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How to bind C/C++ functions for my language
Approaches vary, because it depends how your language works, but the general technique:
load the native code as a library using e.g. "dlopen()"
identify the function name (see "C++ ...
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How Would I Create Bindings to a GUI toolkit like GTK, Tk, or Qt for a Programming Language?
You would use the language's foreign function interface (FFI) to call out to the C bindings. You can look at how other languages have done this, like pygobject. It's not easy though. You have to ...
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Capture by value/reference and early/late binding
The lambda defines a closure, which is an anonymous function together with an environment composed of captured variables.
The binding of captured variables happens at the moment the lambda is defined ...
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Is it possible to query data in a RDMS without writing SQL?
The RDBMS are all based on the same underlying ceoncept of Codd's relational algebra. SQL provides a language that is based on these underlying concepts. So, it's a kind of natural fit. This is the ...
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Can you explain the behavior of PHP in cases when a parent class variable is masked by the child variable of the same name?
Are they both initializing the same child(?) variable?
When the object is created, all the non-private properties of all parent classes belong to this newly created object. He doesn't know which ...
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Relation between static and dynamic bindings and scopings?
The quoted definitions of "entity" and "object" is ambiguous, we need to be more precise. A name is associated with a storage location which in turn contains a value. The value is the data. (I find it ...
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What is late binding?
There are several types of binding and "late binding" may refer to several different things, depending on the technology and the context. It may be helpful to avoid the word "late" (and its opposite, ...
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What is late binding?
Dynamic dispatch in C++, Java, and C# is done via tables — that map a slot position or index to a function pointer — rather than by name. Names are resolved at compile time, and they ...
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ADO.NET - Is it better to handle a combo box or label event, and where should the data be sourced from?
Should I just dispense with the binding source and work with the DataTable object directly
That at least will basically solve your whole problem. Use your UI labels for displaying things only, not ...
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Is it possible to query data in a RDMS without writing SQL?
SQL is one of many languages that can be used to query relational databases.
There have been a lot of improvements and alternatives proposed over the last 50 years. The Third Manifesto is a well-...
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What's the exact usage of the term "foreign function interfaces"?
A foreign function interface is a mechanism by which code written for one runtime (or language) can call code written for another runtime (or language) within the same process. The code written in the ...
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For what reasons would you use AngularJS expression (&) binding instead of using events?
AngularJS & binding is [expected to be]ยน very simple to understand, especially for a JavaScript developer.
In JavaScript, callbacks are used a lot. They are used so much, that it can be very ...
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Differences between deep and shallow bindings for static scoping
Firstly I am new to Pascal. Is it correct that in the program, there are four separate parts...
The general construct is that of an entity with (a) nested definitions, and, (b) one body.
So, A &...
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