[erlang-questions] More NIF on github

[Sverker Eriksson]

Now improved... to actually work:

I wrote:
> Some new NIF features pre-released on http://github.com/erlang/otp 
> (branch ccase/r13b04_dev):
>
> INCOMPATIBLE changes:
>
> *  Function prototypes of all NIFs changed to argc-argv style:
>
>    ERL_NIF_TERM my_nif(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM 
> argv[])
>
>    The purpose is to allow more than 3 function arguments but it's 
> also turns out to be good for performance.
>    You need to go through all your NIFs and change the function 
> prototype as well as refer to argv[N-1]
>    (for the Nth argument) instead of named argument variables.
>
> * erlang:load_nif has changed return value on failure from {error,A,S} 
> to {error,{A,S}}
>
>
> New API functions:
>
> enif_make_double, enif_get_double
> enif_make_ref, enif_is_ref
> enif_make_existing_atom
> enif_is_atom
> enif_is_identical
> enif_compare
> enif_get_tuple
>
> Read more in erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml.
>
> /Sverker, Erlang/OTP Ericsson
>