Re: Re1: glue code ?

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

It depends on what you are aiming at.  For instance, there are language
bindings of the form I described for c++ and objective C.  The purpose of
these bindings is to give an interface that feels natural to the language.

Of course with these compiled languages, they can use the C function calls
since they use the same object file format and calling conventions.

If you are looking for pascal bindings, I think I saw some GTK bindings
for a pascal compiler, which may be a good place to start looking.

James Henstridge.

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On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, boirie wrote:

> James Henstridge wrote:
> 
> > With interpreted languages, you can't call C functions directly or use C
> > types directly.  To get round this, some code must be written that wraps
> > the C interface in a form useable by the interpreted language.
> 
> Does this mean that languages bindings are only available for interpreted
> languages ?If you need to use c functions within a PASCAL source file for
> example, how "bindings" are done ? Do you have to link your object files
> generated by a PASCAL compiler with a c library ? Do you have to add special
> macros or something in your source file so as to be able to use c functions ?
> 
>     gregor
>