Re: function to check if a symbol in a library exists or not

  • From: Josh Simmons <simmons.44@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:58:32 +1000

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Cosmin Apreutesei
<cosmin.apreutesei@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> This sounds like a dodgy way to do it, would you not be better off
>>> parsing cairo's config.h for enabled backend defines?
>
> Not sure how parsing a header file can constitute a simpler solution
> than my 3 line function. Besides, I don't wan to carry around a header
> file, and also I don't see a reason why a ffi binding should not work
> with different variations of a certain library automatically, without
> extra burdens on the user.
>

Yeah you're right, bit of a brain fart there.

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