maybe, tomorrow I'll see if I have some free time to continue and see how to
handle it.
Regards,
Javier.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Ricardo Moran <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Javier Pimás
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> What is tricky with analyzing C are macros and preprocessors directive.
>>> srcML does a satisfactory job. But indeed, having a solution based on
>>> PetitParser is indeed promising.
>>
>>
>> Yes, and I don't know what to do, and would like to know if you or someone
>> else have any idea of how to solve it. I will think some approach, but if
>> you have some idea to share it would be better so I go directly to a good
>> solution. I'm thinking that to feed the parser I'll have to preprocess the
>> string with another parser, and make a string to string conversion by having
>> a set of defines and paths so that #includes and #ifdefs work. But probably
>> I'll need a cache because the generated string will be huge.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>
> Can't macros and preprocessor directives be represented as just another
> nodes in the AST?
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Javier.
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexandre
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 Apr 2011, at 23:53, Javier Pimás wrote:
>>>
>>> > by the way, the grammar is based on
>>> >
>>> > http://www.quut.com/c/ANSI-C-grammar-l-1998.html
>>> >
>>> > and
>>> >
>>> > http://www.quut.com/c/ANSI-C-grammar-y.html
>>> >
>>> > I'd be very grateful if you contribute to cover the full extent of it!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Javier Pimás <
>>> [email protected]> 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.
>>> >
>>> > 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Javier Pimás
>>> > Ciudad de Buenos Aires
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu
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>>
>> --
>> Javier Pimás
>> Ciudad de Buenos Aires
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Javier Pimás
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
