To load such code switch to old compiler in settings browser. It supports old FFI syntax. Then you can manually adopt all ffi calls to UFFI and commit new version.
2017-10-29 15:09 GMT+01:00 Paulo R. Dellani <dell...@pobox.com>: > Dear all, > > I would like to give ZeroMQ a try in Smalltalk, but am unable to > load it on a new image successfully. In Pharo 5, I loaded the package > ConfigurationOfZeroMQ from the repository in smalltalkhub > <http://smalltalkhub.com/#%21/%7Epanuw/zeromq> and > evaluated the following to load the code: > > ConfigurationOfZeroMQ loadBleedingEdge > > It seems to load everything well, but when I try to look at the source > code of the methods that call the C routines from libzmq using the > system browser, the system exhibits the following error message: > > UndefinedObject(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #keywords > RBFFICallPragma(RBPragmaNode)>>selectorParts > RubSHTextStylerST80(SHRBTextStyler)>>visitPragmaNode: > RBFFICallPragma(RBPragmaNode)>>acceptVisitor: > RubSHTextStylerST80(SHRBTextStyler)>>visitNode: > [ :each | self visitNode: each ] in RubSHTextStylerST80>>visitMethodNode: > in Block: [ :each | self visitNode: each ] > OrderedCollection>>do: > > (its a long stack, cutting here) > > When loading ZeroMQ on Pharo 6, a window pops-up with the title > 'Syntax Error: Literal constant expected' showing the source code > of a method defining a call to a routine from a C library: > > apiDeleteDC: aHDC > <apicall: Literal constant expected -> bool 'DeleteDC' (Win32HDC) > module:'gdi32.dll'> > ^self externalCallFailed > > If I update the syntax, re-writing the code above as > > apiDeleteDC: aHDC > ^self ffiCall: #( bool DeleteDC (Win32HDC aHDC) ) module:'gdi32.dll' > > the compiler accepts it and the process can go on, but eventually > the system will become unstable... > > Any ideas on how to solve this problems? Is this syntax still supported > in Pharo5 & 6? > > Cheers, > > Paulo > > On 10/25/2017 03:47 PM, Sebastian Heidbrink via Pharo-users wrote: > > ForwardedMessage.eml > > Subject: > Re: [Pharo-users] Exchanging information between 2 pharo applications (2 > images running on two different computers) > > From: > Sebastian Heidbrink <shei...@yahoo.de> <shei...@yahoo.de> > > Date: > 10/25/2017 03:47 PM > > To: > pharo-users@lists.pharo.org > Hi Cederik, > > you should have a look at http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~panuw/zeromq > ZeroMQ is a networking library. Nice thing about it is that all the > networking related workload is dealt with in a second process. That can > save you some resources within Smalltalk. > > >
