[Larceny-users] typedefs and the ffi

[Felix Klock]

Ed-

On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Eduardo Cavazos wrote:

> Is this:
>
>    (ffi-add-alias-of-attribute-entry! 'xyz 'ulong)
>
> the proper way to model this:
>
>    typedef unsigned long xyz ;

Yes, I added that function precisely because I wanted to directly  
model typedef's in code that used the FFI.

(I had to look at the relevant changeset and log entry to verify this:
   https://trac.ccs.neu.edu/trac/larceny/changeset/5598  )

> Just wanted to verify since the manual isn't clear on this.

I don't think the FFI section of the manual is going to get revised by  
the time 0.97 is released, but perhaps it will by 0.98 or 0.99.  Sorry  
about that.

-Felix