[Gambas-user] Feature request: absolute C data type equivalents and native type aliasing

[Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro]

Em Sat, 26 Apr 2014 13:06:27 +0200
Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...> escreveu:

> I don't want to discourage you, but I think XLib will not be used 
> anymore in a few years because of Wayland. :-/

Well, we can't be sure whether Xlib will fall into desuse.  And even if
that does happen I'll write a Wayland Gambas component when the
time has come, and that's not now. ;-) Anyway, Xlib programs will still
be runnable in Wayland environments for the foreseeable future by some
compatibility layer.  Also, at the unlikely worst possible case, maybe
it's worth to write a component that will still be useful for a few
years from now.

Would you accept, in the main Gambas' distribution, a well written and
documented Xlib component?

> Use the "Pointer" datatype each time you see a long. It has the same 
> behaviour.

I'd like to avoid such ugly hacks, but I guess I haven't many
options. :-(

> I can't add any native datatype to Gambas at the moment. You must
> wait for something like Gambas 4. :-)

How long do I have to wait? :-P  How can I help you?


Thank you for your time.


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