[squeak-dev] Loading FFI is broken
Andres Valloud
avalloud at smalltalk.comcastbiz.net
Wed Nov 20 18:16:21 UTC 2013
On 11/20/13 8:51 , Eliot Miranda wrote:
> No matter what, the following defines a function that takes an integer
> and returns the result of malloc:
>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> void *malloc_wrapper(int n) { return malloc(n); }
>
> This wrapper can be auto-generated and compiled into a shared object or
> dll and used to wrap whatever crap the underlying platform chooses to
> use in implementing malloc.
This is the same that I said before: just write a few lines of C, and
use a C compiler to make prims or VM plugins (in the shape of a .dll or
.so file).
> Generally, I agree that one could carefully and consciously write
> comparatively small primitives and/or plugins. Then, one could
> compile those with a C compiler in a compilation environment
> compatible with that of the VM. And then, one could call those
> primitives and/or plugins from the image with the expectation
> (within reason) that they should work.
Andres.
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