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diff --git a/doc/Load.3 b/doc/Load.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8e8910 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Load.3 @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Kevin B. Kenny +'\" Copyright (c) 2010 Donal K. Fellows +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Load.3,v 1.1 2010/04/04 15:03:07 dkf Exp $ +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH Load 3 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.BS +.SH NAME +Tcl_LoadFile, Tcl_FindSymbol \- platform-independent dynamic library loading +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR +.sp +int +Tcl_LoadFile(interp, pathPtr, symbols, flags, procPtrs, loadHandlePtr) +.sp +void * +Tcl_FindSymbol(interp, loadHandle, symbol) +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AS Tcl_LoadHandle *loadHandlePtr out +.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in +Interpreter to use for reporting error messages. +.AP Tcl_Obj *pathPtr in +The name of the file to load. If it is a single name, the library search path +of the current environment will be used to resolve it. +.AP "const char" *symbols[] in +Array of names of symbols to be resolved during the load of the library, or +NULL if no symbols are to be resolved. If an array is given, the last entry in +the array must be NULL. +.AP int flags in +Reserved for future expansion. Must be 0. +.AP void *procPtrs out +Points to an array that will hold the addresses of the functions described in +the \fIsymbols\fR argument. Should be NULL if no symbols are to be resolved. +.AP Tcl_LoadHandle *loadHandlePtr out +Points to a variable that will hold the handle to the abstract token +describing the library that has been loaded. +.AP Tcl_LoadHandle loadHandle +Abstract token describing the library to look up a symbol in. +.AP "const char" *symbol in +The name of the symbol to look up. +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBTcl_LoadFile\fR loads a file from the filesystem (including potentially any +virtual filesystem that has been installed) and provides a handle to it that +may be used in further operations. The \fIsymbols\fR array, if non-NULL, +supplies a set of names of symbols (typically functions) that must be resolved +from the library and which will be stored in the array indicated by +\fIprocPtrs\fR. If any of the symbols is not resolved, the loading of the file +will fail with an error message left in the interpreter (if that is non-NULL). +The result of \fBTcl_LoadFile\fR is a standard Tcl error code. The library may +be unloaded with \fBTcl_FSUnloadFile\fR. +.PP +\fBTcl_FindSymbol\fR locates a symbol in a loaded library and returns it. If +the symbol cannot be found, it returns NULL and sets an error message in the +given \fIinterp\fR (if that is non-NULL). Note that it is unsafe to use this +operation on a handle that has been passed to \fBTcl_FSUnloadFile\fR. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +Tcl_FSLoad(3), Tcl_FSUnload(3), load(n), unload(n) +.SH KEYWORDS +binary code, loading, shared library +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" fill-column: 78 +'\" End: |