FFI

Martin McClure martin at hand2mouse.com
Tue Apr 9 21:27:16 UTC 2002


At 3:25 PM -0400 4/9/02, Doug Way wrote:
>Martin McClure wrote:
>>
>>  At 2:11 PM -0300 4/9/02, Norberto Manzanos wrote:
>>  >How is the exact way to pass and retrieve variables?
>>  >Does anybody know where find documentation on those questions?
>>
>>  The project I recently completed used FFI, and I couldn't find any
>>  documentation at all, so I've been writing down things as I figured
>>  them out. Within the next day or two I'll put my (still incomplete,
>>  but hopefully better than nothing) documentation on the Swiki. When
>>  I've done that, I'll let you know.
>
>The only documentation I know about is the FFI page on the Swiki. 
>(It's still pretty sparse, but I just added some examples which 
>might help a little.)
>
>http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1414
>
>If you're able to add more documentation, be sure to add it to this 
>page, or at least link it from this page.
>

Yep, that's where I was planning to put it.

Thanks for the examples. Most of the information on the FFI page 
deals with "why not to use FFI" rather than "how to use FFI." The 
former is valid and useful, and I don't intend to weaken its message, 
but it's not really sufficient to get started.

-Martin



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