[M3devel] C-like syntax for Modula-3 [was Re: "target specific pragmas"?]

[Darko]

I find converting C headers manually not too bad using a few standard  
regexes and a couple of rules of thumb. I was hoping something like  
this could be done with exceptions handled manually. I don't think  
complete automatic conversion is practical as you say, but there must  
be something better and more productive than manual conversions.


On 21/02/2008, at 11:22 PM, Henning Thielemann wrote:

>
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Darko wrote:
>
>> I agree that there should be a pre-processor between M3 syntax and C
>> syntax, but this should also be integrated into the build system so
>> that it is transparent. I think the '.mc' extension is already taken
>> though, which is a bummer.
>>
>> I think we should also be aiming to use this tool to automatically
>> convert C header files (with limitations) to M3.
>
> You won't be happy with such conversions. The results of  
> translations with
> SWIG using manual annotations are better, but you quickly run into  
> writing
> more annotation than converting the C header manually.