Re: Creating D bindings for a C library
On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 at 23:49:26 UTC, cym13 wrote: There are some binding generator the most two famous being htod and dstep: http://wiki.dlang.org/List_of_Bindings#Binding_generators Is htod maintained any more? I had the impression it had kind of fallen by the wayside. I'll give dstep a go, though. Thanks!
Re: Creating D bindings for a C library
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 17:45:48 UTC, ponce wrote: If doing it by hand, some tips here: http://p0nce.github.io/d-idioms/#Porting-from-C-gotchas Cool, thanks. The stuff about using c_long and c_ulong is particularly useful/relevant to my use-case, so it's good to be reminded of that.
Re: Creating D bindings for a C library
On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 at 23:22:24 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 at 23:14:14 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: I'm considering creating some D bindings for a C library. I should probably clarify that I know what to do assuming I have to write all the bindings manually. However, as the library has quite a lot of header files, I'd really much rather auto-convert as much as possible, hence the questions above :-) If doing it by hand, some tips here: http://p0nce.github.io/d-idioms/#Porting-from-C-gotchas
Re: Creating D bindings for a C library
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 19:40:28 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 17:45:48 UTC, ponce wrote: If doing it by hand, some tips here: http://p0nce.github.io/d-idioms/#Porting-from-C-gotchas Cool, thanks. The stuff about using c_long and c_ulong is particularly useful/relevant to my use-case, so it's good to be reminded of that. Hi Joseph, How's things in Berlin? :-) I'm not sure how complex the C-Api you're wrapping is, but I have to say I found that writing a minimal (but complete) subset of an existing C-API to be quite straightforward and enjoyable. A plus point was that selecting only the useful minimal subset meant the D wrapper ended up being a lot cleaner and meant that unused (or undesirable) features simply weren't there in the wrapped API. YMMV but it's one to bear in mind... Cheers, A.
Re: Creating D bindings for a C library
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 21:19:51 UTC, Andy Smith wrote: On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 19:40:28 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 17:45:48 UTC, ponce wrote: If doing it by hand, some tips here: http://p0nce.github.io/d-idioms/#Porting-from-C-gotchas Cool, thanks. The stuff about using c_long and c_ulong is particularly useful/relevant to my use-case, so it's good to be reminded of that. Hi Joseph, How's things in Berlin? :-) I'm not sure how complex the C-Api you're wrapping is, but I have to say I found that writing a minimal (but complete) subset of an existing C-API to be quite straightforward and enjoyable. A plus point was that selecting only the useful minimal subset meant the D wrapper ended up being a lot cleaner and meant that unused (or undesirable) features simply weren't there in the wrapped API. YMMV but it's one to bear in mind... Cheers, A. PS - I forgot to insert the words 'by hand' in there somewhere. Also for additional guidance aldacron has some good blog posts on the wrapping process on the web somewhere. I pretty much used his guidance when I started my experiments with wrapping and have to say I was pretty satisfied with the end results :-)
Re: Creating D bindings for a C library
On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 at 23:22:24 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 at 23:14:14 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: I'm considering creating some D bindings for a C library. I should probably clarify that I know what to do assuming I have to write all the bindings manually. However, as the library has quite a lot of header files, I'd really much rather auto-convert as much as possible, hence the questions above :-) There are some binding generator the most two famous being htod and dstep: http://wiki.dlang.org/List_of_Bindings#Binding_generators
Creating D bindings for a C library
Hello all, I'm considering creating some D bindings for a C library. Before I start, I was wondering if anyone could advise me on the current state-of-the-art in automatically converting C headers to .d or .di files; it's a long time since I've looked at anything to do with this and the interfacing-with-C page in the D reference doesn't mention any tools. Thanks in advance for any advice, Best wishes, -- Joe
Re: Creating D bindings for a C library
On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 at 23:14:14 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: I'm considering creating some D bindings for a C library. I should probably clarify that I know what to do assuming I have to write all the bindings manually. However, as the library has quite a lot of header files, I'd really much rather auto-convert as much as possible, hence the questions above :-)
