dlsym ( name dll -- alien )
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Vocabulary
alien.libraries

Inputs

name	a C symbol name
dll	a DLL handle

Outputs

alien

an alien or f

Word description
Looks up a symbol in a native library. If dll is f looks for the symbol in the runtime executable. If the symbol was not found, outputs f.

Definition

USING: alien.strings kernel ;

IN: alien.libraries

: dlsym ( name dll -- alien ) [ string>symbol ] dip (dlsym) ;