Re: [Vala] Mapping unnamed nested structs from C lib to Vala

[foracc <foracc d00m info>]

Am 14.07.2012 09:44, schrieb Luca Bruno:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 12:12 AM, foracc <foracc d00m info> wrote:
>
> > Hey there,
> >
> > I got an unnamed struct nested in another struct in a C library. Like this:
> >
> >          typedef struct {
> >                  int a;
> >
> >                  struct {
> >                          int x;
> >                          int y;
> >                  } vals;
> >          } mystruct;
> >
> > How would I map that to Vala? I tried this:
> >
> >          [Compact]
> >          [CCode (cheader_filename="mylib.h", cname="mystruct")]
> >          public struct mystruct {
> >                  public int a;
> >
> >                  [CCode (cname="vals.x")]
> >                  int x;
> >                  [CCode (cname="vals.y")]
> >                  int y;
> >          }
> >
> > It works, but isn't faithful to the original C library, and will run into
> > problems if the outer struct has equally named fields as the nested struct.
>
> Call them vals_x, vals_y.

That'd certainly work, but what if the C struct is an array? I.e.

        typedef struct {
                int a;

                struct {
                        int x;
                        int y;
                } vals[10];
        } mystruct;

Regards