On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 04:55:14PM -0800, Evan Laforge wrote: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Andrea Rossato > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm writing the bindings to a C library which uses, in some functions, > > global variables. > > > > To make it clearer, those functions need a global variable to be > > defined. A C program using my_function, one of the library functions, > > would look like: > > I don't think you can use the FFI to declare symbols for C. One > not-so-pretty but effective way to do it is create a stub.c with the > variables declared along with setting functions, then bind those > functions like any other.
Yes, it is unfortunate this is the case. my ForeignData proposal was meant to address this: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/ForeignData I am not entirely sure about the proposal as described, but I think something like it should be done. John -- John Meacham - ⑆repetae.net⑆john⑈ _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
