parser for DL interface

[Elias Athanasopoulos]

Hello!

Has anyone created a Ruby script to auto-generate structs
and enums for the Ruby/DL interface?

I am thinking of creating a minimalistic parser for such
a task. Would be something like this be usefull?

Regards,

 

[Phil Tomson]

Hello!

Has anyone created a Ruby script to auto-generate structs
and enums for the Ruby/DL interface?

I am thinking of creating a minimalistic parser for such
a task. Would be something like this be usefull?

You mean it would parse the .h files to find structs and enums and then do
the proper conversions for use with Ruby/DL? That would be very useful.
Please do it


BTW: I went to our local PerlMongers meeting last night because there was
a presentation on Parrot. The goal of Parrot's dynamic loader (to load
shared libs) was to make even easier/better than Ruby's (Ruby was
considered the best model). So it seems that they're planning to add
something like you mention to Parrot.

Phil

 

[Elias Athanasopoulos]

You mean it would parse the .h files to find structs and enums and then do
the proper conversions for use with Ruby/DL? That would be very useful.

Yes. I will give it a try.

Regards,