annotate include/SDL_loadso.h @ 3898:899d07087694 SDL-1.2

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author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
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1 /*
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2 SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer
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3 Copyright (C) 1997-2006 Sam Lantinga
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5 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
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15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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16 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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17 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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19 Sam Lantinga
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20 slouken@libsdl.org
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21 */
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23 /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
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24 /* System dependent library loading routines */
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26 /* Some things to keep in mind:
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27 - These functions only work on C function names. Other languages may
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28 have name mangling and intrinsic language support that varies from
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29 compiler to compiler.
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30 - Make sure you declare your function pointers with the same calling
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31 convention as the actual library function. Your code will crash
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32 mysteriously if you do not do this.
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33 - Avoid namespace collisions. If you load a symbol from the library,
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34 it is not defined whether or not it goes into the global symbol
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35 namespace for the application. If it does and it conflicts with
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36 symbols in your code or other shared libraries, you will not get
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37 the results you expect. :)
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38 */
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41 #ifndef _SDL_loadso_h
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42 #define _SDL_loadso_h
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44 #include "SDL_stdinc.h"
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45 #include "SDL_error.h"
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47 #include "begin_code.h"
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48 /* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
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49 #ifdef __cplusplus
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50 extern "C" {
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51 #endif
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53 /* This function dynamically loads a shared object and returns a pointer
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54 * to the object handle (or NULL if there was an error).
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55 * The 'sofile' parameter is a system dependent name of the object file.
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56 */
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57 extern DECLSPEC void * SDLCALL SDL_LoadObject(const char *sofile);
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59 /* Given an object handle, this function looks up the address of the
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60 * named function in the shared object and returns it. This address
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61 * is no longer valid after calling SDL_UnloadObject().
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62 */
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63 extern DECLSPEC void * SDLCALL SDL_LoadFunction(void *handle, const char *name);
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65 /* Unload a shared object from memory */
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66 extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_UnloadObject(void *handle);
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68 /* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
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69 #ifdef __cplusplus
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70 }
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71 #endif
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72 #include "close_code.h"
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74 #endif /* _SDL_loadso_h */