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Update documentation for dynlib (#17356)
* Update documentation for dynlib * Apply suggestions * Improve error handling in example
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## Loading a simple C function
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## ---------------------------
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##
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## The following example demonstrates loading a function called 'greet'
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## The following example demonstrates loading a function called `greet`
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## from a library that is determined at runtime based upon a language choice.
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## If the library fails to load or the function 'greet' is not found,
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## If the library fails to load or the function `greet` is not found,
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## it quits with a failure error code.
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##
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## .. code-block:: Nim
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##
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## import std/dynlib
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##
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## type
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## greetFunction = proc(): cstring {.gcsafe, stdcall.}
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##
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## let lang = stdin.readLine()
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##
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## let lib = case lang
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## of "french":
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## loadLib("french.dll")
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## else:
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## loadLib("english.dll")
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##
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## if lib == nil:
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## echo "Error loading library"
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## quit(QuitFailure)
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##
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## let greet = cast[greetFunction](lib.symAddr("greet"))
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##
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## if greet == nil:
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## echo "Error loading 'greet' function from library"
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## quit(QuitFailure)
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##
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## let greeting = greet()
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##
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## echo greeting
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##
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## unloadLib(lib)
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##
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runnableExamples:
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type
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GreetFunction = proc (): cstring {.gcsafe, stdcall.}
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import strutils
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proc loadGreet(lang: string) =
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let lib =
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case lang
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of "french":
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loadLib("french.dll")
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else:
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loadLib("english.dll")
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assert lib != nil, "Error loading library"
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let greet = cast[GreetFunction](lib.symAddr("greet"))
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assert greet != nil, "Error loading 'greet' function from library"
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echo greet()
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unloadLib(lib)
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import std/strutils
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type
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LibHandle* = pointer ## a handle to a dynamically loaded library
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LibHandle* = pointer ## A handle to a dynamically loaded library.
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proc loadLib*(path: string, globalSymbols = false): LibHandle {.gcsafe.}
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## loads a library from `path`. Returns nil if the library could not
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## Loads a library from `path`. Returns nil if the library could not
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## be loaded.
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proc loadLib*(): LibHandle {.gcsafe.}
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## gets the handle from the current executable. Returns nil if the
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## Gets the handle from the current executable. Returns nil if the
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## library could not be loaded.
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proc unloadLib*(lib: LibHandle) {.gcsafe.}
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## unloads the library `lib`
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## Unloads the library `lib`.
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proc raiseInvalidLibrary*(name: cstring) {.noinline, noreturn.} =
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## raises an `EInvalidLibrary` exception.
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## Raises a `LibraryError` exception.
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raise newException(LibraryError, "could not find symbol: " & $name)
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proc symAddr*(lib: LibHandle, name: cstring): pointer {.gcsafe.}
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## retrieves the address of a procedure/variable from `lib`. Returns nil
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## Retrieves the address of a procedure/variable from `lib`. Returns nil
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## if the symbol could not be found.
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proc checkedSymAddr*(lib: LibHandle, name: cstring): pointer =
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## retrieves the address of a procedure/variable from `lib`. Raises
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## `EInvalidLibrary` if the symbol could not be found.
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## Retrieves the address of a procedure/variable from `lib`. Raises
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## `LibraryError` if the symbol could not be found.
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result = symAddr(lib, name)
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if result == nil: raiseInvalidLibrary(name)
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proc libCandidates*(s: string, dest: var seq[string]) =
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## given a library name pattern `s` write possible library names to `dest`.
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## Given a library name pattern `s`, write possible library names to `dest`.
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var le = strutils.find(s, '(')
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var ri = strutils.find(s, ')', le+1)
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if le >= 0 and ri > le:
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@@ -97,8 +86,9 @@ proc libCandidates*(s: string, dest: var seq[string]) =
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add(dest, s)
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proc loadLibPattern*(pattern: string, globalSymbols = false): LibHandle =
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## loads a library with name matching `pattern`, similar to what `dynlib`
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## Loads a library with name matching `pattern`, similar to what the `dynlib`
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## pragma does. Returns nil if the library could not be loaded.
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##
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## .. warning:: this proc uses the GC and so cannot be used to load the GC.
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var candidates = newSeq[string]()
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libCandidates(pattern, candidates)
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