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Re: [Chicken-users] swig


From: David Dreisigmeyer
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] swig
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 09:52:00 -0500

I was going to try it using C++ but that doesn't seem to be working.

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 08:50:22AM -0500, David Dreisigmeyer wrote:
>> Has anyone been able to get the SWIG example to run?
>>
>> http://www.swig.org/Doc2.0/Chicken.html#Chicken
>
> I don't know but last I read anything about SWIG was in Chicken 1.
> AFAIK it hasn't been kept up-to-date since then.  The swig link
> you posted doesn't give much hope either since it mentions Chicken 1
> only.  If you want to use swig, prepare for a lot of work in updating
> it to a modern version of Chicken.
>
> I never really got the point of Swig; what does it do that you can't
> use the FFI or the bind egg for?
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
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