• data pulverizer (34/34) Jan 03 2016 Dear D Gurus,
• anonymous (19/49) Jan 03 2016 You can just drop these. http://dlang.org/ctod.html#tagspace
• data pulverizer (2/57) Jan 03 2016

data pulverizer <data.pulverizer gmail.com> writes:

Dear D Gurus,

I am trying to access functionality in the glpk C library using 
extern(C). It has graph structs in its header file that are 
specified in an odd recurring manner that I cannot reproduce in D:

typedef struct glp_graph glp_graph;
typedef struct glp_vertex glp_vertex;
typedef struct glp_arc glp_arc;

struct glp_graph
{
      ...
       glp_vertex **v; /* glp_vertex *v[1+nv_max];
};

struct glp_vertex
{
       ...
       glp_arc *in;
       glp_arc *out;
};

struct glp_arc
{
       glp_vertex *tail;
       glp_vertex *head;
       glp_arc *t_prev;
       glp_arc *t_next;
       glp_arc *h_prev;
       glp_arc *h_next;
       ....
};


you may also spot that the in, and out keywords are used as 
members in the struct, which gives an error in D. These structs 
are required for functions in the library so need to be included 
in the D interface file.

How do I reproduce these structs in in D?

Thanks

anonymous <anonymous example.com> writes:

On 03.01.2016 14:30, data pulverizer wrote:
 I am trying to access functionality in the glpk C library using
 extern(C). It has graph structs in its header file that are specified in
 an odd recurring manner that I cannot reproduce in D:

I don't see what's odd about this. What exactly are your struggling with?

 typedef struct glp_graph glp_graph;
 typedef struct glp_vertex glp_vertex;
 typedef struct glp_arc glp_arc;

You can just drop these. http://dlang.org/ctod.html#tagspace

 struct glp_graph
 {
       ...
        glp_vertex **v; /* glp_vertex *v[1+nv_max];
 };

Drop the semicolon after the struct declaration, and move the asterisks 
one place to the left (purely style):

struct glp_graph
{
     glp_vertex** v;
}

 struct glp_vertex
 {
        ...
        glp_arc *in;
        glp_arc *out;
 };

As above, and rename in/out to something else, e.g. in_ and out_:

struct glp_vertex
{
     glp_arc* in_;
     glp_arc* out_;
}

 struct glp_arc
 {
        glp_vertex *tail;
        glp_vertex *head;
        glp_arc *t_prev;
        glp_arc *t_next;
        glp_arc *h_prev;
        glp_arc *h_next;
        ....
 };

Nothing new here.

 you may also spot that the in, and out keywords are used as members in
 the struct, which gives an error in D. These structs are required for
 functions in the library so need to be included in the D interface file.

Just rename them to something else. In D code that uses the struct, you 
use the new names. C code doesn't need to be changed, as the name 
doesn't matter when compiled.

data pulverizer <data.pulverizer gmail.com> writes:

Thanks library now compiles.

On Sunday, 3 January 2016 at 13:45:13 UTC, anonymous wrote:
 On 03.01.2016 14:30, data pulverizer wrote:
 I am trying to access functionality in the glpk C library using
 extern(C). It has graph structs in its header file that are 
 specified in
 an odd recurring manner that I cannot reproduce in D:

 I don't see what's odd about this. What exactly are your 
 struggling with?

 typedef struct glp_graph glp_graph;
 typedef struct glp_vertex glp_vertex;
 typedef struct glp_arc glp_arc;

 You can just drop these. http://dlang.org/ctod.html#tagspace

 struct glp_graph
 {
       ...
        glp_vertex **v; /* glp_vertex *v[1+nv_max];
 };

 Drop the semicolon after the struct declaration, and move the 
 asterisks one place to the left (purely style):

 struct glp_graph
 {
     glp_vertex** v;
 }

 struct glp_vertex
 {
        ...
        glp_arc *in;
        glp_arc *out;
 };

 As above, and rename in/out to something else, e.g. in_ and 
 out_:

 struct glp_vertex
 {
     glp_arc* in_;
     glp_arc* out_;
 }

 struct glp_arc
 {
        glp_vertex *tail;
        glp_vertex *head;
        glp_arc *t_prev;
        glp_arc *t_next;
        glp_arc *h_prev;
        glp_arc *h_next;
        ....
 };

 Nothing new here.

 you may also spot that the in, and out keywords are used as 
 members in
 the struct, which gives an error in D. These structs are 
 required for
 functions in the library so need to be included in the D 
 interface file.

 Just rename them to something else. In D code that uses the 
 struct, you use the new names. C code doesn't need to be 
 changed, as the name doesn't matter when compiled.