[squeak-dev] Pass C string into Squeak
vagy
vagy at freemail.gr
Wed Jan 6 11:09:43 UTC 2010
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:42:10 +0200, Ang BeePeng <beepeng86 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I wish I can get some help on this. I want to pass a C string into
> Squeak. I
> saw "primitiveStringAtPut", "primitiveStringReplace" etc.. I'm thinking
> of
> call a primitive in smalltalk, pass an empty String object onto stack,
> then
> have interpreter/primitive to fill in the String. Any better way to
> achieve
> that? What precaution should I take, to prevent C string from causing
> error
> once it is in Squeak?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ang Beepeng
Hi, you can also use FFI for that. If your C routine is exported in a DLL
(or .so, etc.) and returns a C null terminated string you are almost there.
Then you just need to call this function and FFI will take care of
returning
a String for you. Just note that you will get back a copy of your C string.
Cheers
- Vagelis
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