Ruby and SWIG

[Ray C Horn]

I will write the Ruby code for Rudy if you write the D code for Rudy !

Kirk McDonald Wrote:

> Ruby-Man wrote:
> > I would like to use SWIG to code some Ruby extensions however having
> > never done this myself with D I would like some pointers or samples I
> > might use to make this easier for me.
> > 
> > Can anyone give me some help with this ?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> You have a couple of obstacles to overcome:
> 
> First, I do not believe that SWIG knows how to work with D. You will 
> probably not be able to use SWIG at all with D.
> 
> Second, there are no complete Ruby/C API bindings to D. There are some 
> incomplete ones on Google code:
>      http://code.google.com/p/rubyd/
> But these are missing various bits and pieces, such as preprocessor 
> macros. Getting these bindings up to par is a sizable project in and of 
> itself, and necessary before any Ruby/D development can take place.
> 
> Once you have those bindings, you'll probably have to use that C API 
> manually. To simplify matters, you'll probably end up writing something 
> like SWIG for D, or something like Pyd for Ruby (call it Rudy). Having 
> written Pyd, I've offered a couple of times to at least start Rudy if 
> only someone else would write the Ruby/D bindings. I do not know Ruby 
> that well, and do not feel that I am qualified to write the bindings. 
> But having the bindings, I could figure out how to use them, and bring 
> D's templates to bear to simplify using them. Or someone else could, if 
> they feel like it.
> 
> -- 
> Kirk McDonald
> http://kirkmcdonald.blogspot.com
> Pyd: Connecting D and Python
> http://pyd.dsource.org