openSharedLibrary -- open a shared library

Synopsis

Usage:

openSharedLibrary name
Inputs:
- name, a string,
Optional inputs:
- FileName => a string, default value null, the filename of the library to open;
Outputs:
- a shared library,

Description

Open a shared library with the given name. In particular, this is a wrapper around the C dlopen function. A library is searched for with the filename "lib" | name | ".so" (in Linux) or "lib" | name | ".dylib" (in macOS). Alternatively, a specific filename can be specified using the FileName option. A corresponding SharedLibrary object, which can be later used by foreignFunction, is returned.

i1 : openSharedLibrary "mpfr"

o1 = mpfr

o1 : SharedLibrary

Ways to use openSharedLibrary :

openSharedLibrary(String)

For the programmer

The object openSharedLibrary is a method function with options.