strings and hddm-c

["Mark M. Ito" <marki@jlab.org>]

Richard,

I don't know if I ever described this problem in detail to you but here 
goes...

If an hddm template calls for a string type in, hddm-c generates a line 
like:

pp->label = (string*)&hddm_nullTarget;

in the .c file. Both the C and C++ compilers choke on this. For example, 
with gcc:

hddm_simple.c: In function ‘make_simple_Bottomlevels’:
hddm_simple.c:75: error: ‘string’ undeclared (first use in this function)
hddm_simple.c:75: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
hddm_simple.c:75: error: for each function it appears in.)
hddm_simple.c:75: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token

For the C API, shouldn't we just go back to calling XML strings char*'s?

-- Mark

P. S. I've attached an illustrative hddm template.


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<HDDM class="simple" version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.gluex.org/hddm">
<toplevel value="float" index="int" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<midlevel value="float" index="int" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<bottomlevel value="float" index="int" label="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</midlevel>
<midlevel2 value="float" index="int" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</toplevel>
</HDDM>