Re: [Vala] How to re-use external C function with pointer

[tarnyko tarnyko net]

Hi Olivier, 

Try it this way : 

protected extern static void setproctitle (string fmt); 

I seem to remember Vala doesn't treat the "const" keyword well in 
parenthises. 

Regards,
Tarnyko 

Olivier Duchateau writes: 

> Hi, 
>
> I find this code in Vala program [1]. But under FreeBSD, prctl() doesn't exist. 
>
> So I use setproctitle(3) [2] (see attachment), but I get this error message: 
>
> /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/granite/work/granite-0.2/lib/Application.vala:95.67-95.6
> 7: error: syntax error, expected `)'
>             protected extern static void setproctitle (const char *fmt);
>                                                                   ^
> Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> *** Error code 1 
>
> [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~elementary-pantheon/granite/0.2/view/head:/lib/Application.vala#L70
> [2] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=setproctitle&sektion=3&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE 
>
> --
> olivier