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| − | {{notice|This is '''NOT''' recommended for ''anyone'' to use. It will break at any time. The only non-breaking conversion between love objects and FFI data is via [[Data:getPointer]], which you can cast to a FFI pointer via ffi.cast.}}
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| − | This page leads to conversion between löve objects and FFI (Foreign Function Interface) structures.
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| − | * If you don't know what FFI is, check http://luajit.org/ext_ffi.html
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| − | * Download the code from here http://pastebin.com/Ad9dPKiZ
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| − | Love objects in lua are always stored in a userdata object (Proxy) that contains the object itself and a type identifier.
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| − | * Check the line 99 to see the structure of the Proxy object
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| − | == Functions ==
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| − | <i>cdata</i> Object, <i>number</i> Type, <i>string</i> TypeName = <b>love.ffi</b>(<i>Object</i> Object)<br>
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| − | Description: This function converts a love object into a FFI cdata object. It returns the object itself (not the Proxy object), it's type and type name.
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| − | <i>Object</i> Object = <b>love.fromffi</b>(<i>cdata</i> Object, <i>number</i> Type, <i>string</i> TypeName)<br>
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| − | Description: This function converts a FFI cdata object into a Proxy userdata object, it is required to give the type name to assign the metatable to the userdata object, and the type id for the Proxy object.
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