[squeak-dev] SWIG for Squeak/Cuis?

Jakob Reschke forums.jakob at resfarm.de
Mon Jun 22 18:24:15 UTC 2020


I would use it if it existed. Interfacing with C libraries should be
easier. Marcel is currently improving the FFI, but a binding generator I
have not seen to far.


stephen at heaveneverywhere.com <stephen at heaveneverywhere.com> schrieb am Mo.,
22. Juni 2020, 19:13:

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> Hi all,
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> Does anyone else want (or miss) the Smalltalk SWIG interface?
>
> SWIG is a software development tool that connects libraries written in C
> and C++ with high-level programming languages; see http://swig.org. It is
> supported by most of the cerrent “scripting” languages.
>
> There’s code in the VisualWorks repo that’s really stale and relies on a
> set of compiler extensions.  It worked great a few releases ago.
>
> It would be useful for a range of apps (like mine) to be able to call out
> to C/C++ libraries via auto-generated OO APIs.
>
> stp
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