Various types not supported by the FFI

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Not really issues, just a request: bool isn't supported at all and would be 
quite useful, and char* isn't supported as a return value. Both of these 
would be extremely helpful.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mass...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2008 at 4:16

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Thank you for your message.
Yes, I will add them. :)

Original comment by y.fujita...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2008 at 10:45

• Changed state: Started
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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I have added `char*` and `bool` in revision 198.
svn trunk directory is updated. Please try. Thank you!

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(import (ffi))

;; this example uses linux standard C library
(define libStdC (load-shared-object "libc.so.6"))

;; C prototype: char* strstr(const char *s1, const char *s2);
(define strstr (c-function libStdC "Standard C Library" char* strstr (char* 
char*)))

(strstr "hello world" "wo") ;=> "world"

(strstr "θλσ" "λ") ;=> "λσ"

(strstr "foo" "bar") ;=> #f

Original comment by y.fujita...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2008 at 1:46

• Changed state: Fixed