Interpreter / GFFI

[Clark Evans]

Anthony Green wrote:
> 
> Kresten wrote:
> > Here is an example, of how to build a stub, which is perhaps the most
> > interesting feature for now.  First, we build a data structure to
> > represent the prototype of the function we want:
> 
> Yes - this is exactly the kind of thing required for efficient
> invocation of interpreted code in a compiled environment.  The
> ClassLoader would create vtables on the fly and populate them with
> pointers to dynamically created stubs.
> 
> It sounds like GFFI does more than just stub creation.  Is there any
> overlap between GFFI and libffi? http://sourceware.cygnus.com/libffi

Along this line of thought, is there an interface
for user defined types?  For instance, a common
way to define struct, arrays, etc.