Re: [DotGNU]libffi vs ffcall

[Stephen Compall]

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Rhys Weatherley wrote:
> It appears that the most recent version of ffcall, 1.8, dates back
> to January 2001.  Whereas libffi is part of the gcc tree, and has
> the possibility of being actively maintained by the gcc community.
>
> While ffcall seems to be more complete, I would feel happier if
> there was active maintainence of the project.

There seems to be maintenance, though not as active as that in GCC;
see http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/clisp/clisp/ffcall/

It is maintained as part of Bruno Haible's GNU CLISP package, whose
latest release was mid-September, so there is motion.  I have inquired
further on the clisp-list.

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Stephen Compall
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                U.S. Government

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