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    | FFI(3) | Library Functions Manual | FFI(3) | 
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¶
| February 15, 2008 |