make-library ( path abi -- library )

Vocabulary

alien.libraries

Inputs

path	a pathname string
abi	the ABI used by the library, either cdecl or stdcall

Outputs

library

a 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> ;