> Mat* cv_imread(String* filename, int flags) {
> return new Mat(cv::imread(*filename, flags));
> }

How is the String type defined in C? Also, why are you wrapping the C++ API rather than the C API?

(sent from my phone)
On Mar 19, 2014 3:44 AM, "Joeish W" <joeish80829@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to recreate a const char* filename parameter for code I have that needs it...The function I'm wrapping is the OpenCV C++ function "imread" it is below in the documentation. It is used to read an image(jpg etc) from a file and return a pointer to it
>
> http://docs.opencv.org/modules/highgui/doc/reading_and_writing_images_and_video.html?highlight=imread#imread
>
> first I need to wrap in C as below calling the const char* filename parameter as a String*
> the below cv_imread does compile on ubuntu trusty using g++. And the function works as intended using g++.
>

>
> I wrap in Lisp like this:
>
> (defcfun ("cv_imread" %imread) (:pointer mat)
> (filename (:pointer string*))
> (flags :int))
>
> When I usually create a (:pointer string*) parameter I do it like this
>
> (window-name (foreign-alloc :string :initial-element "IMREAD Example"))
>
> and it works to supply strings that aren't filenames but when I try to use a filename both absolute and relative paths it fails...it also fails using double forward slashes in the pathname.
>
>
> Any advice is appreciated and btw Emacs /SBCL is my Lisp IDE