Well, maybe we can do it for Pharo 7. 2016-11-07 14:46 GMT+01:00 Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm@gmail.com>:
On 7 Nov 2016, at 14:39, Nicolas Passerini <npasserini@gmail.com> wrote:
2016-11-07 10:37 GMT+01:00 Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk@gmail.com>:
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.
I like this idea. But one question, would it be backwards compatible? (I mean, if I have current FFI invocations that use a structure in the traditional way, will I have to change all these functions if I try to migrate to this new idea?)
no, and thatâs why I didnât considered it for now. this is an api change, non backwards compatible and then it breaks my own criteria about Pharo6 development: no more API changes.
but yes, in general, I like the idea⦠just we cannot break things just like that (I know, I break things⦠but this is not willingly :P)
Esteban