ffi.dlopen does not require a C compiler, ffi.verify does (which we
strongly encourage to use). Note that since cffi 1.0 you only require
C compiler to create extensions, you can distribute them without a
compiler. See documentation for details

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Roshan Cherian <cherian.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> I am not sure if I should be asking the question here, however hoping
> someone could help.
>
> we use ffi.cdef for definitions and ffi.dlopen to open shared library. To my
> understanding ffi.dlopen only works in the presence of a c compiler to
> dynamically link the shared lib. We have a linux box without gcc in which we
> are supposed to run this setup. We do have dlopen on the box as man dlopen
> returns. Could I know if it is at all possible to use ffi.dlopen without a C
> compiler?
>
> Apologies if I am totally off.
>
> Thanks,
> -Roshan
>
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