Hi,
I have made simple trials using the StandardLib.
I get this error :
RBParser does not understand externalFunctionDeclaration.
I might be missing something …
Annick
Le 9 juil. 2014 à 17:20, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> yes, FFI does not handle ** arguments.
> I always replace it by ulong instead (it is the same, after all)
>
> Esteban
>
> On 09 Jul 2014, at 17:17, Clément Bera <bera.clem...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This bug happen both with the old and new compiler.
>>
>> The error tells you that the number of arguments of your smalltalk method
>> does not match the number of argument of the C method you want to call (but
>> it seemsthe number of arguments is correct).
>>
>> This works fine:
>>
>> <apicall: int 'gst_init_check' (int char* int) module:
>> 'libgstreamer1.0-0.so'>
>> ^self externalCallFailed
>>
>> This works fine too:
>>
>> <apicall: int 'gst_init_check' (int* char* int*) module:
>> 'libgstreamer1.0-0.so'>
>> ^self externalCallFailed
>>
>> So it seems the bug comes from the parser missparsing ** . I am not familiar
>> with C enough to help, I don't know what means ** (Is it a pointer pointing
>> to a pointer pointing to the actual data ?).
>>
>> Perhaps someone who knows how to use FFI can give a better answer.
>>
>> Esteban ? Guille ?
>>
>>
>> 2014-07-09 16:39 GMT+02:00 Annick Fron <i...@afceurope.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am trying to use FFI on linux with pharo 3 using version 31 of FFI.
>>
>> I have written the following method :
>> <apicall: int 'gst_init_check' (int* char** int*) module:
>> 'libgstreamer1.0-0.so'>
>>
>> ^self externalCallFailed
>>
>>
>> ====
>>
>> but when accepting it I get a syntax error « matching number of arguments »
>> Annick Fron
>>
>
