I've fixed the problem in the spec <https://github.com/ffi/ffi/pull/82>, and all specs pass now. Time to start porting the C code to C#.
-Charles On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Charles Strahan < charles.c.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've successfully built the FFI gem on my Win7 x64 machine, but the specs > currently fail: > > *E:/Source/ffi/lib/ffi/library.rb:147:in `attach_function': Function > 'strdup' not* > * found in [msvcrt.dll] (FFI::NotFoundError)* > * from E:/Source/ffi/spec/ffi/strptr_spec.rb:33:in > `<module:StrPtr>'* > > This is a known problem, but it hasn't been fixed yet: > > > http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-ffi/browse_thread/thread/c40766b574a15962 > >> Thats just a symbol lookup problem. All the traditional libc symbols >> in msvcrt.dll have an underscore prepended, so that test should have a >> special case for win32 in it. > > > My first goal is to fix any failing specs. Any help would be appreciated. > > -Charles > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Charles Strahan < > charles.c.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Another idea… what about starting from http://github.com/ffi and >>> replacing the C extension with C# code? >> >> >> That's a great idea, Tomas. I'll need some immediate gratification to >> keep me from getting discouraged; porting the C funcs piecemeal sounds like >> a good way to get *something* working. I've forked >> FFI<https://github.com/cstrahan/iron-ffi>- I'll try to lay out a foundation >> tonight. >> >> -Charles >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Tomas Matousek < >> tomas.matou...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> Another idea… what about starting from http://github.com/ffi and >>> replacing the C extension with C# code? >>> >>> Not sure if it will work but it’s at least worth looking at. Or perhaps >>> you can also look at what JRuby is doing. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tomas >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto: >>> ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Charles Strahan >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 22, 2011 6:30 PM >>> *To:* ironruby-core@rubyforge.org >>> *Subject:* [Ironruby-core] Ruby FFI port >>> >>> >>> >>> Alright, I have a hankering again to port Ruby FFI ;). >>> >>> >>> >>> One question: should the port be written in pure Ruby, or should this be >>> a C# library in the same vein as YAML (IronRuby.Libraries.Yaml)? I was >>> leaning towards the latter, where I would branch from IronLanguages/Main, >>> adding a *Libraries.FFI* folder beside *Libraries.Yaml*. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> >>> -Charles >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ironruby-core mailing list >>> Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core >>> >>> >> >
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