oolib

Copyright 2014 by Walter de Jong walter@heiho.net

oolib is a library that aims to make developing in C++ easier by providing some standard things like a String, an Array, a Dict (dictionary). Although internally oolib uses STL and the C++ std library, you should be able to do without and just use oolib.

The interface is based upon Python's and I borrowed some feats of Go (golang) like go() and a channel type.

oolib is still very much beta software and not very well documented. If you want to play around with it, check out the test codes.

oolib is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license, also known as the Simplified BSD License.

Building & Installing

• oolib depends on C++11
• oolib depends on pcre (install pcre, libpcre or libpcre-devel)

# build src
$ cd src/
$ sudo make install
# uninstalling
$ sudo make uninstall

Running Tests

# build src and test
$ cd src/
$ make test
$ cd ../test
# run test
$ ./testXXX

Using oolib with your project

This example shows how to compile and link your program with oolib using g++/clang.

Assuming you have oolib installed in: /usr/local/lib, and the header files are contained in: /usr/local/include. To target an alternate location change -I and -L flags accordingly.

main.cpp example 'file'

#include <oolib>
using namespace oo;
int main(){
  print("I'm using oolib, awesome!");
  return 0;
}

Compiling

• Replace clang++ with g++ to use that compiler instead.

# compile with c++11, error reporting all, dwarf2 debug info (optional)
$ clang++ -Wall -std=c++11 -gdwarf-2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include -c main.cpp

Linking

# link with the installed oolib
$ clang++ -L/usr/local/lib main.o -o main -loo

Execute

# add execution permission
$ chmod +x ./main
# execute
$ ./main
# expected output:
I'm using oolib, awesome!