i need a example how to use hsc2hs, i thought that when i write a header file like:
// foo.h
#define PI 3.14159
typedef struct {
int i1;
int i2;
} foo;
struct foo2 {
int i1;
int i2;
};
int fooFkt(foo f);
and then create a hsc file like:
import Foreign
import Foreign.C
#include "foo.h"
use hsc2hs
:
{-# INCLUDE "foo.h" #-}
{-# LINE 1 "test.hsc" #-}
import Foreign
{-# LINE 2 "test.hsc" #-}
import Foreign.C
{-# LINE 5 "test.hsc" #-}
i dont understand it, i thought hat hsc2hs will import all needed things for me like the PI
who can give me a better example?
Following RWH ch 17, you need to introduce something that binds the C PI
value to a symbol in Haskell.
For example:
{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
import Foreign
import Foreign.C
-- helpers
import Control.Applicative
import Control.Monad
#include "foo.h"
-- binding a symbol
-- Note that hsc2hs can't marshal floating point CPP values, so this will be "3"
-- c_pi :: CInt
-- c_pi = #const PI
-- Instead, bind to a function that returns a CFloat
pi' :: Float
pi' = realToFrac c_pi
foreign import ccall unsafe "my_pi" c_pi :: CFloat
And while we're here, we can also marshal the struct to and from Haskell:
-- Marshalling for the struct foo
data Foo = Foo { i1, i2 :: Int }
deriving Show
-- Define how to marshal foo structs
instance Storable Foo where
sizeOf _ = #{size foo}
alignment _ = alignment (undefined :: CInt)
poke p foo = do
#{poke foo, i1} p $ i1 foo
#{poke foo, i2} p $ i2 foo
peek p = return Foo
`ap` (#{peek foo, i1} p)
`ap` (#{peek foo, i2} p)
And bind to fooFkt
function:
-- Import the function too
foreign import ccall "foo.h fooFkt"
c_fooFkt :: Ptr Foo -> IO CInt
-- Marshal data to and from C
fooFkt :: Foo -> IO Int
fooFkt f = fromIntegral <$> with f c_fooFkt
Done.
It works if you actually use some definitions from foo.h
:
import Foreign
import Foreign.C
#include "foo.h"
pi = #const PI
gives
{-# INCLUDE "foo.h" #-}
{-# LINE 1 "test.hsc" #-}
import Foreign
{-# LINE 2 "test.hsc" #-}
import Foreign.C
{-# LINE 5 "test.hsc" #-}
pi = 3
{-# LINE 7 "test.hsc" #-}
Here's a real world usage example from the network package: https://github.com/haskell/network/blob/master/Network/Socket/ByteString/MsgHdr.hsc