Hi Rob,
So I gather that the example in its original state did not compile on Windows?
I would be somewhat surprised that there are still C compilers in use that are
not C99 compliant.
Many thanks for your suggestions, and I will follow your advice on using the
github process.
Cheers,
Ron.
> On 8 Dec 2016, at 3:08 pm, sisyph...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
>
> The "use Inline C => Config => ..." line can be removed if you rewrite the
> __C__ section as:
>
> __DATA__
> __C__
> #define N_MP 4
>
> void CalcSurfaceHeights() {
> double x[N_MP], y[N_MP], z;
> int ix;
> char *mesh_data = SvPV_nolen(get_sv("main::mesh_data", 0));
>
> sscanf(mesh_data, "MESH-POINTS %lf%lf%lf%lf%lf%lf%lf%lf",
> x, y, x+1, y+1, x+2, y+2, x+3, y+3);
>
> for (ix=0; ix < N_MP; ix++) {
> z = 0.5*( sin(x[ix]) + sin(y[ix]) );
>
> printf("Surface-Height: %6.3f Mesh-Point: %6.2f, %6.2f\n",
> z, x[ix], y[ix]);
> }
> }
>
> All I've done is move the declaration of "ix" from the for() loop to the
> declaration section at the beginning of CalcSurfaceHeights().
> This then enables the code to compile using compilers (such as Microsoft
> compilers) that are not C99-compliant.
>
> This mailing list is very quiet these days and I think your request will
> probably fall "through the cracks" unless you submit it as a github "Issue"
> or a github pull request.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
