xobj handling for int types and pointers is done.next is structs,unoins and adding docs. you can try running demo1.lua under lua-scripts for a demo

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bruiser/bruiserffi.h b/bruiser/bruiserffi.h
index 0f98d2c..f9abdd5 100644
--- a/bruiser/bruiserffi.h
+++ b/bruiser/bruiserffi.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.*/
 /**********************************************************************************************************************/
 #include <ffi.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 /**********************************************************************************************************************/
 #ifndef BRUISER_FFI_H
 #define BRUISER_FFI_H
@@ -26,9 +27,55 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.*
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
+
+#define REINTERPRET_GENERATOR(X) \
+  X ffi_reinterpret_##X(void* result);
+
+#define X_LIST_GEN \
+  X(uint8_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(uint16_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(uint32_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(uint64_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(int8_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(int16_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(int32_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(int64_t, "uint8_t")\
+  X(uintptr_t, "uint8_t")\
+  //X(float, "uint8_t")\
+  X(double, "uint8_t")
+
+#define X(X1,X2) REINTERPRET_GENERATOR(X1)
+X_LIST_GEN
+#undef X
+#undef X_LIST_GEN
+#undef REINTERPRET_GENERATOR
+
+  /**
+   * @brief constructs the arguments to be passed to ffi_call.
+   * @param ret the void** that will be passed to ffi_call.
+   * @param argc number of the arguments the function that's gonna be called has.
+   * @param ... pairs of the arg types in string format plus the references to the actual args themselves.
+   */
+void ffi_value_ctor(void** ret, int argc, ...);
+
+/**
+ * @brief returns the ffi_type of the given arg.
+ * @param arg_string the type of the arg in string format.
+ * @return the address of the corresponding ffi_type.
+ */
 ffi_type* ffi_type_ctor(const char* arg_string);
-void* ffi_callX(int argc, const char** arg_string, ffi_type rtype, void* x_ptr, const char* ret_type);
-void* ffi_callX_var(int argc, const char** arg_string, ffi_type rtype, void* x_ptr, const char* ret_type);
+
+/**
+ * @brief call the xobj.
+ * @param argc number of args the xobj accepts.
+ * @param arg_string a char** of the arg types.
+ * @param rtype ffi_type of the return value.
+ * @param x_ptr the void* xobj pointer.
+ * @param values the actual args to be passed to ffi_call.
+ * @return return a void* to the return value of the xobj.
+ */
+void* ffi_callX(int argc, const char** arg_string, ffi_type rtype, void* x_ptr, void** values);
+void* ffi_callX_var(int argc, const char** arg_string, ffi_type rtype, void* x_ptr, void** values);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif