Re: [Axiom-developer] Call Foreign C from Aldor/Axiom

[Peter Broadbery]

> Now, my questions:
> .) Is there a recommended/better way to call external functions within
> Aldor/Axiom?
> .) I think, the "defentry" part  could be added with an Aldor "Foreign
> Lisp" call?
> .) How can I "load", external libraries (e.g. nputs.o)?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Gernot
> 

Looks ok, aside from the fact that you assume that axiom's
representation of SI and String are the same as lisp's - probably true,
but it may be better to uniformly use SExpression as the argument and
return types.

I think 'Foreign C' and 'Foreign Lisp' are treated identically when
generating lisp code - ideally either the compiler would generate an
error or produce the appropriate defentry when generating lisp for a
Foreign C symbol. 

I also have a vague recollection of being able to specify a package name
as part of the import - ie.
import { ... } from Foreign Lisp("BOOT");
but I may be confusing that with something else.  In any case, making
this more friendly may be possible with a bit of creative tinkering in
the aldor code.

No idea about loading external libraries..

Peter.



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