On Thu, 3 May 2018 at 20:21, Jed Brown <j...@jedbrown.org> wrote: > Lisandro Dalcin <dalc...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On 3 May 2018 at 18:50, Smith, Barry F. <bsm...@mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > >> > >> Jeff, (and others), > >> > >> Do you know of a tool that can take a C prototype and automatically generate the Fortran C binding interface definition? We currently generate stubs for C functions that have character arguments manually and it would be great to remove that manual step. > >> > > > > How do you exactly want to implement that? Totally replace these > > special functions with the BIND(C) interface that calls directly the C > > function, or rather generate a native Fortran subroutine that calls > > the C function through a BIND(C) interface? > The latter. Usage should not change for existing Fortran users. Things may end up being involved anyway, even if using ISO_C_BINDINGS. http://fortranwiki.org/fortran/show/Generating+C+Interfaces#strings -- Lisandro Dalcin ============ Research Scientist Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE) Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) http://ecrc.kaust.edu.sa/ 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology al-Khawarizmi Bldg (Bldg 1), Office # 0109 Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia http://www.kaust.edu.sa Office Phone: +966 12 808-0459
