I'm still watching. Alien didn't really exist on Linux (so it was not an option) when I last looked, and native boost was starting to look pretty attractive. FFI gets some points because I know more about (at least using) it than the others. The recompiling is easy enough for now, and it ain't broke. ________________________________________ From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Esteban Lorenzano [estebanlm@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 4:28 PM To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Mars, stuck on callbacks (again)... need opinions Hi Bill, Yes, Alien already support callbacks... maybe you can try it instead recompiling every time :) Cheers, Esteban El 23/12/2010, a las 6:22p.m., Schwab,Wilhelm K escribió:
Esteban,
FW(very little)IW, my first reaction as I started reading was "has he thought about native boost or alien?" Callbacks have been in a possible-but-not-supported state for a long time. I believe Eliot recently mentioned callbacks in FFI, so it seems to be an idea that is solidifying.
At present, I have .so that exports functions in lieu of callbacks. I have to recompile the library to change anything :( but it's number crunching so I get C speed for my trouble :) The functions are used small numbers of times, so Smalltalk speed and flexibility would be preferable for all of my uses to date ~:0
Good hunting!
Bill