SharedLibrary -- a shared library

Description

A shared library that could be used to load foreign functions. Each shared library object consists of a pointer to a handle for the library and a string that is used by net(SharedLibrary).

i1 : mpfr = openSharedLibrary "mpfr"

o1 = mpfr

o1 : SharedLibrary

i2 : peek mpfr

o2 = SharedLibrary{0x7eff93d7e490, mpfr}

Functions and methods returning a shared library :

openSharedLibrary -- open a shared library

Methods that use a shared library :

"foreignFunction(SharedLibrary,String,ForeignType,ForeignType)" -- see foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
"foreignFunction(SharedLibrary,String,ForeignType,VisibleList)" -- see foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
"foreignSymbol(SharedLibrary,String,ForeignType)" -- see foreignSymbol -- get a foreign symbol
"net(SharedLibrary)"

For the programmer

The object SharedLibrary is a self initializing type, with ancestor classes BasicList < Thing.