[Vm-dev] Status of Alien FFI in windows Re: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1

Mariano Martinez Peck marianopeck at gmail.com
Mon May 31 12:33:51 UTC 2010


So...which is the status of Alien FFI ?

I remember Marco Schmidt did the first work of running FFI in windows...then
I think David was integrating such changes in VMMaker..

so, it is ready ? can be generate the plugin using VMMaker for winwows and
it just works?

Thanks for any update

Mariano

2010/5/26 Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito at gmail.com>

> Where can I read something about Alien?  I can give a little hand for the
> windows part :).
>
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab at anest.ufl.edu>wrote:
>
>> Stef,
>>
>> I am more concerned about Alien on Linux, which is not working.  Beyond
>> that, I want to learn more about how to make calls using Alien; the more I
>> read, the more I have my doubts about its ease of use.  I will gladly eat
>> those words if it's easy to use.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: pharo-project-bounces at lists.gforge.inria.fr [
>> pharo-project-bounces at lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Stéphane
>> Ducasse [stephane.ducasse at inria.fr]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:04 AM
>> To: Pharo-project at lists.gforge.inria.fr
>> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1
>>
>> yes this is good point.
>> I would like to have alien or ffi in 1.1. Now I do not know the status of
>> Alien on windows.
>>
>> On May 26, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
>>
>> > Stef,
>> >
>> > My initial reaction to 1.1's approaching release was "where are the
>> callbacks/aliens?"  Sig appears to be offering some competition to Alien.
>>  If he/we can provide a comprehensive and convenient way to make calls, do
>> callbacks, additionally put calls onto other OS threads, and do all of this
>> on the three major platforms, then it could easily turn out the best option
>> for external interfacing.
>> >
>> > I am happy to see us take time to get it right.  My only concern would
>> be that we not fall into a pattern of leaving out the difficult things that
>> we set out to accomplish with a given release.  Since 1.1 is approaching
>> releasable form and FFI/Alien/NB is unclear at present, a release makes
>> sense.
>> >
>> > Short answer: sure, whatever you say :)
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: pharo-project-bounces at lists.gforge.inria.fr [
>> pharo-project-bounces at lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Stéphane
>> Ducasse [stephane.ducasse at inria.fr]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:20 AM
>> > To: Pharo Development
>> > Subject: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1
>> >
>> > Hi guys
>> >
>> > we were discussing how we can handle 1.1 and the flux of good changes.
>> > Here is the proposal:
>> >        we take two or three weeks to let people try their code in 1.1
>> beta
>> >        we integrate fixes that are important or easy
>> >        then we wait one week
>> >        then we launch 1.1 rc and 1.2 unstable
>> >
>> > does this plan look ok for you?
>> > The key point is that we want to avoid to have a pile of changes pending
>> because they can rot easily.
>> >
>> > Stef
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