[PD] proof-of-concept [hsext] for writing pd externals in Haskell
Claude Heiland-Allen
claudiusmaximus at goto10.org
Sun Jan 7 22:45:27 CET 2007
Charles Henry wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing the point here, but isn't Haskell a compiled (not
> interpreted) language?
There are a variety of compilers and interpreters.
> We can add any compiled function, wrapped in a
> C-written external, just so long as we have the symbols for the
> function from the binary.
True, and almost trivial, which is why the root of this thread mentioned
"proof of concept". The slightly non-trivial part is that Haskell has a
run-time system, and the rather non-trivial part is dynamically loading
Haskell source at runtime.
> *OR* we can write an external in some funky language, so long as we
> can reference the functions from m_pd.h correctly in that language.
False. Pd expects a symbol blah_setup in a file blah.library (where
.library is .pd_linux in my case).
> I tried to put a Fortran function into an external, once compiled.
> All I had to do was "grep" for the symbols exactly as they appeared in
> the binary, and get the variables of the function declaration right.
> Is this similar?
Not very.
> Have I missed the point entirely?
http://claudiusmaximus.goto10.org/gallery/coding/hsext/first-non-trivial.png
The middle window in the top row is the entire source for the object.
hsext provides the glue to load that source, with a large portion of
rather non-trivial help from:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/hs-plugins/
> Chuck
Claude
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