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| author | Jed Barber <jjbarber@y7mail.com> | 2017-12-17 11:31:42 +1100 |
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| committer | Jed Barber <jjbarber@y7mail.com> | 2017-12-17 11:31:42 +1100 |
| commit | 1a98873c6ef52d5b61b77878c83021b07b558294 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e557b5be32c3355ddfed739ad028974dc893de4 | |
Initial commit, very basic outline of what to get done
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/overview.txt | 38 |
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0debad --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ + + +*.ali +*.o +*.d diff --git a/doc/overview.txt b/doc/overview.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a9319d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/overview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + + +Ada Wayland Binding + + + +Specific points about this binding: + +- Memory management is set up so that, from the Ada side, the programmer can + treat all objects as if they were stack objects. Any and all ways to avoid + dangling references without burdening the programmer using the library are + taken advantage of. + +- Callbacks are done with function/procedure accesses rather than tagged types, + in order to minimise boilerplate for programmers using the library. + + + +The following files are bound manually: + +wayland-server-core.h -> Wayland.Server +wayland-client-core.h -> Wayland.Client +wayland-egl-core.h -> Wayland.EGL + + + +Then a generator is used to process the protocol XML files and produce all +remaining bindings. Probably into Wayland.Protocols.<Name of Protocol> + + + +References: + +https://wayland.freedesktop.org/docs/pdf/Documentation-1.3-Wayland-en-US.pdf +http://www.jlekstrand.net/jason/projects/wayland/language-bindings-guide/ + + + |