On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Javier Pim�s <elpochodelagente@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
�� I took some time to start developing a C parser with PetitParser. I used the slides of the smalltalk school, they were pretty useful, and after some hours I have a very basic tokens scanner. The idea of this work is to be able to feed the parser with C headers and automagically get the C bindings done in smalltalk.

Hi Javier,

That's a great project and I'm highly interested in it. I'm not experienced in PetitParser so I won't be a lot of help, but I'll give it a try.

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Now I have to�actually�start doing something with the scanned code. How should I do that, all in the same class? What if I want to generate bindings for different kinds of FFIs? Other question, how should I handle preprocessing? (now there isn't any kind of preprocessing)

Maybe you already thought of this but what if you make your parser build some simple C AST and then you make specific visitors for each kind of FFI?

Cheers

Richo

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You can see the code, download it and commit improvements to the repo at www.squeaksource.com/Bindings

Anybody who is interested is welcomed to help in the development!

Regards,
�� Javier.

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Javier Pim�s
Ciudad de Buenos Aires