Bits of useful Julia code

bits.jl

# find, chomp, split, and return a list of matching files
[splitdir(splitext(chomp(x))[1])[2] for x in readlines(`sh -c "ls /usr/lib/libvtk*.so"`)]



julia> macro m1()
         quote
           function $(esc(:f1))(a1, a2)
             ccall( fptr, thiscall, Void, (Ptr{Void},Ptr{Void}), a1, a2)
           end
         end
       end

julia> macro m2()           
         rett = :Void
         argt = :(Ptr{Void}, Ptr{Void})
         args = (:a1, :a2)
         quote
           function $(esc(:f2))(a1, a2)
             ccall( fptr, thiscall, $(rett), $argt, $(args...))
           end
         end
       end