[Pharo-users] [squeak-dev] FFI syntax

Nicolai Hess nicolaihess at web.de
Fri Oct 17 22:45:24 UTC 2014


2014-10-18 0:24 GMT+02:00 Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess at web.de>:

> 2014-10-17 22:54 GMT+02:00 Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>:
>
>> > I can not even find up to date information on how to *install* current
>> > working FFI.
>>
>> Look no further than the "head" version of "FFI" on SqueakMap.  You
>> can install it straight from the menu or select "Edit Release" to see
>> the script it uses to load it.
>>
>> We've been so lulled into things being undocumented that, even when
>> they are, people don't find it because they don't think to look.
>>
>
> "people don't find it because they don't think to look."
> ?
>
> This:
> "I can not even find up to date information on how to *install* current
> working FFI."
> was about a working version on linux. Working with tests and examples,
> something
> a beginner can look into and see how it is used.
>
> Sure maybe it is just as simple as select one entry from the squeak map
> list.
> But how should a beginner know to look there ?
> We have three package managers (in the current 4.5 release).
> squeak map catalog
> monticello
> universe browser (<- is still here but not working)
>
> searching squeak mailing shows links to source.squeak.org
> ffi on wiki.squeak does not link to squeak map
>
> And no,ffi examples are not in squeak map.
> some ffi tests are failing.
> loading ffi examples from squeak source:
> FFI-Unix-Examples ->failing (can not coerce arguments)
> FFI-Examples -> crash the image.
>
>
same results on windows:
some ffi tests are failing.
FFI-Examples -> crash the image.
FFI-Win32 can not be loaded




> -> maybe I am just uncapable, but I thnk it is not obvious how to get FFI
> working, it just does not work with the
> current squeak 4.5 release. You have to find a working cog version from
> eliots site.
>
> nicolai
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