Hi Esteban.
2016-11-06 17:51 GMT+01:00 Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]>:
>
> height
> "This method was automatically generated"
> ^handle doubleAt: 17
>
> height: anObject
> "This method was automatically generated"
> handle doubleAt: 17 put: anObject
>
> which of course does not work.
> with my idea this will become like this:
>
> height
> "This method was automatically generated"
> ^handle doubleAt: HEIGHT_OFFSET
>
> height: anObject
> "This method was automatically generated"
> handle doubleAt: HEIGHT_OFFSET put: anObject
>
I have feeling that Slots could solve this problem really well and also
improve the way how we work with external structures.
If you saw how Ronie describes external structures then you could imaging
what I am talking about.
For now on class side we always have #fieldDesc: method like:
SDL_Point>>fieldsDesc
"
self initializeAccessors
"
^#(
int x;
int y;
)
where code in comments generates accessors.
And with Ronie approach this description will go directly to class
definition:
NativeStructure
subclass : #SDL_Point
layout : StructureLayout
slots: { #x &=> #int. #y &=> #int}
...
(I got example of Ronie definition from his paper
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01353884/document).
So all offsets logic will go to one place StructureLayout and slots. And
also we will not forced to use accessors anymore.
What you think?
Best regards,
Denis
