Fortran interfaces in a toolbox

[Jean-Pierre Dussault]

Hi!

the toolbox_skeleton as well as the instructions at

    http://wiki.scilab.org/howto/Create_a_toolbox

wrap the example fortran  fsum  into a C-wrapper. However, there exists 
a "fort" command in scilab which allows to interface directly a fortran 
function. Why then use the complicated fortran --> C --> scilab path 
instead of fortran --> fort(...)?

Further complications arise when dealing with non-scalar variables which 
will have to be properly converted in C before being properly 
transmitted to scilab while the instruction "fort" takes care of this 
easily while hiding cumbersome conversion details.

Will the "fort" command remain in scilab? If so, we will stick to using it!

Thx,

JPD

P.S. In the toolbox_skeleton (scilab binary distribution),  csum.h  and  
csub.h  are missing.
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