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authorAnthony Green <green@moxielogic.com>2011-11-12 23:45:20 -0500
committerAnthony Green <green@moxielogic.com>2011-11-12 23:45:20 -0500
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-rw-r--r--doc/stamp-vti8
-rw-r--r--doc/version.texi8
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diff --git a/doc/libffi.info b/doc/libffi.info
index 402f760..c0fb005 100644
--- a/doc/libffi.info
+++ b/doc/libffi.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-This is ../libffi/doc/libffi.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13
-from ../libffi/doc/libffi.texi.
+This is /home/green/libffi/doc/libffi.info, produced by makeinfo
+version 4.13 from /home/green/libffi/doc/libffi.texi.
This manual is for Libffi, a portable foreign-function interface
library.
- Copyright (C) 2008, 2010, 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2008, 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ libffi
This manual is for Libffi, a portable foreign-function interface
library.
- Copyright (C) 2008, 2010, 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2008, 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ To prepare a call interface object, use the function `ffi_prep_cif'.
want. *note Multiple ABIs:: for more information.
NARGS is the number of arguments that this function accepts.
+ `libffi' does not yet handle varargs functions; see *note Missing
+ Features:: for more information.
RTYPE is a pointer to an `ffi_type' structure that describes the
return type of the function. *Note Types::.
@@ -127,30 +129,6 @@ To prepare a call interface object, use the function `ffi_prep_cif'.
properly; `FFI_BAD_TYPEDEF' if one of the `ffi_type' objects is
incorrect; or `FFI_BAD_ABI' if the ABI parameter is invalid.
- If the function being called is variadic (varargs) then
-`ffi_prep_cif_var' must be used instead of `ffi_prep_cif'.
-
- -- Function: ffi_status ffi_prep_cif_var (ffi_cif *CIF, ffi_abi
- varabi, unsigned int NFIXEDARGS, unsigned int varntotalargs,
- ffi_type *RTYPE, ffi_type **ARGTYPES)
- This initializes CIF according to the given parameters for a call
- to a variadic function. In general it's operation is the same as
- for `ffi_prep_cif' except that:
-
- NFIXEDARGS is the number of fixed arguments, prior to any variadic
- arguments. It must be greater than zero.
-
- NTOTALARGS the total number of arguments, including variadic and
- fixed arguments.
-
- Note that, different cif's must be prepped for calls to the same
- function when different numbers of arguments are passed.
-
- Also note that a call to `ffi_prep_cif_var' with
- NFIXEDARGS=NOTOTALARGS is NOT equivalent to a call to
- `ffi_prep_cif'.
-
-
To call a function using an initialized `ffi_cif', use the
`ffi_call' function:
@@ -533,7 +511,9 @@ File: libffi.info, Node: Missing Features, Next: Index, Prev: Using libffi,
`libffi' is missing a few features. We welcome patches to add support
for these.
- * Variadic closures.
+ * There is no support for calling varargs functions. This may work
+ on some platforms, depending on how the ABI is defined, but it is
+ not reliable.
* There is no support for bit fields in structures.
@@ -541,9 +521,6 @@ for these.
* The "raw" API is undocumented.
- Note that variadic support is very new and tested on a relatively
-small number of platforms.
-

File: libffi.info, Node: Index, Prev: Missing Features, Up: Top
@@ -561,12 +538,11 @@ Index
* closure API: The Closure API. (line 13)
* closures: The Closure API. (line 13)
* FFI: Introduction. (line 31)
-* ffi_call: The Basics. (line 63)
+* ffi_call: The Basics. (line 41)
* ffi_closure_alloc: The Closure API. (line 19)
* ffi_closure_free: The Closure API. (line 26)
* FFI_CLOSURES: The Closure API. (line 13)
* ffi_prep_cif: The Basics. (line 16)
-* ffi_prep_cif_var: The Basics. (line 39)
* ffi_prep_closure_loc: The Closure API. (line 34)
* ffi_status <1>: The Closure API. (line 37)
* ffi_status: The Basics. (line 18)
@@ -594,24 +570,24 @@ Index
* ffi_type_void: Primitive Types. (line 10)
* Foreign Function Interface: Introduction. (line 31)
* void <1>: The Closure API. (line 20)
-* void: The Basics. (line 65)
+* void: The Basics. (line 43)

Tag Table:
-Node: Top712
-Node: Introduction1460
-Node: Using libffi3096
-Node: The Basics3582
-Node: Simple Example7224
-Node: Types8251
-Node: Primitive Types8534
-Node: Structures10354
-Node: Type Example11214
-Node: Multiple ABIs12437
-Node: The Closure API12808
-Node: Closure Example15752
-Node: Missing Features17311
-Node: Index17764
+Node: Top724
+Node: Introduction1466
+Node: Using libffi3102
+Node: The Basics3588
+Node: Simple Example6374
+Node: Types7401
+Node: Primitive Types7684
+Node: Structures9504
+Node: Type Example10364
+Node: Multiple ABIs11587
+Node: The Closure API11958
+Node: Closure Example14902
+Node: Missing Features16461
+Node: Index16954

End Tag Table
diff --git a/doc/stamp-vti b/doc/stamp-vti
index 81d0b79..1efe9b8 100644
--- a/doc/stamp-vti
+++ b/doc/stamp-vti
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@set UPDATED 14 February 2008
-@set UPDATED-MONTH February 2008
-@set EDITION 3.0.8
-@set VERSION 3.0.8
+@set UPDATED 12 November 2011
+@set UPDATED-MONTH November 2011
+@set EDITION 3.0.11-rc1
+@set VERSION 3.0.11-rc1
diff --git a/doc/version.texi b/doc/version.texi
index 81d0b79..1efe9b8 100644
--- a/doc/version.texi
+++ b/doc/version.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@set UPDATED 14 February 2008
-@set UPDATED-MONTH February 2008
-@set EDITION 3.0.8
-@set VERSION 3.0.8
+@set UPDATED 12 November 2011
+@set UPDATED-MONTH November 2011
+@set EDITION 3.0.11-rc1
+@set VERSION 3.0.11-rc1