| Name : libffi
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| Version : 3.0.13
| Vendor : Anthony Green < green_moxielogic_com>
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| Release : 1.el5.pp
| Date : 2015-01-15 17:38:04
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| Group : System Environment/Libraries
| Source RPM : libffi-3.0.13-1.el5.pp.src.rpm
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| Size : 0.26 MB
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| Packager : Peter Pramberger < peterpramb_member_fsf_org>
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| Summary : A portable foreign function interface library
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Description :
Compilers for high level languages generate code that follows certain
conventions. These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate
compilation to work. One such convention is the \"calling convention\",
which is a set of assumptions made by the compiler about where function
arguments will be found on entry to a function. It also specifies where
the return value for a function is found.
Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments are
to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be told at
run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call a given
function. Libffi can be used in such programs to provide a bridge from
the interpreter program to compiled code.
The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming interface
to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call any
function specified by a call interface description at run-time.
FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function interface
is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one
language to call code written in another language. The libffi library
only provides the lowest, machine dependent layer of a fully featured
foreign function interface. A layer must exist above libffi to handle
type conversions for values passed between the two languages.
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