[cffi-devel] Re: Type translators

On 4/ago/2005, at 04:57, James Bielman wrote:

I must admit I'm not wild about using &symbols as placeholders inside these expansions, as I think that's a naming convention best left unique to lambda list keywords.

What about $symbols? Looks like Perl, heh.

(define-type-translation string "String translator." :c-type :pointer :to-c-arg (let (($var (foreign-string-alloc $value))) (unwind-protect ($body) (foreign-string-free $var))) :to-c (foreign-string-alloc $value) :from-c (foreign-string-to-lisp $value))