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Re: [Semi-OT] Call for Developers/Gauging Interest

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Subject: Re: [Semi-OT] Call for Developers/Gauging Interest
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:55:00 -0500
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How about a little pseudo-compiler than can take a header file, suck out all the constants, and write declares for the functions? To get the right library, it would plow through DLLs in a folder. That way, these things would be header file oriented rather than library oriented and we could apply it to other kits that come along. I'd help.

I've thought about this approach, but after having seen the Windows header files, I don't feel like writing a C compiler just to spit out RB declares (which is effectively what we would need to do). I mean.. they use BIT FIELDS in some of their structures. I've never seen that anywhere. Ever.

It'd just be easier to do a straight port...

~Aaron
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