Re: [Vala] Incorrect C generated with union containing anonymous struct

[Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com>]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Jan-Jaap van der Geer
<jjvdgeer inbox com>wrote:

> (Excuses if this appears twice, but after waiting half an hour my
> first attempt still hasn't appeared...)
>
> I have the following struct:
>
> typedef union foobar foobar;
>
> union foobar
>   {  struct
>      {  char *bar;
>      }
>      foo;
>   };
>
> This fails since foo, the variable of _tmp1_ is undefined in C. I
> could of course remove the [CCode (cname = "foo")] in the vapi but
> that only changes the name to something else that is not known.
>
> Is this a bug? Is there a workaround? Note that the C-code is
> beyond my control, so workarounds involving changing the definition
> of the struct in C will most probably not work...

That vapi is not supposed to be correct, it's only a case that has been
working until now. Wrap it like this:

struct foobar {
   [CCode (cname = "foo.bar")]
   public string bar;
}

Should write a FAQ for this.

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