wok annotate libffi/description.txt @ rev 24989
updated nfs-utils (2.4.3 -> 2.6.1)
| author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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| date | Thu May 12 17:03:36 2022 +0100 (2022-05-12) |
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| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 1 The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming interface |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 2 to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call any |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 3 function specified by a call interface description at run-time. |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 4 |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 5 FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function interface |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 6 is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 7 language to call code written in another language. |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 8 The libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 9 layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 10 A layer must exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values |
| Hans-G?nter@24743 | 11 passed between the two languages. |