[plt-scheme] libc and the FFI

Does that work on windoze?

--Hans


Jim Meier schreef:
> You can load the "current" program symbol table with ffi by giving #f 
> as the library name:
>
>   (define libc (ffi-lib #f))
>
> So to grab the abort() function, for example,
>
>   (define  abort (get-ffi-obj "abort" libc (_fun -> _void))
>
> Good Luck,
> -J
>
> On 30-May-07, at 1:31 PM, Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> If I need some function from libc, how can I
>> load the right library with ffi-lib?
>>
>> /usr/lib/libc.so tends to be some LD script:
>>
>> e.g. (for a recent debian installation)
>>
>> /* GNU ld script
>>   Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
>>   the static library, so try that secondarily.  */
>> OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)
>> GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a )
>>
>> What to do?
>>
>> --Hans
>>
>>
>>
>>
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