v/vlib/dl/dl_nix.c.v

module dl

#include <dlfcn.h>

$if linux {
	#flag -ldl
}

pub const (
	rtld_now      = C.RTLD_NOW
	rtld_lazy     = C.RTLD_LAZY
	rtld_global   = C.RTLD_GLOBAL
	rtld_local    = C.RTLD_LOCAL
	rtld_nodelete = C.RTLD_NODELETE
	rtld_noload   = C.RTLD_NOLOAD
)

fn C.dlopen(filename &char, flags int) voidptr

fn C.dlsym(handle voidptr, symbol &char) voidptr

fn C.dlclose(handle voidptr) int

fn C.dlerror() &char

// open loads the dynamic shared object.
pub fn open(filename string, flags int) voidptr {
	return C.dlopen(&char(filename.str), flags)
}

// close frees a given shared object.
pub fn close(handle voidptr) bool {
	return C.dlclose(handle) == 0
}

// sym returns an address of a symbol in a given shared object.
pub fn sym(handle voidptr, symbol string) voidptr {
	return C.dlsym(handle, &char(symbol.str))
}

// 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()
pub fn dlerror() string {
	sptr := C.dlerror()
	if sptr == unsafe { nil } {
		return ''
	}
	return unsafe { cstring_to_vstring(sptr) }
}