Dynamic library issues...

[Anoq of the Sun]

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Hello again!


Just come to think of it - there are 2
more potential problem in creating dynamic
libraries:

1) Linking the implementation of a
   function with a known signature to
   an ML function at runtime.
2) Passing arbitrary data-structures as
   function arguments.

MoscowML just allows to call functions
with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 arguments, but
it seems to allow any kind of data -
but I'm not sure if there are any limits
to what it can really handle.

I have attached the Dynlib.sig from
MoscowML - so that you don't have to
search for it if you want to see it :)


Cheers   
-- 
http://www.HardcoreProcessing.com


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