Hi Philip,

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 9:27 AM Philip Bernhart philip.bernhart@posteo.de wrote:

Hello,

I want to write an external plugin - I think, for having a fast interface to a C library.

How is that currently done?

Either by writing a plugin or directly through the FFI. We can discuss how to make the choice between the two but I lean towards the FFI.

How stable is that interface, will it change in the near future?

The interface is not stable, but it is stable w.r.t. backward compatibility. So while the interface is evolving, it is safe to write against.

What is the current best documentation for doing that? Is there an example plugin?

This Squeak Wiki page is an overview and a series of pointers to articles, but I don't know how up-to-date it or the articles are.

https://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/464

Tim, any suggestions on the most up-to-date external plugin doc is?

Thanks for your time,

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