This is nice! However, the module restricts one to use only constants as array indices, required to calculate offsets, etc. So it will not handle more complicated expressions:

use Convert::Binary::C;
use 5.010;

my $structs = <<EOT;
    struct vertex {
      int id;
      double lon;
      double lat;
    };
    
    struct arc {
      struct vertex from;
      struct vertex to;
      double cost;
    };
    
    struct graph {
      struct vertex v[];
      struct arc a[];
    };
EOT

$c = Convert::Binary::C->new;
$c->parse($structs);

# now we can validate
say $c->typeof("graph");  # says "struct graph"
say $c->typeof("graph.v[0].id");  # says "int"
say $c->typeof("graph.v[graph.v[0].id].id");  # error: Array indices m
+ust be constant decimal values

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In reply to Re^2: C-like structures parsing and validation by przemo
in thread C-like structures parsing and validation by przemo

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