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<LI> <A HREF="#Name">Name</A>
<LI> <A HREF="#Synopsis">Synopsis</A>
<LI> <A HREF="#Description">Description</A>
<LI> <A HREF="#See also">See also</A>
<LI> <A HREF="#Bugs">Bugs</A>
<LI> <A HREF="#Porting">Porting</A>
<LI> <A HREF="#Author">Author</A>
<LI> <A HREF="#Acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</A>
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<A NAME="Name">
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trampoline -  closures as first-class C functions

<A NAME="Synopsis">
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<PRE>
<CODE>#include &lt;trampoline.h&gt;</CODE>
<CODE><VAR>function</VAR> = alloc_trampoline(<VAR>address</VAR>, <VAR>variable</VAR>, <VAR>data</VAR>);</CODE>
<CODE>free_trampoline(<VAR>function</VAR>);</CODE>
<CODE>is_trampoline(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE>
<CODE>trampoline_address(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE>
<CODE>trampoline_variable(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE>
<CODE>trampoline_data(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE>
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<A NAME="Description">
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These  functions implement <EM>closures</EM>  as first-class
C functions.  A closure consists of a regular C function  and  a
piece of data which gets passed to the C function when the
closure is called.
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Closures as <EM>first-class C functions</EM> means  that  they  fit
into  a  function  pointer  and can be called exactly like any
other C function.
<CODE><VAR>function</VAR> = alloc_trampoline(<VAR>address</VAR>, <VAR>variable</VAR>, <VAR>data</VAR>)</CODE>
allocates  a closure.
When <VAR>function</VAR>  gets  called,  it  stores
<VAR>data</VAR>  in the variable <VAR>variable</VAR>
 and calls the C function at <VAR>address</VAR>.
The  function  at <VAR>address</VAR>  is  responsible  for
fetching <VAR>data</VAR>  out of <VAR>variable</VAR>
 immediately, before execution of any other function call.
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This is much like gcc's local functions, except  that  the
GNU  C local functions have dynamic extent (i.e. are
deallocated when the creating function returns), while <EM>trampoline</EM>
  provides  functions with indefinite extent: <CODE><VAR>function</VAR></CODE>
is  only  deallocated  when  <CODE>free_trampoline(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE>  is
called.
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<CODE>is_trampoline(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE>
checks  whether  the  C  function <CODE><VAR>function</VAR></CODE>
was  produced by a call to <CODE>alloc_trampoline</CODE>.
If this returns true, the arguments given to <CODE>alloc_trampoline</CODE>
can  be  retrieved:
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<LI> <CODE>trampoline_address(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE> returns <VAR>address</VAR>,
<LI> <CODE>trampoline_variable(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE> returns <VAR>variable</VAR>,
<LI> <CODE>trampoline_data(<VAR>function</VAR>)</CODE> returns <VAR>data</VAR>.
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<A NAME="See also">
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<A HREF="gcc(1)"><CODE><B>gcc</B></CODE></A>(1), <A HREF="stdarg(3)"><CODE><B>stdarg</B></CODE></A>(3), <A HREF="callback(3)"><CODE><B>callback</B></CODE></A>(3)

<A NAME="Bugs">
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Passing  the  data  through a global variable is not reentrant. Don't
call trampoline functions from within  signal
handlers. This is fixed in the <A HREF="callback(3)"><CODE><B>callback</B></CODE></A>(3) package.

<A NAME="Porting">
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The way gcc builds local functions is described in the gcc
source, file <SAMP>gcc-2.6.3/config/<VAR>cpu</VAR>/<VAR>cpu</VAR>.h</SAMP>.

<A NAME="Author">
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Bruno Haible &lt;bruno@clisp.org&gt;

<A NAME="Acknowledgements">
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Many ideas were cribbed from the gcc source.
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<ADDRESS>TRAMPOLINE manual page<BR>
Bruno Haible &lt;bruno@clisp.org&gt;
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Last modified: 1 January 2017.

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