[fpc-pascal] H2pas tool vs others, C header translation

[Dmitry Boyarintsev]

On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 5:37 PM, <noreply at z505.com> wrote:

> Is h2pas for example the one that is used for Mysql header translations
> and other major C headers?
>

I'm using Chelper.  (http://wiki.freepascal.org/Chelper)
It's my choice, because it preserves comments (which is usually an
important part of open-source libs)
plus, can be configured to handle library header-specific defines.
Naturally, the process is semi-automatic, but get be done quite quickly.


> I am looking to convert the GNU MPFR library header files, or hire someone
> on a bounty to do it if header translation is not so easy with h2pas and
> requires lots of hand work, and close checking.
>

Speaking of bounties.
There was a bounty (http://wiki.freepascal.org/Bounties#Linux_bounties) for
converting libwebsockets to fpc.
I took it and did the conversion using Chelper.
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