Re: [Dev-luatex] FFI documentation is missing in luatex reference manual

On Wed, 10 May 2023 at 13:57, Christophe Jorssen < christophe.jorssen@gmail.com> wrote:

Le mer. 10 mai 2023 à 13:45, luigi scarso a écrit :

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Indeed, it's a very specialized subject, one needs to manage C and Lua quite well -- and the code is not portable, it's still somewhat experimental (in lua) and it's quite easy to break luatex. It's definitively for dedicated applications. You can see https://luajit.org, the FFI sections.

Thanks, Luigi.

But FFI has been popularized quite a few thanks to Henri Menke (see https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb39-1/tb121menke-ffi.pdf or some FFI Q&A at tex.stackexchange.com). Maybe it is worth adding a few words about it (including the fact that it is still experimental and not portable)?

Ok, I will do something for the next TL 2024 . -- luigi