1 /* extensions.c - registering and loading extensions.
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27 #include "libguile/_scm.h"
28 #include "libguile/strings.h"
29 #include "libguile/gc.h"
30 #include "libguile/dynl.h"
31 #include "libguile/dynwind.h"
33 #include "libguile/extensions.h"
35 typedef struct extension_t
37 struct extension_t
*next
;
44 static extension_t
*registered_extensions
= NULL
;
46 /* Register a LIB/INIT pair for use by `scm_load_extension'. LIB is
47 allowed to be NULL and then only INIT is used to identify the
48 registered entry. This is useful when you don't know the library
49 name (which isn't really relevant anyway in a completely linked
50 program) and you are sure that INIT is unique (which it must be for
51 static linking). Hmm, given this reasoning, what use is LIB
56 scm_c_register_extension (const char *lib
, const char *init
,
57 void (*func
) (void *), void *data
)
59 extension_t
*ext
= scm_malloc (sizeof(extension_t
));
61 ext
->lib
= scm_strdup (lib
);
64 ext
->init
= scm_strdup (init
);
68 ext
->next
= registered_extensions
;
69 registered_extensions
= ext
;
73 load_extension (SCM lib
, SCM init
)
75 /* Search the registry. */
76 if (registered_extensions
!= NULL
)
82 scm_dynwind_begin (0);
84 clib
= scm_to_locale_string (lib
);
85 scm_dynwind_free (clib
);
86 cinit
= scm_to_locale_string (init
);
87 scm_dynwind_free (cinit
);
89 for (ext
= registered_extensions
; ext
; ext
= ext
->next
)
90 if ((ext
->lib
== NULL
|| !strcmp (ext
->lib
, clib
))
91 && !strcmp (ext
->init
, cinit
))
93 ext
->func (ext
->data
);
104 /* Dynamically link the library. */
105 scm_dynamic_call (init
, scm_dynamic_link (lib
));
109 scm_c_load_extension (const char *lib
, const char *init
)
111 load_extension (scm_from_locale_string (lib
), scm_from_locale_string (init
));
114 SCM_DEFINE (scm_load_extension
, "load-extension", 2, 0, 0,
116 "Load and initialize the extension designated by LIB and INIT.\n"
117 "When there is no pre-registered function for LIB/INIT, this is\n"
121 "(dynamic-call INIT (dynamic-link LIB))\n"
124 "When there is a pre-registered function, that function is called\n"
127 "Normally, there is no pre-registered function. This option exists\n"
128 "only for situations where dynamic linking is unavailable or unwanted.\n"
129 "In that case, you would statically link your program with the desired\n"
130 "library, and register its init function right after Guile has been\n"
133 "LIB should be a string denoting a shared library without any file type\n"
134 "suffix such as \".so\". The suffix is provided automatically. It\n"
135 "should also not contain any directory components. Libraries that\n"
136 "implement Guile Extensions should be put into the normal locations for\n"
137 "shared libraries. We recommend to use the naming convention\n"
138 "libguile-bla-blum for a extension related to a module `(bla blum)'.\n"
140 "The normal way for a extension to be used is to write a small Scheme\n"
141 "file that defines a module, and to load the extension into this\n"
142 "module. When the module is auto-loaded, the extension is loaded as\n"
143 "well. For example,\n"
146 "(define-module (bla blum))\n"
148 "(load-extension \"libguile-bla-blum\" \"bla_init_blum\")\n"
150 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_load_extension
152 load_extension (lib
, init
);
153 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED
;
158 scm_init_extensions ()
160 #include "libguile/extensions.x"