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authorMike Pall <mike>2012-11-07 23:20:50 +0100
committerMike Pall <mike>2012-11-07 23:20:50 +0100
commit74feb2534c20482ba3e69b4796b49481c3658de0 (patch)
tree372a2cba9ba5d98c135c0c6b6f2bd231a7a175a9
parent2156925b9b7dc9758d3d490f107025615a24b85f (diff)
downloadluajit2-74feb2534c20482ba3e69b4796b49481c3658de0.tar.gz
FFI: Clarify callback docs.
-rw-r--r--doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
index c2107663..bf9f9bee 100644
--- a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
+++ b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
@@ -943,9 +943,10 @@ C&nbsp;function is blacklisted for compilation.
<p>
However, this heuristic may fail under specific circumstances: e.g. a
message polling function might not run Lua callbacks right away and the call
-gets JIT-compiled. If it later happens to call back into Lua, you'll get a
-VM PANIC with the message <tt>"bad callback"</tt>. Then you'll need to
-manually turn off JIT-compilation with
+gets JIT-compiled. If it later happens to call back into Lua (e.g. a rarely
+invoked error callback), you'll get a VM PANIC with the message
+<tt>"bad callback"</tt>. Then you'll need to manually turn off
+JIT-compilation with
<a href="ext_jit.html#jit_onoff_func"><tt>jit.off()</tt></a> for the
surrounding Lua function that invokes such a message polling function (or
similar).
@@ -1038,9 +1039,9 @@ of existing C&nbsp;APIs. E.g. callback performance is irrelevant for a
GUI application, which waits for user input most of the time, anyway.
</p>
<p>
-For new designs <b>avoid push-style APIs</b> (C&nbsp;function repeatedly
-calling a callback for each result). Instead <b>use pull-style APIs</b>
-(call a C&nbsp;function repeatedly to get a new result). Calls from Lua
+For new designs <b>avoid push-style APIs</b>: a C&nbsp;function repeatedly
+calling a callback for each result. Instead <b>use pull-style APIs</b>:
+call a C&nbsp;function repeatedly to get a new result. Calls from Lua
to C via the FFI are much faster than the other way round. Most well-designed
libraries already use pull-style APIs (read/write, get/put).
</p>