Hi Esteban.

2016-11-06 17:51 GMT+01:00 Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm@gmail.com>:

height
"This method was automatically generated"
^handle doubleAt: 17

height: anObject
"This method was automatically generated"
handle doubleAt: 17 put: anObject

which of course does not work.
with my idea this will become like this:��

height
"This method was automatically generated"
^handle doubleAt: HEIGHT_OFFSET

height: anObject
"This method was automatically generated"
handle doubleAt: HEIGHT_OFFSET put: anObject

I have feeling that Slots could solve this problem really well and also improve the way how we work with external structures.��

If you saw how Ronie describes external structures then you could imaging what I am talking about.

For now on class side we always have #fieldDesc: method like:

SDL_Point>>fieldsDesc

self initializeAccessors

^#(

int x;

int y;

�� )

where code in comments generates accessors.

And with Ronie approach this description will go directly��to class definition:

NativeStructure��

�� subclass : #SDL_Point

�� layout : StructureLayout

�� slots: { #x &=> #int. #y &=> #int}

...

(I got example of Ronie definition from his paper��https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01353884/document).

So all offsets logic will go to one place StructureLayout and slots. And also we will not forced to use accessors anymore.

What you think?

Best regards,

Denis