osx man page for ffi

Query: ffi

OS: osx

Section: 3

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FFI(3)							   BSD Library Functions Manual 						    FFI(3)

NAME
FFI -- Foreign Function Interface
LIBRARY
libffi, -lffi
SYNOPSIS
#include <ffi/ffi.h> ffi_status ffi_prep_cif(ffi_cif *cif, ffi_abi abi, unsigned int nargs, ffi_type *rtype, ffi_type **atypes); ffi_status ffi_prep_closure(ffi_closure *closure, ffi_cif *cif, void (*fun)(ffi_cif*,void*,void**,void*), void *user_data); 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_closure(3), ffi_call(3) Darwin July 20, 2007 Darwin
Related Man Pages
cache(3) - osx
cache(3) - mojave
ffi_prep_closure(3) - mojave
sys_icache_invalidate(3) - mojave
dispatch_after_f(3) - osx
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