Re: FFI supports callbacks

[Jose A. Ortega Ruiz]

On Mon, Sep 06 2010, Andy Wingo wrote:


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> Also consider that this is a low-level interface; presumably people
> should be programming with some sort of `define-c-wrapper' macro that
> presents a nicer interface.

Is anyone working on this? I happen to quite like the design presented
in the paper "The Layers of Larceny's design":

<http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/pnkfelix/Published/klock-ffi-schemeworkshop-2008.html>

I wouldn't be surprised if actual code could be lifted from Larceny's
implementation.

jao
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