Ruby - C++ extension

[Elias Athanasopoulos]

Hello!

I am trying to create a new Ruby extension, which eventually will
give to Ruby the functionality of a C++ project.

So far, the extension is going fine. However I have two issues:

(1) C++ Type Casting
(2) Multiple Inheritance

Is there a generic approach to solve the above?

As far as C++ Type Casting is concerned I am thinking of creating
to_xxx methods. I.e.

foo = (Foo *) Bar->dump();

will be in Ruby:

foo = Bar.dump.as_Foo

As far as Multiple Inheritence is concerned, I think the only way
to go through is to define modules and include them in other modules.
Howver the C++ project I'm trying to create Ruby Bindings for, has a very
complex inheritence tree. Is there any other workaround?

Regards,
--
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Physics Department is a kludge --Marvin Minsky

[Jim Freeze]

On Sunday, 23 November 2003 at 17:44:39 +0900, Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I am trying to create a new Ruby extension, which eventually will
> give to Ruby the functionality of a C++ project.
>
> So far, the extension is going fine. However I have two issues:
>
> (1) C++ Type Casting
> (2) Multiple Inheritance

I haven't checked the specifics, but have you read Lyle's talk
from the 2002 Rubyconf?

[url]http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/RubyConf2002/[/url]

--
Jim Freeze
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