wok annotate libffi/description.txt @ rev 25488

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author Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org>
date Tue Nov 15 16:33:54 2022 +0000 (24 months ago)
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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.
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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.