(* mosml/src/dynlibs/interface/smlside.sml -- foreign function interface. How to pass SML values to C functions, and how to pass them back. The SML side of things. sestoft@dina.kvl.dk 1998-05-05 *) (* Load the Dynlib and FileSys structures from the Moscow ML library: *) app load ["Dynlib", "FileSys"]; open Dynlib; (* Obtain a handle pointing to the library defining the C functions: *) val dlh = dlopen { lib = Path.concat(FileSys.getDir (), "libcside.so"), flag = RTLD_LAZY, global = false } (* Define SML functions using this handle. The type ascriptions are necessary for SML type safety: *) (* Passing and returning base types: unit, int, char, real, string, bool: *) val fu : unit -> unit = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfu") val fi : int -> int = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfi") val fc : char -> char = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfc") val fr : real -> real = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfr") val fs : string -> string = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfs") val fb : bool -> bool = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfb") (* Passing several curried arguments: *) val fcur : int -> char -> real -> string -> bool -> int = app5 (dlsym dlh "cfcur") (* Passing a tuple: *) val ftup : int * char * real -> int = app1 (dlsym dlh "cftup") (* Passing a record: *) val frec : { surname : string, givenname : string, age : int } -> bool = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfrec") (* Passing a constructed value belonging to a datatype: It is advisable to declare the constructors in alphabetical order since Moscow ML 2.00 and later sorts them anyway, and the C side must use the tags (0, 1, ...) of the sorted constructors. *) datatype t = Br of int * t * t | Brs of t list | Lf val fdat : t -> int = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfdat") (* Passing an ML function (a closure): *) val ffun : (int -> real) -> int -> string = app2 (dlsym dlh "cffun"); (* Returning a tuple *) val frtup : int -> int * bool = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfrtup"); (* Returning a record *) val frrec : int -> { half : int, odd : bool } = app1 (dlsym dlh "cfrrec"); (* Illustration of heap allocation trickiness *) val fconcat : string -> string -> string = app2 (dlsym dlh "cfconcat"); (* Exercising the C functions: *) val test1 = () = fu (); val test2 = 5667 = fi 5666; val test3 = #"T" = fc #"t"; val test4 = 56.0 = fr 28.0; val test5 = "TEST NUMBER +1" = fs "Test number +1"; val test6 = fb false; val test7 = 85 = fcur 5 #"A" 10.0 "blah" true; val test8 = 80 = ftup(5, #"A", 10.0); val test9 = not (frec {surname = "Jensen", givenname = "Karin", age = 28 }); local val tree = Brs[Lf, Br(12, Br(10, Lf, Lf), Br(20, Lf, Lf)), Brs[Br(15, Lf, Lf)]] in val test10 = 57 = fdat tree end val test11 = ("Just right" = ffun (fn x => real x + 7.0) 100000); val test12 = (8, true) = frtup 17; val test13 = {half = 8, odd = true} = frrec 17; val test14 = "abcdef" = fconcat "abc" "def"; val _ = quit();