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Subject: Re: RFC: variadic closures in x86/x86_64
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On 11/25/2013 02:45 AM, Hogan, D. (GE Power & Water) wrote:
> I'm requesting feedback on an implementation of variadic closures in
> libffi.  It currently supports x86 and x86_64.  This change allows for
> FMI logging callbacks through JNA in the JFMI[1] and Ptolemy II[2]
> projects.  The libffi changes are in a github branch[3].

Why is this necessary?  I thought that the variadic calling conventions
on x86 were the same as the non-variadic ones.

Andrew.