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MLton extends the syntax of SML with expressions that enable a <a href="ForeignFunctionInterface">ForeignFunctionInterface</a> to C. The following description of the syntax uses some abbreviations.
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C base type </td>
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<em>cBaseTy</em> </td>
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<a href="ForeignFunctionInterfaceTypes"> Foreign Function Interface types</a> </td>
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C argument type </td>
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<em>cArgTy</em> </td>
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<em>cBaseTy</em><sub>1</sub><tt> * </tt>...<tt> * </tt><em>cBaseTy</em><sub>n</sub> or <tt>unit</tt> </td>
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<em>cRetTy</em> </td>
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<em>cBaseTy</em> or <tt>unit</tt> </td>
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C function type </td>
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<em>cFuncTy</em> </td>
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<em>cArgTy</em><tt> -> </tt><em>cRetTy</em> </td>
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<em>cPtrTy</em> </td>
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<tt>MLton.Pointer.t</tt> </td>
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The type annotation and the semicolon are not optional in the syntax of <a href="ForeignFunctionInterface">ForeignFunctionInterface</a> expressions. However, the type is lexed, parsed, and elaborated as an SML type, so any type (including type abbreviations) may be used, so long as it elaborates to a type of the correct form.
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<h2 id="head-d70f93df5e8f9b55be44fbeee9d203972e3383d4">Address</h2>
<pre>_address "C function or variable name" : cPtrTy;
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Denotes the address of the C function or variable.
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<pre>_symbol "C variable name" attr... : (unit -> cBaseTy) * (cBaseTy -> unit);
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Denotes the <em>getter</em> and <em>setter</em> for a C variable. The <em>cBaseTy</em>s must be identical.
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<tt>attr...</tt> denotes a (possibly empty) sequence of attributes.
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<tt>alloc</tt> : allocate storage (and export a symbol) for the C variable
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<pre>_symbol * : cPtrTy -> (unit -> cBaseTy) * (cBaseTy -> unit);
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Denotes the <em>getter</em> and <em>setter</em> for a C pointer to a variable. The <em>cBaseTy</em>s must be identical.
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<pre>_import "CFunctionName" attr... : cFuncTy;
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Denotes an SML function whose behavior is implemented by calling the C function. See <a href="CallingFromSMLToC"> Calling from SML to C</a> for more details.
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<pre>_import * attr... : cPtrTy -> cFuncTy;
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Denotes a SML function whose behavior is implemented by calling a C function through a C function pointer.
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<tt>attr...</tt> denotes a (possibly empty) sequence of attributes.
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<tt>cdecl</tt> : call with the <tt>cdecl</tt> calling convention.
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<tt>stdcall</tt> : call with the <tt>stdcall</tt> calling convention.
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See <a href="CallingFromSMLToCFunctionPointer"> Calling from SML to C function pointer</a> for more details.
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<pre>_export "CFunctionName" attr... : cFuncTy -> unit;
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Exports a C function with the name <tt>CFunctionName</tt> that can be used to call an SML function of the type <em>cFuncTy</em>. When the function denoted by the export expression is applied to an SML function <tt>f</tt>, subsequent C calls to <tt>CFunctionName</tt> will call <tt>f</tt>. It is an error to call <tt>CFunctionName</tt> before the export has been applied. The export may be applied more than once, with each application replacing any previous definition of <tt>CFunctionName</tt>.
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<tt>attr...</tt> denotes a (possibly empty) sequence of attributes.
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<tt>cdecl</tt> : call with the <tt>cdecl</tt> calling convention.
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<tt>stdcall</tt> : call with the <tt>stdcall</tt> calling convention.
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See <a href="CallingFromCToSML"> Calling from C to SML</a> for more details.
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Last edited on 2005-12-01 04:25:23 by <span title="ppp-71-139-183-221.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net"><a href="StephenWeeks">StephenWeeks</a></span>.
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