Method: FFI::DynamicLibrary#initialize

Defined in:
ext/ffi_c/DynamicLibrary.c

#initialize(libname, libflags) ⇒ FFI::DynamicLibrary

A new DynamicLibrary instance.

Parameters:

  • libname (String) —

    name of library to open

  • libflags (Fixnum) —

    flags for library to open

Raises:

  • (LoadError) —

    if libname cannot be opened



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# File 'ext/ffi_c/DynamicLibrary.c', line 113

static VALUE
library_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE libname, VALUE libflags)
{
    Library* library;
    int flags;

    Check_Type(libflags, T_FIXNUM);

    Data_Get_Struct(self, Library, library);
    flags = libflags != Qnil ? NUM2UINT(libflags) : 0;
    
    library->handle = dl_open(libname != Qnil ? StringValueCStr(libname) : NULL, flags);
    if (library->handle == NULL) {
        char errmsg[1024];
        dl_error(errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
        rb_raise(rb_eLoadError, "Could not open library '%s': %s",
                libname != Qnil ? StringValueCStr(libname) : "[current process]",
                errmsg);
    }
#ifdef __CYGWIN__
    // On Cygwin 1.7.17 "dlsym(dlopen(0,0), 'getpid')" fails. (dlerror: "No such process")
    // As a workaround we can use "dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, 'getpid')" instead.
    // Since 0 == RTLD_DEFAULT we won't call dl_close later.
    if (libname == Qnil) {
        dl_close(library->handle);
        library->handle = RTLD_DEFAULT;
    }
#endif
    rb_iv_set(self, "@name", libname != Qnil ? libname : rb_str_new2("[current process]"));
    return self;
}