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<h2 class="chapter">1 What is libffi?</h2>

<p>Compilers for high level languages generate code that follow certain
conventions.  These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate
compilation to work.  One such convention is the <em>calling
convention</em>.  The calling convention is a set of assumptions made by
the compiler about where function arguments will be found on entry to
a function.  A calling convention also specifies where the return
value for a function is found.  The calling convention is also
sometimes called the <em>ABI</em> or <em>Application Binary Interface</em>.
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<p>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.  &lsquo;<samp>Libffi</samp>&rsquo; can be used in such programs to
provide a bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code.
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<p>The &lsquo;<samp>libffi</samp>&rsquo; 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.
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<p><acronym>FFI</acronym> 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 &lsquo;<samp>libffi</samp>&rsquo; library really only provides the lowest, machine
dependent layer of a fully featured foreign function interface.  A
layer must exist above &lsquo;<samp>libffi</samp>&rsquo; that handles type conversions for
values passed between the two languages.
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