FFI::Library - Perl Access to Dynamically Loaded Libraries

    use FFI::Library;
    $lib = FFI::Library->new("mylib");
    $fn = $lib->function("fn", "signature");
    $ret = $fn->(...);

This module provides access from Perl to functions exported from dynamically linked libraries. Functions are described by signatures, for details of which see the FFI module's documentation.

    $clib_file = ($^O eq "MSWin32") ? "MSVCRT40.DLL" : "-lc";
    $clib = FFI::Library->new($clib_file);
    $strlen = $clib->function("strlen", "cIp");
    $n = $strlen->($my_string);

This module can be distributed under the same terms as Perl. However, as it depends on the FFI module, please note the licensing terms for the FFI code.

This is a maintenance release. We will be releasing an updated but incompatible 2.00 version shortly.

Paul Moore, <gustav@morpheus.demon.co.uk> is the original author of FFI.

Mitchell Charity <mcharity@vendian.org> contributed fixes.

Anatoly Vorobey <avorobey@pobox.com> and Gaal Yahas <gaal@forum2.org> are the current maintainers.

The FFI module.