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"Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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> The one problem that I constantly have to hand craft a solution
> to is the interfacing with C components on different platforms.
> A value in a C header file for FreeBSD may or may not be the
> same as the same on a Linux host. That same value (or type
> size) may differ again on a Linux/Alpha host for another.

Instead of a hint file, perhaps a better reproach would be a to have an api
specification which declares the types and subroutines that you want to
appear in the thin binding, and where in the C header file to get there
definition?  This way you can guarantee the resulting thin binding will have
a consistent interface despite the changing representations.