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The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming
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interface to various calling conventions. This allows a
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programmer to call any function specified by a call interface
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description at run-time.
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FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function
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interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code
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written in one language to call code written in another language.
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The libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent
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layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must
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exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed
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between the two languages.
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