Tholom Kiely wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > I've just been trying out Inline -- looks great! I found it while looking around for >alternatives to SWIG, and hope it will be easier to access global variables from >imported libraries/shared objects. > > Of course, a library shouldn't have these, but I'm using code developed by an Elec >Eng. like myself, code which is big and very sinful in S/W Eng terms :) > > I have some zany ideas about managing complex data types in C by (semi-)automating a >translation process based on c2ph output. > > For example, I'd could conceivably import a 'struct' variable into a hash, > where each key/value pair contains a pointer to the data, the key being the struct >member name, perhaps even mangled with some information about the size/type of the >object pointed to. > > I think interface generator gurus haven't tried implementing this fully, being >hampered by a lack of ignorance of the difficulties involved...:) > > Can you tell me if you've considered ways of importing variables? I'd very much >appreciate any comments/suggestions you'd have on this. I think what you want is the functionality of Inline::Struct (which isn't available yet). This is a new module that Neil Watkiss and I are working on. It should do all the things you talked about and more. See http://www.mail-archive.com/inline@perl.org/msg00247.html Look for this functionality in a few weeks. Brian -- perl -le 'use Inline C=>q{SV*JAxH(char*x){return newSVpvf ("Just Another %s Hacker",x);}};print JAxH+Perl'
