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    • tt_suT Offline
      tt_su
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      It explains the important parts better than the Ruby C API readme:
      https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/README.EXT

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        I just came accross an issue you guys should know about (if you don't already) : We can't pass more than 15 arguments in a single function from ruby to C++.

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          Garry K
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          It looks like I'll have to use the visual studio compiler for c extensions in sketchup.
          There is an MS specific config file and no other counterparts for borland etc.

          ThirdParty\include\ruby\2.0\win32\i386-mswin32_100\ruby\config.h

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            @jiminy-billy-bob said:

            I just came accross an issue you guys should know about (if you don't already) : We can't pass more than 15 arguments in a single function from ruby to C++.

            You actually hit that limit? 😲

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              @garry k said:

              It looks like I'll have to use the visual studio compiler for c extensions in sketchup.
              There is an MS specific config file and no other counterparts for borland etc.

              ThirdParty\include\ruby\2.0\win32\i386-mswin32_100\ruby\config.h

              For the examples we provided projects only for Visual Studio on Windows and Xcode on OSX. If you want to compile with another compiler you are free to do so - but we don't provide examples for all compilers.

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              • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
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                @tt_su said:

                @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                I just came accross an issue you guys should know about (if you don't already) : We can't pass more than 15 arguments in a single function from ruby to C++.

                You actually hit that limit? 😲

                Well... 😕 I try to limit the back-and-forth between ruby and C++, so I pass all the information in one go, and treat everything in C++.

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                  @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                  @tt_su said:

                  @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                  I just came accross an issue you guys should know about (if you don't already) : We can't pass more than 15 arguments in a single function from ruby to C++.

                  You actually hit that limit? 😲

                  Well... 😕 I try to limit the back-and-forth between ruby and C++, so I pass all the information in one go, and treat everything in C++.

                  A Hash would be good to pass instead - much easier to manage whenever you change some of the data you pass. No need to worry about changing argument order etc.

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                    Garry K
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                    I have a good start on SUEX_HelloWorld using C++Builder 6

                    I've added cbuilder folder at the same level as the i386-mswin32_100 folder. Then I added a ruby folder and copied over the config.h files. Then I've edited the config files. I'm happy to say that I didn't have to edit any other 3rd party file.

                    Then I ran implib.exe -a msvcrt-ruby200.lib msvcrt-ruby200.dll and created Borland's flavor of each lib file.
                    After that I set up a couple of include file paths and added msvcrt-ruby200.lib to the probject.
                    Turned off precompiled headers and unchecked use dynamic rtl

                    I now have it compiling - but currently just for the win32 flavor for SU 2014
                    Now for a bit of testing.

                    Hopefully I'm on the right path. I'm pretty sure I need to export the function as cdecl for this to work.

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                      Garry K
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                      Turns out it's a stdcall which has no mangling.

                      I can debug the c extension in CBuilder. Very fast.
                      Now I need to experiment with arguments etc. That will be the acid test for stdcall
                      If anyone is interested I can post the files and the steps.

                      Once I get a real good handle on this I'll try it out with XE7 which is a compiler that compiles Win32, Win64 and OSX.

                      I will also test this on my lap top where Borland memory manager (a dll) doesn't exist. It will tell me if I need to include any of these files or not.

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