    {-# INCLUDE "HsUnix.h" #-}
    {-# LINE 1 "System/Posix/DynamicLinker.hsc" #-}
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    {-# LINE 2 "System/Posix/DynamicLinker.hsc" #-}
    -- |
    -- Module      :  System.Posix.DynamicLinker
    -- Copyright   :  (c) Volker Stolz <vs@foldr.org> 2003
    -- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
    --
    -- Maintainer  :  vs@foldr.org
    -- Stability   :  provisional
    -- Portability :  non-portable (requires POSIX)
    --
    -- Dynamic linker support through dlopen()
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    module System.Posix.DynamicLinker (

        module System.Posix.DynamicLinker.Prim,
        dlopen,
        dlsym,
        dlerror,
        dlclose,
        withDL, withDL_,
        undl,
        )

    --  Usage:
    --  ******
    --
    --  Let's assume you want to open a local shared library \'foo\' (.\/libfoo.so)
    --  offering a function
    --    @char \* mogrify (char\*,int)@
    --  and invoke @str = mogrify("test",1)@:
    --
    --
    --  type Fun = CString -> Int -> IO CString
    --  foreign import dynamic unsafe fun__ :: FunPtr Fun -> Fun
    --
    --  withDL "libfoo.so" [RTLD_NOW] \$ \\ mod -> do
    --     funptr <- dlsym mod "mogrify"
    --     let fun = fun__ funptr
    --     withCString "test" \$ \\ str -> do
    --       strptr <- fun str 1
    --       strstr <- peekCString strptr
    --       ...
    --

    where

    {-# LINE 49 "System/Posix/DynamicLinker.hsc" #-}

    import System.Posix.DynamicLinker.Prim
    import Control.Exception	( bracket )
    import Control.Monad	( liftM )
    import Foreign.Ptr	( Ptr, nullPtr, FunPtr, nullFunPtr )
    import Foreign.C.String	( withCString, peekCString )

    dlopen :: String -> [RTLDFlags] -> IO DL
    dlopen path flags = do
      withCString path $ \ p -> do
        liftM DLHandle $ throwDLErrorIf "dlopen" (== nullPtr) $ c_dlopen p (packRTLDFlags flags)

    dlclose :: DL -> IO ()
    dlclose (DLHandle h) = throwDLErrorIf_ "dlclose" (/= 0) $ c_dlclose h
    dlclose h = error $ "dlclose: invalid argument" ++ (show h)

    dlerror :: IO String
    dlerror = c_dlerror >>= peekCString

    -- |'dlsym' returns the address binding of the symbol described in @symbol@,
    -- as it occurs in the shared object identified by @source@.

    dlsym :: DL -> String -> IO (FunPtr a)
    dlsym source symbol = do
      withCString symbol $ \ s -> do
        throwDLErrorIf "dlsym" (== nullFunPtr) $ c_dlsym (packDL source) s

    withDL :: String -> [RTLDFlags] -> (DL -> IO a) -> IO a
    withDL file flags f = bracket (dlopen file flags) (dlclose) f

    withDL_ :: String -> [RTLDFlags] -> (DL -> IO a) -> IO ()
    withDL_ file flags f = withDL file flags f >> return ()

    -- |'undl' obtains the raw handle. You mustn't do something like
    -- @withDL mod flags $ liftM undl >>= \ p -> use p@

    undl :: DL -> Ptr ()
    undl = packDL

    throwDLErrorIf :: String -> (a -> Bool) -> IO a -> IO a
    throwDLErrorIf s p f = do
      r <- f
      if (p r)
        then dlerror >>= \ err -> ioError (userError ( s ++ ": " ++ err))
        else return r

    throwDLErrorIf_ :: String -> (a -> Bool) -> IO a -> IO ()
    throwDLErrorIf_ s p f = throwDLErrorIf s p f >> return ()