[Pharo-project] [Vm-dev] Re: Can OSProcess functionality be implemented using FFI instead of plugin?

Mariano Martinez Peck marianopeck at gmail.com
Sun Jan 17 00:52:34 UTC 2016


On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:28 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:

>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 11:00:39AM -0300, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
> >
> > So.... what if we take a simpler (probably not better) approach and we
> > consider the "c program that exports constants and sizes" a VM Plugin?
>
> I think that is a good approach. It gives you what you need, and you can
> probably do it in slang without the need for any external C code.
>
>
Hi Dave,

Thanks! I guess I will only be able to give it a try if the rest also
agrees that would be worth and to have some green light
for integration.

BTW, I was investigating a bit over internet and it seems that it may be
easier with X Macros?? See this for example:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/264269/what-is-a-good-reference-documenting-patterns-of-use-of-x-macros-in-c-or-possib/265560#265560

Cheers!



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Mariano
http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
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