From: Shishir Ramam <sramam@gmail.com>
To: henri dubois-ferriere <henridf@gmail.com>
Cc: Ocaml <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] reading bytes into c-defined structs
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:32:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83f59968040828163251fb39f5@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d61254fb040828160030af52fd@mail.gmail.com>
Henri,
One way to do this would be to
1. Write a C function that will actually read the bytes and populate the C
data structure, and return that data structure.
2. Put this function in your idl file, and CamlIDL will generate the necessary
code to make the C call *and* do the necessary translation into the Ocaml
record.
3. All you then have to do it call the function in Ocaml whenever you'd like to
read a packet.
This is pretty neat, and works well in my experience.
Hope this helps.
-shishir
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 01:00:49 +0200, henri dubois-ferriere
<henridf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a little ocaml app which needs to read/write packets from a
> serial device.
>
> The different packet types are originally defined as c structs and i
> would like to be able to read the incoming bytes and convert them
> into ocaml records with as much automation as possible.
>
> Is there any way to automate this process? CamlIDL will automate the
> process of translating the c structs into ml, which is a first step,
> but are there any tools which would allow me to then populate the ml
> record from an incoming set of bytes?
>
> Any tips/pointers appreciated!
>
> Henri
>
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2004-08-28 23:00 henri dubois-ferriere
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2004-08-29 12:17 ` art yerkes
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