Re: [Help-smalltalk] DLD not working?

[Rob Hoelz]

Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:

> > DLD addLibrary: 'libc'.
> > 
> > !SystemDictionary methodsFor: 'c callouts'!
> > stringCompare: lhs with: rhs
> >     <cCall: 'strcmp' returning: #int args: #(#string #string)>
> > ! !
> > 
> > Transcript print: (Smalltalk stringCompare: 'foo' with: 'bar'); cr.
> 
> Hum, nothing.  I tried your example on PPC Mac OS X (2.3.6 and
> 2.95f), i386-linux (2.95f), x86_64-linux (2.95f), and it always
> worked.  It printed 4 or 1 depending on the platform -- but it
> worked.  I also tried
> 
> !String methodsFor: 'c callouts'!
> 
> strcmp: rhs
>      <cCall: 'strcmp' returning: #int args: #(#self #string)>
> ! !
> 
> and it worked well too.
> 
> Paolo

I tried that second example, but I'm still getting test.st:5: C
function not defined.  Does this mean my Smalltalk was built without
dynamic linking support?  Please let me know if you need any other
information to help us diagnose this problem.

Thanks,
Rob Hoelz