Needs to be C for the JS library stuff to work.

 - Bruce


On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Arve Knudsen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Bruce, can you comment on the C++ thing though? Could I write this JS
> implementation for a C++ class instead, or does it have to be C?
>
> Arve
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Arve Knudsen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Bruce, ahhh thank you, that was the missing piece of the puzzle. It works
>> now!
>>
>> Arve
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Bruce Mitchener <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> You don't want to put your function inside the $RTAUDIO object.
>>>
>>> You'd just put it at top level in the LibraryRtAudio object. $RTAUDIO is
>>> where you'll put shared internal stuff.
>>>
>>>  - Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Arve Knudsen <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to write a shim for the C++ API RtAudio, i.e. the class RtAudio
>>>> really. Your docs show how to write shims for C APIs (e.g. SDL), but not
>>>> C++ APIs:
>>>> http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/porting/connecting_cpp_and_javascript/Interacting-with-code.html?highlight=webidl#implement-a-c-api-in-javascript.
>>>> No idea how embind/webidl-binder would fit into this scenario.
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, I wrote a (very) simple C wrapper for RtAudio, thus
>>>> sidestepping the C++ issue, so I can just write a C API shim. I try to
>>>> implement a single C function, rtaudio_initialize, in JavaScript, but it's
>>>> not found by the generated JavaScript (chuck.js). I can tell that the shim
>>>> (or JavaScript library) is used when building however, since I can have it
>>>> break the build by throwing an exception. Why is my JS implementation of
>>>> rtaudio_initialize not found??
>>>>
>>>> My shim can be seen here:
>>>> https://github.com/aknuds1/chuck/blob/emscripten/src/emscripten/shims/rtaudio.js,
>>>> and it's incorporated in the build via the --js-library option to
>>>> emcc: --js-library emscripten/shims/rtaudio.js.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Arve
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Alon Zakai <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What do you mean by "shim a C++ API"? And in what way are embind and
>>>>> the webidl-binder not sufficient?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Alon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Arve Knudsen <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't see that those docs mention how to shim a C++ API in
>>>>>> JavaScript? There is a section on C API though, and how to integrate your
>>>>>> shims, so that's helpful at least. Is it simply not possible to shim a 
>>>>>> C++
>>>>>> API? If so, I'll have to write a C wrapper instead I guess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arve
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Alon Zakai <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> General docs on that are at
>>>>>>> http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/porting/connecting_cpp_and_javascript/Interacting-with-code.html?highlight=webidl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In particular if you are going to use C++ classes from JS, you
>>>>>>> probably want embind or webidl-binder.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Alon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Arve Knudsen <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi guys
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As pertaining my previous more general question about writing
>>>>>>>> Emscripten shims, I have a more specific follow-up question. How can I
>>>>>>>> write an Emscripten shim library to mimic the RtAudio C++ class 
>>>>>>>> constructor
>>>>>>>> (
>>>>>>>> http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtaudio/classRtAudio.html#afd0bfa26deae9804e18faff59d0273d9)?
>>>>>>>> And how do I integrate said shim into my build, so that invoking the
>>>>>>>> constructor works? The shim will eventually need to do more than just 
>>>>>>>> mimic
>>>>>>>> the constructor of course, but that would be a superb start.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For context, what I'm trying to do is to port the ChucK music
>>>>>>>> programming language to JS, my GitHub project can be found here (branch
>>>>>>>> emscripten): https://github.com/aknuds1/chuck/tree/emscripten. The
>>>>>>>> README includes instructions on how to build with Emscripten.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let me know if you need to know more.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> Arve
>>>>>>>>
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