Re: [Gm2] How do I declare a character pointer returned from a "C" function?

[Gaius Mulley]

john o goyo <address@hidden> writes:

> Gaius:
>
> I am investigating the failure of TermFile and need to use a "C"
> funciton.
>
> In particular, I am calling a function that returns a character
> pointer.  How do I declare this in the definition module for gm2?
>
> john

Hi John,

I'd use:

DEFINITION MODULE FOR "C" foo ;

TYPE
   PtrToChar = POINTER TO CHAR ;

PROCEDURE bar () : PtrToChar ;

END foo.



<foo.c>
=======


char *bar (void)
{
   return "hello world";
}

regards,
Gaius