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reply Ruby-Man <raychorn hotmail.com> writes:
I would like to use SWIG to code some Ruby extensions however having never done
this myself with D I would like some pointers or samples I might use to make
this easier for me.

Can anyone give me some help with this ?

Thanks.
Sep 17 2007
parent reply Kirk McDonald <kirklin.mcdonald gmail.com> writes:
Ruby-Man wrote:

 I would like to use SWIG to code some Ruby extensions however having
 never done this myself with D I would like some pointers or samples I
 might use to make this easier for me.
 
 Can anyone give me some help with this ?
 
 Thanks.


You have a couple of obstacles to overcome:

First, I do not believe that SWIG knows how to work with D. You will 
probably not be able to use SWIG at all with D.

Second, there are no complete Ruby/C API bindings to D. There are some 
incomplete ones on Google code:
     http://code.google.com/p/rubyd/
But these are missing various bits and pieces, such as preprocessor 
macros. Getting these bindings up to par is a sizable project in and of 
itself, and necessary before any Ruby/D development can take place.

Once you have those bindings, you'll probably have to use that C API 
manually. To simplify matters, you'll probably end up writing something 
like SWIG for D, or something like Pyd for Ruby (call it Rudy). Having 
written Pyd, I've offered a couple of times to at least start Rudy if 
only someone else would write the Ruby/D bindings. I do not know Ruby 
that well, and do not feel that I am qualified to write the bindings. 
But having the bindings, I could figure out how to use them, and bring 
D's templates to bear to simplify using them. Or someone else could, if 
they feel like it.

-- 
Kirk McDonald
http://kirkmcdonald.blogspot.com
Pyd: Connecting D and Python
http://pyd.dsource.org
Sep 17 2007
parent Ray C Horn <raychorn hotmail.com> writes:
I will write the Ruby code for Rudy if you write the D code for Rudy !

Kirk McDonald Wrote:


 Ruby-Man wrote:

 I would like to use SWIG to code some Ruby extensions however having
 never done this myself with D I would like some pointers or samples I
 might use to make this easier for me.
 
 Can anyone give me some help with this ?
 
 Thanks.


 
 You have a couple of obstacles to overcome:
 
 First, I do not believe that SWIG knows how to work with D. You will 
 probably not be able to use SWIG at all with D.
 
 Second, there are no complete Ruby/C API bindings to D. There are some 
 incomplete ones on Google code:
      http://code.google.com/p/rubyd/
 But these are missing various bits and pieces, such as preprocessor 
 macros. Getting these bindings up to par is a sizable project in and of 
 itself, and necessary before any Ruby/D development can take place.
 
 Once you have those bindings, you'll probably have to use that C API 
 manually. To simplify matters, you'll probably end up writing something 
 like SWIG for D, or something like Pyd for Ruby (call it Rudy). Having 
 written Pyd, I've offered a couple of times to at least start Rudy if 
 only someone else would write the Ruby/D bindings. I do not know Ruby 
 that well, and do not feel that I am qualified to write the bindings. 
 But having the bindings, I could figure out how to use them, and bring 
 D's templates to bear to simplify using them. Or someone else could, if 
 they feel like it.
 
 -- 
 Kirk McDonald
 http://kirkmcdonald.blogspot.com
 Pyd: Connecting D and Python
 http://pyd.dsource.org
Sep 18 2007