Re: External Lib for Robot-Cars

Hi Arne

If you have the c++ source and can compile the library with the same 
runtime library and parameters as TORCS for your system you can link it 
as well with your robot, yes. Dynamic and static libraries usually (!) 
work, but there can be c++ specific "hazards" which force some linking 
styles or can require some research to sort them out (usually just a few 
minutes), e.g. if libraries do some cumbersome static initialization.

If you have just a binary of your library or it is not written in c/c++ 
it depends on the platform, the compiler and linking system. Various 
issues might pop up in such cases, but in the worst case it is possible 
to write a wrapper which fixes memory alignment, parameter ordering etc.

You can even embed a scripting language like lua or host a JVM if 
required (e.g. if it is a java library).

Hope this helps.

Best regards

Bernhard


On 03/10/2012 05:32 AM, Arne Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is it possible to add static / dynamic libraries when developing robot cars?
> I would like to use SHARK (http://shark-project.sourceforge.net/) a machine learning library.
>
> Thank you for your quick answere
> 	Arne
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