Re: [ats-lang-users] Introducing ats type to c in sats file

[Hongwei Xi <hw...@cs...>]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Michael Maul wrote:

>>Is it possible to  introduce ats types to c from within a .sats file?
>>
>>In a .dats files I can for example :typedef int_int_pair = @(int,int)
>>
>>                                                extern typedef
>>"int_int_pair" = int_int_pair)
>>
>>This does not work in .sats with the extern removed. Given that the error is
>>a syntax error I suspect that this is not possible.
>>
>>Ultimately I am wanting to return multiple results back from a c function as
>>a tuple containg an integer result code and pointer to a c struct.

If you could provide me with some pseudo code indicating what you really
need, I may be able to tell whether there is a simple way around this.

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