Re: Re: GEC Compilation of Externals

Franck Arnaud wrote:
> Eric Bezault:
>>I think ECMA says it should be:
>>
>>  sizeof: INTEGER is
>>      -- Size to allocate (in bytes)
>>    external
>>      "C inline use <windows.h>"
>>    alias
>>      "return sizeof (struct _COMMTIMEOUTS);"
>>    end
> 
> 
> Could gec generate "return ALIAS-CONTENT;" if there's 
> no 'return' in the alias content. Then it can be both 
> ECMA- and legacy 'compliant'. (With a warning for the 
> legacy case.)

I'll do that.

> It is nasty but the heuristics should work nearly all 
> the time: I can't think of a useful counter-example where 
> there'd be no return in the alias and you do not want 
> one generated (well there might be a counter example 
> I did not think of...).

The 'return' can be hidden in a macro.

-- 
Eric Bezault
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