Re: FFI

[Florian Weimer]

* Stefan Monnier:

>> my interest is to have compatible FFI in GNU Emacs and (S)XEmacs (at
>> least on high level, read lisp level), so two communities could reuse
>> bindings.
>
> That's fine by me.  The main problem here is to figure out if and how we
> can support FFIs, not from a technical standpoint but from
> a legal/political standpoint.  Until recently RMS's word on it was just
> "no way", but there's hope we can do something like what GCC does.
>
> So, for now, we're just waiting for the word of the FSF's legal
> adviser(s?).  Don't hold your breath.  But we'll be sure to get in touch
> if/when it turns out we can finally add an FFI.

Uh-oh.  SQLite support will bring in some sort of FFI as well, albeit
rather indirectly, so I guess that means it's not possible to add it
until that is settled. 8-(