Re: [Caml-list] question about how to bind c++ classes to ocaml

["Michael Wohlwend" <micha-1@fantasymail.de>]

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Datum: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:20:46 +0900 (JST)
Von: Jacques Garrigue <garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
An: micha-1@fantasymail.de
Betreff: Re: [Caml-list] question about how to bind c++ classes to ocaml

> Calls from ocaml to C are very cheap. If your access function doesn't
> do any allocation (i.e. never calls the GC), you can even make it
> faster by marking it as "noalloc". Beware many functions do
> allocate, including copy_double or copy_string.

thanks for pointing this out. The "noalloc"-thing isn't really described in the docu? :-)

Another question which came up was: you can only declare normal functions (not methods) as "external", so you have to write a c function for every c++ member function. Do you rebuild the inheritance hierachy somehow through the type system (maybe with those mysterious phantom types?) or just put an ocaml class system on top of it?

cheers
 Michael

ps: I know there is the gtk binding, but understanding the complete source is... not that easy :-)
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