LispWorks Foreign Language Interface

Copyright and Trademarks

1 - Introduction to the FLI

1.1 - A simple example of how to interface a foreign function

1.1.1 - Defining the FLI function
1.1.2 - Loading foreign code
1.1.3 - Calling foreign code

1.2 - Using the FLI to get the cursor position

1.2.1 - Defining FLI types
1.2.2 - Defining an FLI function
1.2.3 - Accessing the results

1.3 - Using the FLI to set the cursor position

1.4 - An example of dynamic memory allocation

1.5 - Summary

2 - FLI Types

2.1 - Immediate types

2.1.1 - Integral types
2.1.2 - Floating point types
2.1.3 - Character types
2.1.4 - Boolean types
2.1.5 - Pointer types

2.2 - Aggregate types

2.2.1 - Arrays
2.2.2 - Strings
2.2.3 - Structures and unions

2.3 - Parameterized types

2.4 - Encapsulated types

2.4.1 - Passing Lisp objects to C
2.4.2 - An example

2.5 - The void type

2.6 - Summary

3 - FLI Pointers

3.1 - Creating and copying pointers
3.2 - Pointer testing functions
3.3 - Pointer dereferencing and coercing
3.4 - An example of dynamic pointer allocation
3.5 - Further examples of allocation and pointer allocation
3.6 - Summary

4 - Advanced Uses of the FLI

4.1 - Passing a string to a Windows function
4.2 - Defining new types
4.3 - Foreign callables and foreign functions
4.4 - Using DLLs within the LispWorks FLI
4.5 - Summary

5 - Function and Macro Reference

6 - Type Reference

aggregate type
callable function
coerced pointer
FLI
FLI code
FLI function
FLI type
foreign callable function
foreign function
foreign language
immediate type
pointer
wrapper

LispWorks Foreign Language Interface - 12 Oct 1998

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