Man page - ffi(3)

Packages contains this manual

Package:  libffi-dev
apt-get install libffi-dev

Manuals in package:
• ffi_prep_cif(3)
• ffi_call(3)
• ffi_prep_cif_var(3)
• ffi(3)
Documentations in package:
• libffi8

Manual

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NAME

FFI — Foreign Function Interface

LIBRARY

libffi, -lffi

SYNOPSIS

#include <ffi.h>

ffi_status

ffi_prep_cif ( ffi_cif *cif , ffi_abi abi , unsigned int nargs , ffi_type *rtype , ffi_type **atypes );

void

ffi_prep_cif_var ( ffi_cif *cif , ffi_abi abi , unsigned int nfixedargs , unsigned int ntotalargs , ffi_type *rtype , ffi_type **atypes );

void

ffi_call ( ffi_cif *cif , void (*fn)(void) , void *rvalue , void **avalue );

DESCRIPTION

The foreign function interface provides a mechanism by which a function can generate a call to another function at runtime without requiring knowledge of the called function’s interface at compile time.

SEE ALSO

ffi_prep_cif (3), ffi_prep_cif_var (3), ffi_call (3) February 15, 2008 FFI (3)

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