[OTR-dev] libotr binding for C#

[Mirco Bauer]

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Hi Ian,

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Ian Goldberg <ian at cypherpunks.ca> wrote:
> Micro,

I am not that small :-D

>
> Thanks for your interest in libotr!
>
> Have you looked at the bindings to libotr for other languages?  I know
> for sure there's Python, javascript, Perl, and objective-C at least.

Yes I did, the Perl one looks most promising. I will use that for inspiration.

>
> I think most of the symbols in the .h files are intended to be public,
> with the exception of the context_priv.h header file.
>
> But I might suggest you do it in a "top-down" / "lazy" approach: you'll
> definitely need the functions in message.h.  So implement bindings to
> those, and then as you discover other things you need, implement them as
> well.

Good idea, I will take that approach.

>
> Thanks, and feel free to ask more questions.  I won't be able to answer
> anything C#-specific, I'm afraid, but perhaps others here can.

My questions won't be C# specific, don't worry. I will only need help
with the C related issues :)
otr-sharp will not be my first C# binding of a C library.

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