I have found several libraries for XML Parser in OCaml, such as PXP or XML-Light. Anyone knows such a thing that can be used easily in Windows? I found that in XML-Light, they have several .ml and .mli files, I try to copy it to the lib folder of my ocaml, but it doesn't work. Any advice how to do this correctly?
Thank you a bunch.
NB: I don't use cygwin either. I use a MSVC version of OCaml.
I've used xmlm for xml parsing. For simplest installation scenario you can download its distribution and copy src\xmlm.ml into your project directory.
Alternatively, you may compile it using:
ocamlopt -c xmlm.mli
ocamlopt -c xmlm.ml
and put the resulting files into %OCAMLLIB%\xmlm directory. Then you can compile your project like this:
ocamlopt -I +xmlm xmlm.cmx foo.ml -o bar
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I have installed GCC cross compiler for Raspberry Pi to my Ubuntu 20.04 to opt folder. Now When I create new cross compile project I have list of include in my Eclipse project explorer:
/opt/gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/include
/opt/gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/libc/usr/include
/opt/gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/lib/gcc/arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/10.2.1/usr/include
/opt/gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-x86_64-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/lib/gcc/arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/10.2.1/usr/include-fixed
How Eclipse knows these include folders?
What is purpose of all of these folders? What kind of includes they are defined for?
Suppose I need to use SDL2 library. Where I should place it's header and binary?
As explained in this article (which is a little dated) https://www.eclipse.org/community/eclipse_newsletter/2013/october/article4.php CDT will try to detect built-in compiler symbols and include paths running the compiler with special options and parse the output of this special run. The command will be probably something like: arm-linux-gnueabihf-cpp -v /dev/null -o /dev/null supposing the compiler you are using is arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.
All these folders contains include files like stdio.h , stdlib.h ... of libc , libm ... and also some arm specific header files.
If you are not 100% sure, install the cross compiled in a directory all by itself and add the include directory to your eclipse project.
I hope this is a simple question and I'm just missing something fundamental.
I'm trying to emulate a binary build manager for an embedded Cortex-M0 target using a CMake project. I'm having some trouble figuring out how to generate list files for each dependency of my executable target.
The current build system, when building a file called main.c passes -Wa,-alh=.\CortexM0\ARM_GCC_493\Debug/main.lst as an argument to gcc. I can't figure out how to get CMake to use the current filename without the extension to save the file.
I've looked at the get_filename_component command, but it appears only to get the filename of the output:
add_executable(TestExe main.c)
get_filename_component(curr_name TestExe NAME_WM)
message(${curr_name})
As expected, this prints TestExe instead of the hoped for main
Is there a simple variable I'm overlooking that I could put in my toolchain file's CMAKE_C_FLAGS like -Wa,-alh=${CURR_SOURCE}.lst? Or some other method that I'm not seeing?
System info:
Windows 10
Msys shell
CMake 3.7.2
arm-none-eabi-gcc v4.9.3
You can use Expansion Rules and extend CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OBJECT:
set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OBJECT "${CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OBJECT} -Wa,-alh=<OBJECT>.lst")
But there is unfortunately
no Expansion Rule that does give the current source file without path and extension
so you will get in the above example main.c.o.lst as an output name
Footnote: In CMake generated makefile projects, if you just need the assembly file can just do make main.s or for the pre-processed file make main.i.
I'm currently working on a project using Arduino 1.0.6 IDE and it does not seem to accept C++11 std::array. Is it possible to change the compiler flag to make this work?
Add custom compiler flags to platform.local.txt. Just create it in the same directory where platform.txt is. For example:
compiler.c.extra_flags=
compiler.c.elf.extra_flags=
compiler.S.extra_flags=
compiler.cpp.extra_flags=-mcall-prologues -fno-split-wide-types -finline-limit=3 -ffast-math
compiler.ar.extra_flags=
compiler.objcopy.eep.extra_flags=
compiler.elf2hex.extra_flags=
In this example C++ flags will make large sketch smaller. Of course, you can use your own flags instead. Since platform.local.txt does not overwrite standard files and is very short, it is very easy to experiment with compiler flags.
You can save platform.local.txt for each project in its directory. It will NOT have any effect in project's directory, but this way if you decide to work on your old project again you will be able to just copy it to the same directory where platform.txt is (typically ./hardware/arduino/avr/) and continue work on your project with project-specific compiler flags.
Obviously, using Makefile as ladislas suggests is more professional and more convenient if you have multiple projects and do not mind dealing with Makefile. But still, using platform.local.txt is better than messing with platform.txt directly and an easy way to play with compiler flags for people who are already familiar with Arduino IDE.
You can use #pragma inside the *.ino file so as not to have to create the local platforms file:
#pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-fpermissive"
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wwrite-strings"
For other ones, see HERE.
Using the IDE is very difficult to do that.
I would advise you to go full command line by using Sudar's great Arduino Makefile.
This way you'll be able to customise the compiler flags to your liking.
I've also created the Bare Arduino Project to help you get started. The documentation covers a lot points, from installing the latest avr-gcc toolchain to how to use the repository, compile and upload your code.
If you find something missing, please, feel free to fill an issue on Github so that I can fix it :)
Hope this helps! :)
Yes, but not in 1.0.6, in 1.5.? the .\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\platform.txt specifies the command lines used for compiling.
One can either modify this file directly or copy it to your user .\arduino\hardware\... directory to create a custom platform. As not to alter the stock IDE. This will also then exist in other/updated IDEs that you can run. You can copy just the platform file and boards.txt. And have your boards.txt file link to the core: libraries as not to have a one-off. See
Reference: Change CPU speed, Mod New board
I wanted to add the -fpermissive flag.
Under Linux here what I have done with success
The idea is to replace the two compilers avr-gcc and avr-g++ by two bash scripts in which you add your flags (-fpermissive for me)
With root privilege:
rename the compiler avr-gcc (present in /usr/bin) avr-gcc-real
rename the compiler avr-g++ (present in /usr/bin) avr-gcc-g++-real
Now create to bash scripts avr-gcc and avr-g++ under /usr/bin/
script avr-gcc contains this line:
avr-gcc-real -fpermissive $#
script avr-g++ contains this line:
avr-g++-real -fpermissive $#
As you may know $# denotes the whole parameters passed to the script. Thus all the parameters transmitted by the IDE to compilers are transimitted to your bash scripts replacing them (which call the real compilers with your flags and the IDE one)
Don't forget to add executable property to your scripts:
chmod a+x avr-gcc
chmod a+x avr-g++
Under Windows I don't know if such a solution can be done.
I am learning more complex compilations in OCaml.
first I haven't been a C programmer and I really don't know what is make, etc. I am using Mac OS X terminal and i am also a Java programmer.
I find that in OCaml, there some things like ocamlc, ocamlbuild, ocamlfind, oasis, etc. I got very confused by them.
Question 1
Can anyone tell me which one I should use among ocamlc, ocamlbuild, ocamlfind, oasis?
Question 2
I tried this tutorial http://nicolaspouillard.fr/ocamlbuild/ocamlbuild-user-guide.html, it is good for ocamlbuild.
But if I want to use external libraries such as ocaml-batteries or camomile, how can I link those libraries using ocamlbuild?
Question 3
This is a more practical question about all the external libraries.
So for many ocaml libraries, I use opam install to install them.
why need to install a library? I mean, in Java, normally we just copy a lib to somewhere and then include the path of the lib into -classpath or -cp. then why we need to install a OCaml library?
after opam install a lib, such as camomile (for utf8), what happened and what will happen? Is this kind of install just download sourcefiles of a lib and copy it to somewhere?
how can find the library then? for example, if I opam install camomile, then how can I link or use them in my own code?
normally how to use a ocaml library? for example, for camomile (http://camomile.sourceforge.net/dochtml/index.html) they have three modules: CamomileLibrary, etc. So I should open the module in my code, right?
Tools:
ocamlc: OCaml to bytecode compiler
ocamlopt: OCaml to native code compiler
ocamlfind: wrapper around ocamlc and ocamlopt to compile/link with various OCaml packages, i.e. you use "ocamlfind ocamlopt -package camomile -c yourfile.ml' to compile with yourfile.ml,
and you use 'ocamlfind ocamlopt -package camomile yourfile.cmx -linkpkg -o yourfile' to create an executable
oasis: a build system generator like autoconf&automake for C/C++ but much simpler
With a recent ocamlbuild you can use 'ocamlbuild -use-ocamlfind -pkg -pkg ... ' as quick way of building your project with ocamlfind packages package1, package2.
A next step would be to use 'ocamlbuild -use-ocamlfind ' and put package() directives in a _tags file.
However I would recommend trying oasis, it simplifies creating a build system for your project.
If you want to see what happens "under-the-hood" when using oasis or ocamlbuild see the _build/_log file. It contains all the ocamlfind/ocamlc/ocamldep/ocamlopt invocations.
The opam question probably belongs into a separate question.
This shoud be a simple problem for users more advanced than I am. :-)
How do I use the boost library with cygwin on windows?
I am programing with g++ using cygwin on a winxp machine.
I need modified Bessel functions of the second order, so I downloaded the latest version of the boost library and installed it in
'c:\cygwin\lib\boost_ 1_ 38_0\' folder.
I am trying to run the "example.cpp" program from the "getting started" section of their website:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
I am compiling from the directory where I created the example file using a simple Bash shell command line: 'g++ -Wall example.cpp'
I keep getting the message:
"boost/lambda/lambda.hpp: no such file or directory"
I tried every possible combination of -L, -l, -I options in the command line to include the directory, to no avail. Also tried to add the folder in the PATH line of my windows system.
How do I link to the /boost directory and ALSO to all subdirectories? The header file 'lambda.hpp' is calling other header files in subdirectories.
You're probably not that familiar with C++ yet? It seems you are confusing terms.
C++ programs are built in two steps: compiling and linking. In the first step, each source file (typically called .cpp) is handled individually. Each .cpp file usually uses multiple headers, so the compiler first inserts those - literally. That's why it's called #include.
In the second step, the linker takes all the compiled .cpp files together and builds your final program. Some of those compiled .cpp's might have been bundled together before, in which the bundle is called a library.
Boost is a collection of headers and .cpp files. So, both compiler and linker might need to find the Boost directories. From your error message, it's clear that the compiler step is the problem. The linker does not need headers anymore.
The compiler will see the #include <boost/lambda/lambda.hpp> instuction. That means it needs to know where that first-level boost directory is found. I would guess at this point that the path would be /lib/boost_ 1_ 38_0/include (there's always the find / -name lambda.hpp shotgun appraoch)
If you are not utterly wedded to cygwin, you should take a look at http://nuwen.net/mingw.html which gives you a complete MinGW C++ installation with all the libraries (such as Boost) set up for you.
Edit: I should make it clear you can use this MinGW installation in addition to Cygwin, not as a replacement. Just make sure the MinGW bin directory appears in your PATH before the Cygwin one.
I think you need -I /lib/boost_1_38_0 - although that's a pretty unusual place to put it. You'll have to let us know how you installed it, did you just unzip it in the location you said, or did you run the makefiles? I assume that since you gave a windows path you didn't install it within cygwin - which you probably should do. The instructions in the getting started guide for unix should help - although don't download a prebuilt bjam - it needs to be built with cygwin.
But if you're not very familiar with cygwin (or unix in general) I think you might find it easier to use a native windows tool - as in Neil Butterworth's answer.
Thank you all for the information, it's a nice introduction to the use of libraries with cygwin.
Daniel was right. While any variation gives an error, the following line (using caps i) does the trick:
g++ -Wall -I /cygdrive/c/cygwin/lib/boost_1_38_0/ example.cpp -o example
I will also check MinGW in the next few days.
p.s. I simply downloaded and unzipped boost in that folder, but since I am only using header files I probably won't need to compile with cygwin. [The boost version included with cygwin was 1.33, which does not seem to have Bessel functions.]
This is on win7 cygwin64 g++ 5.4, and boost-1.64.7z on 2017-7. Google doesn't show any useful result for getting started for boost on windows (is boost out of fashion?).
By experimenting, I managed to compile and run a boost graph sample program as follows:
:: g++ 5.4 in c:\cygwin64
:: 7z extract boost download in c:\tools\boost\boost164
> set BOOST_ROOT=c:\tools\boost\boost164
> setx BOOST_ROOT c:\tools\boost\boost164 -m
> cd %BOOST_ROOT%
> bootstrap.sh gcc (the bat files doesn't work)
> b2.exe
...failed updating 58 targets...
...skipped 18 targets...
...updated 1123 targets...
:: Lots of example here (not ranked highly by google)
> mklink /D eg %BOOST_ROOT%/libs/graph/example
:: Compiled and run [maxflow code using boost library][1]
:: http://vision.csd.uwo.ca/code
> unzip ; vi Makefile
CPPFLAGS = -I %BOOST_ROOT%/
LDFLAGS = -L%BOOST_ROOT%/stage/lib
> make
> set PATH=%PATH%;%BOOST_ROOT%/stage/lib
> maxflow.exe
Flow = 6