/* extensions.c - registering and loading extensions. * * Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this software; see the file COPYING. If not, write to * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * * As a special exception, the Free Software Foundation gives permission * for additional uses of the text contained in its release of GUILE. * * The exception is that, if you link the GUILE library with other files * to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the * resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. * Your use of that executable is in no way restricted on account of * linking the GUILE library code into it. * * This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why * the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. * * This exception applies only to the code released by the * Free Software Foundation under the name GUILE. If you copy * code from other Free Software Foundation releases into a copy of * GUILE, as the General Public License permits, the exception does * not apply to the code that you add in this way. To avoid misleading * anyone as to the status of such modified files, you must delete * this exception notice from them. * * If you write modifications of your own for GUILE, it is your choice * whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications. * If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice. */ #include "libguile/_scm.h" #include "libguile/strings.h" #include "libguile/gc.h" #include "libguile/dynl.h" #include "libguile/extensions.h" typedef struct extension_t { struct extension_t *next; const char *lib; const char *init; void (*func)(void *); void *data; } extension_t; static extension_t *registered_extensions; void scm_c_register_extension (const char *lib, const char *init, void (*func) (void *), void *data) { extension_t *ext = scm_must_malloc (sizeof(extension_t), "scm_register_extension"); ext->lib = scm_must_strdup (lib); ext->init = scm_must_strdup (init); ext->func = func; ext->data = data; ext->next = registered_extensions; registered_extensions = ext; } static void load_extension (SCM lib, SCM init) { /* Search the registry. */ { extension_t *ext; for (ext = registered_extensions; ext; ext = ext->next) if (!strcmp (ext->lib, SCM_STRING_CHARS (lib)) && !strcmp (ext->init, SCM_STRING_CHARS (init))) { ext->func (ext->data); return; } } /* Dynamically link the library. */ scm_dynamic_call (init, scm_dynamic_link (lib)); } void scm_c_load_extension (const char *lib, const char *init) { load_extension (scm_makfrom0str (lib), scm_makfrom0str (init)); } SCM_DEFINE (scm_load_extension, "load-extension", 2, 0, 0, (SCM lib, SCM init), "Load and initilize the extension designated by LIB and INIT." "When there is no pre-registered function for LIB/INIT, this is " "equivalent to " " " " (dynamic-call INIT (dynamic-link LIB)) " " " "When there is a pre-registered function, that function is called " "instead. " " " "Normally, there is no pre-registered function. This option exists " "only for situations where dynamic linking is unavailable or unwanted. " "In that case, you would statically link your program with the desired " "library, and register its init function right after Guile has been " "initialized. " " " "LIB should be a string denoting a shared library without any file type " "suffix such as \".so\". The suffix is provided automatically. It " "should also not contain any directory components. Libraries that " "implement Guile Extensions should be put into the normal locations for " "shared libraries. We recommend to use the naming convention " "libguile-bla-blum for a extension related to a module `(bla blum)'. " " " "The normal way for a extension to be used is to write a small Scheme " "file that defines a module, and to load the extension into this " "module. When the module is auto-loaded, the extension is loaded as " "well. For example, " " " " (define-module (bla blum)) " " " " (load-extension \"libguile-bla-blum\" \"bla_init_blum\")") #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_load_extension { SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (1, lib); SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (2, init); load_extension (lib, init); return SCM_UNSPECIFIED; } #undef FUNC_NAME void scm_init_extensions () { registered_extensions = NULL; #ifndef SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER #include "libguile/extensions.x" #endif } /* Local Variables: c-file-style: "gnu" End: */