1. Possible?
If I were to write most of my app in C++, but yet I wanted to use Euphoria's
database system to store my data, could I? If so, how? Can I use the
Translator?
Thanks!
Chris
2. Re: Possible?
Chris S wrote:
> If I were to write most of my app in C++, but yet I wanted to use Euphoria's
> database system to store my data, could I? If so, how? Can I use the
> Translator?
I've tested database.e, converted to a .dll, and it worked fine,
but I was interacting with it from a Euphoria program that opened
the .dll. A C or C++ program could also interact with database.e
in .dll form, but you'd need to convert C's rigid datatypes into
Euphoria sequences and back again. I guess you could build
a Euphoria layer (wrapper) around database.e that would take pointers to
C data in memory and convert the C data into atoms and sequences.
It would also have to convert the Euphoria data coming out of the
database back into C data. The translator would be useful for making
the .dll. In general, the translator can allow you to convert Euphoria code
into C code that you might be able to link with your hand-coded C/C++ code.
That's the way the Euphoria 2.5 interpreter is built.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
3. Re: Possible?
Robert Craig wrote:
>
> Chris S wrote:
> > If I were to write most of my app in C++, but yet I wanted to use Euphoria's
> > database system to store my data, could I? If so, how? Can I use the
> > Translator?
>
> I've tested database.e, converted to a .dll, and it worked fine,
> but I was interacting with it from a Euphoria program that opened
> the .dll. A C or C++ program could also interact with database.e
> in .dll form, but you'd need to convert C's rigid datatypes into
> Euphoria sequences and back again. I guess you could build
> a Euphoria layer (wrapper) around database.e that would take pointers to
> C data in memory and convert the C data into atoms and sequences.
> It would also have to convert the Euphoria data coming out of the
> database back into C data. The translator would be useful for making
> the .dll. In general, the translator can allow you to convert Euphoria code
> into C code that you might be able to link with your hand-coded C/C++ code.
> That's the way the Euphoria 2.5 interpreter is built.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>
Of course, anything's "possible" if you put your mind to it. It just depends on
whether the time spent on developing such a solution is worth it. If you are
already developing most of your code as object-oriented, why wouldn't you use a
pre-existing OO DB system?
I'm just trying to grasp Chris' concept.
-- Brian
