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ForeignFunctionInterface
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MLton's foreign function interface (FFI) extends Standard ML and makes
it easy to take the address of C global objects, access C global
variables, call from SML to C, and call from C to SML.  MLton also
provides <:MLNLFFI:ML-NLFFI>, which is a higher-level FFI for calling
C functions and manipulating C data from SML.

== Overview ==
* <:ForeignFunctionInterfaceTypes:Foreign Function Interface Types>
* <:ForeignFunctionInterfaceSyntax:Foreign Function Interface Syntax>

== Importing Code into SML ==
* <:CallingFromSMLToC:Calling From SML To C>
* <:CallingFromSMLToCFunctionPointer:Calling From SML To C Function Pointer>

== Exporting Code from SML ==
* <:CallingFromCToSML:Calling From C To SML>

== Building System Libraries ==
* <:LibrarySupport:Library Support>
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	4	MLton's foreign function interface (FFI) extends Standard ML and makes
	5	it easy to take the address of C global objects, access C global
	6	variables, call from SML to C, and call from C to SML. MLton also
	7	provides <:MLNLFFI:ML-NLFFI>, which is a higher-level FFI for calling
	8	C functions and manipulating C data from SML.
	9
	10	== Overview ==
	11	* <:ForeignFunctionInterfaceTypes:Foreign Function Interface Types>
	12	* <:ForeignFunctionInterfaceSyntax:Foreign Function Interface Syntax>
	13
	14	== Importing Code into SML ==
	15	* <:CallingFromSMLToC:Calling From SML To C>
	16	* <:CallingFromSMLToCFunctionPointer:Calling From SML To C Function Pointer>
	17
	18	== Exporting Code from SML ==
	19	* <:CallingFromCToSML:Calling From C To SML>
	20
	21	== Building System Libraries ==
	22	* <:LibrarySupport:Library Support>