Re: How to access Variables from gambas embedded in shared libraries

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 02/10/2026 à 12:16, Benoît Minisini a écrit :
> Le 02/10/2026 à 00:34, Brian G a écrit :
> > I have been doing this for a while.
> >
> > I thought others may have had to do the same or similar  things with 
> > Linux libraries.
> >
> > The sample  app accesses all the variables in the readline library.
> >
> > It would also be nice if the compiler extern allowed to define shared 
> > variables in a library using this technique
> >
> > as in
> >
> > extern rl_point as integer in  "libreadline:8"
> >
> > not just functions.
> >
> > Anyway I hope this helps someone trying to do the same thing.
> >
> > cheers
>
> You can use 'System.GetExternSymbol()' to get the address of a symbol in 
> a shared library. No need to reimplement it yourself.
>
> But yes, a specific syntax would be nice.
>
> Regards,

The support for external variables have been landed in master.

Beware that this is a work in progress! Assigning a external string 
variable should crash. There is no JIT support. And so on....

Enjoy!

--
Benoît Minisini.