FFI(3) Library Functions Manual FFI(3) NAME FFI - Foreign Function Interface LIBRARY libffi, -lffi SYNOPSIS #include ffi_status ffi_prep_cif(ffi_cif *cif, ffi_abi abi, unsigned int nargs, ffi_type *rtype, ffi_type **atypes); void ffi_prep_cif_var(ffi_cif *cif, ffi_abi abi, unsigned int nfixedargs, unsigned int ntotalargs, ffi_type *rtype, ffi_type **atypes); void ffi_call(ffi_cif *cif, void (*fn)(void), void *rvalue, void **avalue); DESCRIPTION The foreign function interface provides a mechanism by which a function can generate a call to another function at runtime without requiring knowledge of the called function's interface at compile time. SEE ALSO ffi_prep_cif(3), ffi_prep_cif_var(3), ffi_call(3) February 15, 2008