Octave modules and Mac OS X/Darwin

[Pierre G]

Hello.

I installed Octave on Mac OS X (10.3.6).
I tried to create a module written in C++ for octave but this only 
results in errors.
I followed step by step the 'hello.cc' example of the following web 
page :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/prthomas/intro.html

So here is my file :

// beginning of hello.cc
#include <octave/oct.h>

DEFUN_DLD (hello, args, , "[...] = hello (...)\nPrint Hello World\n.")
{
   octave_value retval;
   octave_stdout << "Hello world!\n";
   return retval = 42.0;
}
//end of hello.cc

and this is the command I type in octave with the displayed errors :

//--------- beginning of octave
octave:1> system('mkoctfile hello.cc')

In file included from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-base.h:39,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-fcn.h:36,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-builtin.h:32,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/defun-int.h:28,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/defun-dld.h:30,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/oct.h:35,
                 from hello.cc:1:
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:37:18: hdf5.h: No such file or 
directory
In file included from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-base.h:39,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-fcn.h:36,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-builtin.h:32,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/defun-int.h:28,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/defun-dld.h:30,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/oct.h:35,
                 from hello.cc:1:
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:666: error: `hid_t' was not 
declared in
   this scope
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:666: error: parse error before 
`,' token
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:669: error: `hid_t' was not 
declared in
   this scope
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:669: error: parse error before 
`,' token
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h: In member function `virtual bool
   octave_value::save_hdf5(...)':
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:667: error: `loc_id' undeclared 
(first
   use this function)
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:667: error: (Each undeclared 
identifier
   is reported only once for each function it appears in.)
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:667: error: `name' undeclared 
(first use
   this function)
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:667: error: `save_as_floats' 
undeclared
   (first use this function)
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h: In member function `virtual bool
   octave_value::load_hdf5(...)':
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov.h:671: error: `have_h5giterate_bug'
   undeclared (first use this function)
In file included from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-fcn.h:36,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-builtin.h:32,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/defun-int.h:28,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/defun-dld.h:30,
                 from /sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/oct.h:35,
                 from hello.cc:1:
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-base.h: At global scope:
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-base.h:268: error: parse error 
before `,'
   token
/sw/include/octave-2.1.53/octave/ov-base.h:270: error: parse error 
before `,'
   token
ans = 1
octave:2>
//--------- end of octave

I don't know if I send this at the right place but I did not find who 
ported octave to Mac OS X / Darwin.
I hope this will help.

Basically my question is : does anyone succeeded in compiling modules 
on Mac OS X, because this looks like a bug -- error -- in the octave 
include files.

Good luck and thank you if you have any suggestion,
Pierre Grabolosa.



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