libffi

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Project Summary

Compilers for high level languages generate code that follows certain conventions. These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate compilation to work. One such convention is the "calling convention". The "calling convention" is a set of assumptions made by the compiler about where function arguments will be found on entry to a function. A "calling convention" also specifies where the return value for a function is found.

The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call any function specified by a call interface description at run-time.

In a Nutshell, libffi...

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has had 1,718 commits made by 164 contributors
representing 59,503 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with an average number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by nobody
with decreasing Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 15 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 2009
ending with its most recent commit over 1 year ago

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