Re: [cffi-devel] Using `define-foreign-type' as defclass

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Diogo F. S. Ramos diogofsr@gmail.com wrote:

(define-foreign-type easy-handle (a-parent-foreign-type/class) ((pointer :initform (curl-easy-init))) (:actual-type :pointer) (:simple-parser easy-handle))

It works, be as the manual separate these things, I wonder: Am I using it wrong?

Say you now go ahead and use EASY-HANDLE as follows:

(defcfun foo :void (handle easy-handle))

When FOO is compiled, CFFI will instantiate an EASY-HANDLE and poke it to determine things like the basic C type it translates. Your definition is not adequate because it'll call CURL-EASY-INIT at this point.

HTH,