make-library ( path abi -- library )


Vocabulary
alien.libraries

Inputs
patha pathname string
abithe ABI used by the library, either cdecl or stdcall


Outputs
librarya library


Word description
Opens a C library using the path and ABI parameters and outputs a library tuple.

Notes
User code should use add-library so that the opened library is added to a global hashtable, libraries.

Definition
USING: kernel ;

IN: alien.libraries

: make-library ( path abi -- library )
[ dup open-dll ] dip <library> ;