RE: Xlib IDL for H/Direct?

[Sigbjorn Finne (Intl Vendor)]

Sven Panne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 
> 
 ....
> 
> > [...] HDirect could generate output which delayed the 
> > binding of enum tags to values until the Haskell/C stubs are
> > compiled, if this is a real problem. [...]
> 
  ...
> 
>  typedef enum { 
>     ExitFailure = ``EXIT_FAILURE'',
>     ExitSuccess = ``EXIT_SUCCESS''
>  } Status;
> 
> or even better:   (almost like Green Card :-)
> 
>    typedef enum [useValuesFromHeaderAndDoCunningNameMangling] { 
>       EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS
>    } Status;

I was imagining the latter together with a command-line switch; I'm
not sure if a new custom attribute is warranted for this.

Oh, and you want name mangling as well. Hadn't thought of that, but
could always support a [naming_scheme(..)] attribute. Will see what
I can do.

--sigbjorn