At 8:56 AM +0100 12/22/09, Vladimir Sizikov wrote:

>Hi Jon,
>
>If memory serves, Wayne tweaked ffi_lib behavior in such a way that:
>
>a) doing ffil_lib 'one', 'two', 'three' would load up all three
>libraries, or fail if any of them couldn't be found for some reason
>
>b) doing ffi_lib ['var1', 'var2', 'var3'] would load some variant of
>the same library
>
>c) doing ffi_lib 'lib1', 'lib2', ['lib3-1', 'lib3-2', 'lib3-3'] would
>load lib1, lib2 and one variant of lib3 from the array of
>alternatives.
>
>Thanks,
>  --Vladimir

I took Vladimir's explanation and made a page on the wiki:

  http://wiki.github.com/ffi/ffi/using-multiple-and-alternate-libraries

I'd appreciate it if someone who knows ffi better could review it.

Also I'd shorten the page name to "Mulitple and Alternate Libraries" but am not sure how.