Re: [Chicken-users] invalid typedef syntax using bind

[Felix]

From: Vilson Vieira <address@hidden>
Subject: [Chicken-users] invalid typedef syntax using bind
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:37:26 -0200

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to apply bind to some C struct like:
> 
> (bind "typedef struct foo { int x; } foo;")
> 
> I got the "invalid typedef syntax" error.
> 
> I replaced the typedef form with something like:
> 
> (bind "struct foo { int x; };
>    typedef struct foo foo;")
> 
> It works but now I'm getting a C error "invalid application of
> ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘struct PaHostApiInfo’". I think I really
> need the typedef on the original form.

Yes, bind doesn't handle this (common) form of typedef yet,
due to obscure technical details of the C parser (Christian
Kellermann pointed this problem out earlier).

I will try to implement this. I can't say when, though.


cheers,
felix