On Aug 11, 4:26 pm, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:18 AM, mac <markus.gustavs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It is certainly theoretically possible to call C++ from Clojure/Java > > but it requires deep knowledge and lots of code for each C++ compiler > > one would like to support. > > I've done a fair amount of work getting specific C++ libraries to > work with Clojure. I recommend swig, but even with that it's > a messy and error-prone process, requires integration with your > AOT build process, etc.
Yes, something like swig is probably the best option, but that falls under the wrap in C category in my mind. I didn't mean to sound like you have to do it manually, a tool is of course nicer if it's possible. What I meant by "theoretically possible to call" was calling without wrappers, using the same technique as JNA. But that's a real mess because at the very least it requires a library like clj-native (or rather JNA in this case) to handle C++ name mangling. And to be complete you would also need to handle virtual function dispatch and exceptions. And that's no small task thanks to the compilers being so different. /Markus On Aug 11, 4:26 pm, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:18 AM, mac <markus.gustavs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It is certainly theoretically possible to call C++ from Clojure/Java > > but it requires deep knowledge and lots of code for each C++ compiler > > one would like to support. > > I've done a fair amount of work getting specific C++ libraries to > work with Clojure. I recommend swig, but even with that it's > a messy and error-prone process, requires integration with your > AOT build process, etc. > > Once that's all set up for each individual C++ lib, the Clojure > code you write to use it can look as good and work as well as any > Java interop code, so quite well and naturally. > > --Chouserhttp://joyofclojure.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
