Hi all! I'm trying to generate externals for `zeromq.js` with ```implementation(npm("zeromq", "6.0.0...

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[Didier Villevalois]

Hi all! I'm trying to generate externals for zeromq.js with

implementation(npm("zeromq", "6.0.0-beta.6", generateExternals = true))

but I get some problems with the generated KT sources.

Apart from some problems with some type parameters, Buffer (a node class) seems to not being correctly linked to Node declarations. Namely, I get a:

Unresolved reference: Buffer

Is there something I am not doing right? Or is there a workaround for this, or a simple PR that I could contribute to Dukat?

[Pitel]

Not exactly answering your question, but from my experience, Dukat mostly does not work with libraries I tried it with. It either outright crashes, or it produces unbildable code. So I've resulted to writing my own wrapper just with the things I need, or if the library is large enough, search for existing wrappers.

I've said it in multiple K survery, but IMO Dukat should get much higher development priority.

[andylamax]

Dukat development has been paused currently. JB have been focusing on making the new JS/IR compiler stable. Maybe Dukat will be prioritized afterwards

[turansky]

You can use ArrayBuffer for browser or declare Buffer for NodeJS:

external class Buffer

[turansky]

NodeJS Buffer declared here

[Didier Villevalois]

Thanks everyone for your answers. I'll manually adapt the external declarations. I would have preferred not to, in order to maximize maintainability, but well...