ExternalLibraryFunction.st
branchjv
changeset 19967 9b1443c2aab1
parent 19949 ac5e8567d070
parent 19951 2ba5ef097a79
child 20153 15742e6c1632
--- a/ExternalLibraryFunction.st	Wed Jun 08 14:07:35 2016 +0100
+++ b/ExternalLibraryFunction.st	Thu Jun 09 01:47:28 2016 +0100
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@
     A limited fallback implementation is provided for systems with no libffi.
     (this may have limitations on the supported argument types; for example,
      the x86_64 fallback does not support float/double arguments).
-    Therefore the fallback should be considered a temporary workaround, 
+    Therefore the fallback should be considered a temporary workaround,
     until libffi has been ported.
-    
+
     Inside a method, when a special external-call pragma such as:
-        <api: bool MessageBeep(uint)>
+	<api: bool MessageBeep(uint)>
 
     is encountered by the parser, the compiler generates a call via
-        <correspondingExternalLibraryFunctionObject> invokeWithArguments: argumentArray.
+	<correspondingExternalLibraryFunctionObject> invokeWithArguments: argumentArray.
     and the correspondingExternalLibraryFunctionObject is kept in the literal array.
 
     In the invoke method, the library is checked to be loaded (and loaded if not already),
@@ -159,22 +159,22 @@
     and finally, the return value is converted back from C to a smalltalk object.
 
     The parser supports the call-syntax of various other smalltalk dialects:
-        Squeak / ST-X:
-            <cdecl:   [async] [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex ( argType1..argTypeN ) module: moduleName >
-            <apicall: [async] [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex ( argType1..argTypeN ) module: moduleName >
+	Squeak / ST-X:
+	    <cdecl:   [async] [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex ( argType1..argTypeN ) module: moduleName >
+	    <apicall: [async] [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex ( argType1..argTypeN ) module: moduleName >
 
-        Dolphin:
-            <stdcall: [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex argType1..argTypeN>
-            <cdecl:   [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex argType1..argTypeN>
+	Dolphin:
+	    <stdcall: [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex argType1..argTypeN>
+	    <cdecl:   [virtual|nonVirtual][const] returnType functionNameStringOrIndex argType1..argTypeN>
 
-        ST/V:
-            <api: functionName argType1 .. argTypeN returnType>
-            <ccall: functionName argType1 .. argTypeN returnType>
-            <ole: vFunctionIndex argType1 .. argTypeN returnType>
+	ST/V:
+	    <api: functionName argType1 .. argTypeN returnType>
+	    <ccall: functionName argType1 .. argTypeN returnType>
+	    <ole: vFunctionIndex argType1 .. argTypeN returnType>
 
-        VisualWorks:
-            <c: ...>
-            <c: #define NAME value>
+	VisualWorks:
+	    <c: ...>
+	    <c: #define NAME value>
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