Re: [Plplot-devel] plplot java binding

[Arjen M. <arj...@wl...>]

Arjen Markus wrote:
> 
> Arjen Markus wrote:
> >
> 
> > To check that plvect() and plsvect() are indeed nicely useable, I tried
> > to
> > compile example x22c. This uses however the constant M_PI (not defined
> > apparently under Windows - with MS Visual C/C++ 6.0 anyway) and,
> > worse, it uses "const int" to define the array sizes. This is not
> > supported either!
> >
> > I have temporarily fixed this (and a few omissions in the Windows
> > version of
> > plplot.h - in CVS shortly), but now I get errors about function pointers
> > with different
> > attributes (this concerns pltr2). I am trying to make it work properly
> > ...
> > More later
> >
> 
> I have just ran into a problem that I need to solve properly but which
> requires some careful thinking: the functions plAlloc2dGrid and
> plFree2dGrid
> are posing problems - they should ideally be named just as most other
> functions (i.e. some uncuth magic concerning the prefix c_), but this is
> in conflict with their actual definition.
> 
> Oh, I know I am not expressing myself very clearly, but the DLL on
> Windows
> requires the proper attributes for all public functions, which is done
> a.o.
> via the c_ stuff).
> 
> In short: these two functions must behave as public functions, therefore
> they should have names like c_plAlloc.... but that requires a gratuitous
> change to pdfutils.c, unless I work out the magic incantation that ...
> -- argh, I need a drink!
> 
> No time now, grrrrr
> 

Perhaps I should have added: this is for the DLL version only!
The static version compiles and links and the examples work fine

Regards,

Arjen