Returning an environment with bindings from init-func sounds very elegant; essentially that's what i'm doing anyway. I'm all for this as long as it doesn't prohibit adding symbols to the root environment too
On 2020-10-22 20:16:53-04:00 [email protected] wrote: Another thought on the semantics: - keep init_func behavior as it is (legacy, snake_case, backward compatibility) - passing init-func (kebab-case) new behavior: calling with the entrypoint in the same manner as the FFI functions: s7_scheme* sc , s7_pointer args. args being (the-passed-env 'args) : being either something or #f Wonder if there's a point in having the called entry point also return s7_pointer. It would be elegant though as far as consistency goes: calling any s7 FFI function as the init-func. Possible use: init-func returning an environment with bindings. On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 22:18, Christos Vagias <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: If I understood correctly you get a segfault when having the C function with 2 args (s7_scheme and s7_pointer) but passing only s7_scheme. This seems relevant: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12572575/i-can-call-a-function-imported-with-dlsym-with-a-wrong-signature-why and particularly the answer saying "C uses cdecl call conversion (so caller clears the stack) [..] But actually behavior is undefined" In any case, I'm really noob in this area so that's all I can contribute. So my 2 cents: - when not having passed init_args: calling the C init_func(s7_scheme) (serving also as backwards compatibility) - when init_args is present, calling init_func(s7_scheme, s7_pointer) On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 21:57, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > how does C behave if you assume that the called function has a > signature > of (s7_scheme* sc) and you try to pass (s7_scheme* sc, s7_pointer args) > ? I tried it with the tlib example, and if you declare args in C, but don't pass them in scheme (i.e. no init_args in the environment), I get a segfault. The other way (no args declared, but you pass and use them anyway) seems to work -- strange! This is in gcc 10.2 in Linux.
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