Hi Javier,

On 8 Apr 2011, at 05:37, Javier Pimás wrote:

> Hi,
>      I took some time to start developing a C parser with PetitParser. I used 
> the slides of the smalltalk school, they were pretty useful, and after some 
> hours I have a very basic tokens scanner. The idea of this work is to be able 
> to feed the parser with C headers and automagically get the C bindings done 
> in smalltalk.


Nice. I took a quick look. If you want to scale, please write tests (one small 
example per test). Grammars become complex and if you do not have close to 100% 
coverage, you will get stuck.

Cheers,
Doru



> Now I have to actually start doing something with the scanned code. How 
> should I do that, all in the same class? What if I want to generate bindings 
> for different kinds of FFIs? Other question, how should I handle 
> preprocessing? (now there isn't any kind of preprocessing)
> 
> You can see the code, download it and commit improvements to the repo at 
> www.squeaksource.com/Bindings
> 
> Anybody who is interested is welcomed to help in the development!
> 
> Regards,
>           Javier.
> 
> -- 
> Javier Pimás
> Ciudad de Buenos Aires

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