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date Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:26:28 +0100
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1 require "ldyncall"
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2 require "dynload"
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4 --- invoke dynamic foreign function call
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5 -- This is a front-end function that provides several interfaces
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6 -- @param target Target signature
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7 -- @param ... if target is a string, then the arguments follow.
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8 -- @see dodyncall for details
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10 function dyncall(target, ...)
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11 local t = type(target)
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12 if t == "string" then
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13 local libnames, sym, sig = target:match("^@(.+)/(.+)%((.+)")
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14 local lib = dynload(libnames) -- hold reference as long as the call
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15 return ldyncall.dodyncall( dynsym( lib,sym ), sig, ...)
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16 else
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17 return ldyncall.dodyncall( target, ...)
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18 end
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19 end
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21 -- pointer utilities
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22 --
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24 topointer = ldyncall.topointer
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25 NULL = topointer(0)
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