[Ecls-list] defentry problems [0.9]

[worm]

[Sorry for this late answer, but I am right now in another conference 
with very limited access to mail.]

My excuse: this problem with DEFENTRY was reported long ago, but it 
was not done as a bug report in sourceforge, and therefore I forgotted 
it :-)

The cause: DEFENTRY and DEFCFUN were commented out in the original 
release of ECL. I did not uncomment them, because there were some 
things which bothered me: for instance, passing strings was made by 
simply giving the C routine access to the data inside the lisp string, 
without copying, or any other security measure.

This inherent insecurity, made me intentionally forget DEFENTRY. 
However, I now believe that it is the user's responsibility to deal 
with these problems (Interfacing to C is an ugly business anyway, it 
is normally done by moderately clever and responsible people :-). 
Therefore, and to solve the problem that my UFFI-compatible FFI is not 
finished, I will submit ASAP a patch which reactivates DEFENTRY.

BTW, the same business may be achieved with DEFCBODY (Which is also 
unsafe). Just look at the manual.

Best regards,

Juanjo

----- Mensaje Original -----
Remitente: Stig E Sandoe <stig at langband.org>
Fecha: Lunes, Mayo 5, 2003 12:27 pm
Asunto: [Ecls-list] defentry problems [0.9]

> hei,
> 
> I tried to get ffi working with ECL but I seem unable to get it
> working.  I follow the example in the docs:
> 
> kb.lsp:
> ------
> (in-package :cl-user)
> 
> (clines "
> int buffy(int val)
>  return val + val;
> }
> ")
> 
> (ffi:defentry buffy (ffi:int) (ffi:int "buffy"))
> 
> ----- 
> 
> The interpreter stumbles on it, so I tried to compile it:
> 
> $ /local/tmp/bin/ecl -compile kb.lsp
> ;;; Loading "/local/tmp/lib/ecl/cmp.so"
> ;;; Warning: PROCLAIM is being redefined.
> ;;; Warning: COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME is being redefined.
> ;;; Warning: COMPILE-FILE is being redefined.
> ;;; Warning: COMPILE is being redefined.
> ;;; Warning: DISASSEMBLE is being redefined.
> ;;; Warning: WITH-COMPILATION-UNIT is being redefined.
> ;;; Compiling kb.lsp.
> ;;; Compiling (FFI:DEFENTRY BUFFY ...).
> ;;; The macro form (FFI:DEFENTRY ...) was not expanded successfully.
> ;;; You are recommended to compile again.
> ...
> 
> 
> So how can I make ECL call C-code (both inline and in other 
> libraries)?
> (System: Debian Linux/x86, 2.4.20, glibc2.3, ECL v0.9 from source)
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 
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