Re: [libgpiod][RFC] helper functions for basic use cases

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 4:14 PM Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 06:54:15AM -0700, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> >
> > I think the code should go into ext/, the gpiod-ext.h header can go right next
> > to gpiod.h in include/ and the examples can be in the same examples/ directory,
> > just call them something_something_ext.c to indicate they use the simpler API.
> >
> > Does that sound right?
> >
>
> At the moment I've made the code a conditionally compiled block in
> line-request.c, so it can directly use the line-request internals.
> Pretty sure that can be changed to use the core API, but isn't pimpl within
> the library itself a tad extreme?

I have a strong preference for that code to live in a separate .so
file (and by extension - a separate compilation unit).

Bart