindings from within the existing C code.