racket/collects/scribblings/foreign/unexported.scrbl
Matthew Flatt 85a2267e6c ffi/unsafe: new error message convention at primitives
Also, fix FFI procedures to preserve names: change `ptr-ref' with
`_fpointer' on an `ffi-obj' value to return the `ffi-obj'
value, so that the name in the `ffi-obj' value can be used
by `_cprocedure'.

Closes PR 12645
2012-06-01 19:03:43 -07:00

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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "utils.rkt"
(for-label (only-in '#%foreign
ffi-obj ffi-obj? ffi-obj-lib ffi-obj-name
ctype-basetype ctype-scheme->c ctype-c->scheme
ffi-call ffi-callback ffi-callback?)))
@title[#:tag "foreign:c-only"]{Unexported Primitive Functions}
@declare-exporting['#%foreign]
Parts of the @racketmodname[ffi/unsafe] library are implemented by
the Racket built-in @racketmodname['#%foreign] module. The
@racketmodname['#%foreign] module is not intended for direct use, but
it exports the following procedures (among others).
@defproc[(ffi-obj [objname (or/c string? bytes? symbol?)]
[lib (or/c ffi-lib? path-string? #f)])
ffi-obj?]{
Pulls out a foreign object from a library, returning a value
that can be used as a C pointer. If @racket[lib] is a path or string,
then @racket[ffi-lib] is used to create a library object.}
@defproc*[([(ffi-obj? [x any/c]) boolean?]
[(ffi-obj-lib [obj ffi-obj?]) ffi-lib?]
[(ffi-obj-name [obj ffi-obj?]) string?])]{
A predicate for objects returned by @racket[ffi-obj], and accessor
functions that return its corresponding library object and name.
These values can also be used as C pointer objects.}
@defproc*[([(ctype-basetype [type ctype?]) (or/c ctype? #f)]
[(ctype-scheme->c [type ctype?]) procedure?]
[(ctype-c->scheme [type ctype?]) procedure?])]{
Accessors for the components of a C type object, made by
@racket[make-ctype]. The @racket[ctype-basetype] selector returns a
symbol for primitive types that names the type, a list of ctypes for
cstructs, and another ctype for user-defined ctypes.}
@defproc[(ffi-call [ptr cpointer?] [in-types (listof ctype?)] [out-type ctype?]
[abi (or/c #f 'default 'stdcall 'sysv) #f]
[save-errno? any/c]
[orig-place? any/c])
procedure?]{
The primitive mechanism that creates Racket ``callout'' values for
@racket[_cprocedure]. The given @racket[ptr] is wrapped in a
Racket-callable primitive function that uses the types to specify how
values are marshaled.}
@defproc[(ffi-callback [proc any/c] [in-types any/c] [out-type any/c]
[abi (or/c #f 'default 'stdcall 'sysv) #f]
[atomic? any/c #f]
[async-apply (or/c #f ((-> any) . -> . any)) #f])
ffi-callback?]{
The symmetric counterpart of @racket[ffi-call]. It receives a Racket
procedure and creates a callback object, which can also be used as a
C pointer.}
@defproc[(ffi-callback? [x any/c]) boolean?]{
A predicate for callback values that are created by @racket[ffi-callback].
}