[gambit-list] gambit-objc v0.1.0 released

Jeff Read bitwize at gmail.com
Sun May 19 16:51:55 EDT 2013


Quick question: Will this bridge work in the absence of a Cocoa runtime? I
use Objective-C in places that don't have a Cocoa/Openstep/GNUstep stack,
and something like this would be hella useful, even there.
On May 19, 2013 1:22 PM, "Jason Felice" <jason.m.felice at gmail.com> wrote:

> Someone reminded me that I didn't include the link.  Duh.
>
> It's here:
>
> https://github.com/maitria/gambit-objc
>
>
> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Jason Felice <jason.m.felice at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I've just released gambit-objc 0.1.0.  This is the "it has the basics,
>> and the implementation is complete enough for real projects" release.
>>
>> * It gives you access to Objective-C class objects.  The easiest way is:
>>
>>   (import-classes (NSString NSDictionary))
>>
>>   after which, you can refer to them.
>>
>> * It dynamically dispatches Objective-C methods:
>>
>>   (: NSString stringWithUTF8String: "hello, world")
>>
>> * It supports marshaling of native Scheme objects to C/Objective-C types
>> for parameter and return values, including structures, selectors, all
>> integral types, and UTF8 strings.  It wraps Objective-C objects with
>> foreign.
>>
>> * It has a objc-repl, an extended version of gsi which supports
>> square-brace syntax, like so:
>>
>>   [NSString stringWithUTF8String: "Hello, world!"]
>>
>> You'll find a minimal sample Cocoa app in the distribution as well.
>>
>> There are many cool things that can be added.  I'd love to collaborate,
>> help people use it, and otherwise enable its adoption.
>>
>> I'm really happy with how elegant it ended up (after a couple partial
>> implementations were scrapped).  My next focus will be making it easy to
>> boot on iOS and bring into iOS projects.
>>
>> -Jason
>>
>
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