======= Development Documentation ======

  * [[doc:libffi:]]

====== Tools =====

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The three usual tools can be used for objects : nm, objdump, readelf.

 Random examples ...

 readelf -s /usr/lib/lib<example>.so.XX.x | grep <OBJECT_abc>
 objdump -Dslx /lib/libcap.so.2 | more
 objdump -x /path/to/file/filename | head -50

 Functions / parameters , see post 2-3-4
</code>

===== Call a function from a .so/.dll =====

  * dll: [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2538103/how-to-call-a-function-from-a-shared-library]]
  * so: [[http://linux.die.net/man/3/dlsym]]

Unter Windows ist eine .dll erforderlich, eventuell libgcc.a hinzulinken? ([[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2096519/from-mingw-static-library-a-to-visual-studio-static-library-lib]])

  * DLLs - Mangling: [[http://www.transmissionzero.co.uk/computing/advanced-mingw-dll-topics/]]
  * [[http://www.osxentwicklerforum.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=14090]]