now stuck in dlsym/dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules beautiness :-)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/wolf/library/loader.h b/include/wolf/library/loader.h
index a2ee16e..2218677 100644
--- a/include/wolf/library/loader.h
+++ b/include/wolf/library/loader.h
@@ -70,10 +70,22 @@ wolf_error_t wolf_library_unload( wolf_library_p library );
  * @param buf       the buffer which will hold the error message
  * @param buflen    the size of the buffer
  *
- * @returns         a pointer to buf for convenience
+ * @return          a pointer to buf for convenience
  */
 char *wolf_library_errmsg( const wolf_error_t error, const wolf_library_p library, char *buf, size_t buflen );
 
+/**
+ * Gets a symbol (usually a function) from the library object. It has to be
+ * casted properly to the function you are expecting to call.
+ *
+ * @param library   the library object
+ * @param name      name of the symbol to retrieve
+ * @param error     WOLF_OK if the symbol could be loaded
+ *
+ * @return          a pointer to the retrieved symbol
+ */
+void *wolf_library_get( const wolf_library_p library, const char *name, wolf_error_t *error );
+
 /** @} */ /* @addtogroup wolf_library */
 
 #endif /* ifndef WOLF_LOADER_H */