[erlang-questions] calling Erlang functions from linked-in driver

[Daniel Goertzen]

Take a look at...

http://www.erlang-factory.com/upload/presentations/377/RickardGreen-NativeInterface.pdf

Native processes are presently not available, but the above pdf may give
you insights about how to design your own system.

Dan.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Motiejus Jakštys <desired.mta@REDACTED>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are looking for a way to call Erlang functions from linked-in port
> driver (or NIF). From documentation I cannot see any way to do it. We
> want to call some Erlang functions from Lua code[1], which is executed
> in linked-in driver (can be re-implemented in NIF).
>
> In C node case this would be simple. However, for this C node is a bit
> overkill (we want erlualib side effects to be as small as possible).
> Linked-in drivers and NIFs are conceptually perfect for it.
>
> Is there a way to call Erlang function from linked-in driver or NIF
> *before* returning the result to emulator?
>
> Thanks,
> Motiejus Jakštys
>
> [1]: https://github.com/Motiejus/erlualib
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