Re: [Chicken-users] How to provide csc/csi bindings for a C library?

[felix]

Sven Hartrumpf wrote:

Hi, Sven!

> I have a set of bindings (wrapper functions) for a C library (SCOP).
> I want to use it mainly in several csc-compiled Scheme programs, but
> maybe also in csi.
> My current try (BTW: the transformation from bigloo was straightforward
> so far :-) ) is at the end of this mail.
>
> I compile the Scheme file to a shared object file named scop_chicken.so:
>
> > csc -s scop_chicken.scm

Right.

> The original C library is libscop.a (I can produce libscop.so if this is
> really needed).
>
> Now, what is the best (i.e. clean, easy, and efficient) way
> to use the bindings in csc?

You mean in compiled code, right?
Just `load' it:

(load "libscop.so")

That's it.

> And what about csi?

(load "libscop.so")

> Sorry for my ignorance, but that combination of chicken and C is new to me.

No problem. I hope I understand your problem correctly. If not,
kick me in the butt. ;-)


cheers,
felix
--
BTW, What's SCOP? Looks like some socket-related code.