[C2hs] Re: C2hs and c 'struct' declarations

[Thomas DuBuisson]

I spoke too soon!  The answer, as you probably already know, is a #c directive:

    #c
    typedef struct point point_t;
    #endc

Thanks for the tool!

Thomas

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Thomas DuBuisson
<thomas.dubuisson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello c2hs!
>
> I'm having an issue when using get and set hooks.  Take the following
> example c code:
>
>    typedef struct {
>        int x;
>        int y;
>    } point;
>
> This has easy bindings:
>
>    {#pointer *point as Point#}
>
>    getX :: Point -> IO CInt
>    getX = {#get point->x#}
>
>    setX :: Point -> CInt -> IO ()
>    setX p i = {#set point->x} p i
>
> But what if the header file doesn't typedef?
>
>    struct point {
>        int x;
>        int y;
>    };
>
> It seems c2hs can't bind to these data structures, the straight
> forward way of replacing 'point' with 'struct point' isn't parsed.
> Any combination of parens or quotes to make it parse as a single token
> haven't worked - also I see nothing in the tutorial.  Any advice?
>
> Thomas
>