ffi(3) - Linux man page

Name

Ffi

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_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_call(3)

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