dl #

Description:

dl can be used to Dynamically Load a library during runtime. It is a thin wrapper over LoadLibrary on Windows, and dlopen on Unix.

Using it, you can implement a plugin system for your application.

fn close(handle voidptr) bool

close frees a given shared object.

fn dlerror() string

dlerror provides a text error diagnostic message for functions in dl it returns a human-readable string, describing the most recent error that occurred from a call to one of the dl functions, since the last call to dlerror()

fn get_libname(libname string) string

get_libname returns a library name with the operating system specific extension for shared libraries.

fn get_shared_library_extension() string

get_shared_library_extension returns the platform dependent shared library extension i.e. .dll on windows, .so on most unixes, .dylib on macos.

fn open(filename string, flags int) voidptr

open loads the dynamic shared object.

fn open_opt(filename string, flags int) !voidptr

open_opt - loads the dynamic shared object.
Unlike open, open_opt return an option.

fn sym(handle voidptr, symbol string) voidptr

sym returns an address of a symbol in a given shared object.

fn sym_opt(shared_object_handle voidptr, symbol string) !voidptr

sym_opt returns the address of a symbol in a given shared object, if found.
Unlike sym, sym_opt returns an option.