[cffi-devel] Clisp load foreign library

[Luis Oliveira]

On 18/set/2005, at 20:34, Kenny Tilton wrote:
> No. Why does this have to happen at compile time? These are dynamic 
> libraries, right? I can change DLLs and a binary application using the 
> DLL still works, right? How? By resolving things at runtime. I think 
> there is a misunderstanding here somewhere. Have you checked with 
> CMUCL people to understand this needless requirement?

SBCL fixes this by using something called a linkage table, which is not 
available on all platforms yet IIRC.

I suppose CMUCL could implement something similar instead of hardcoding 
the function addresses when compiling alien-funcall forms.

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