I thought this is what trampolines are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trampoline_(computing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trampoline_(computing) http://gcc.gnu

I thought this is what trampolines are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trampoline_(computing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trampoline_(computing) http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Nested-Functions.html http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Nested-Functions.html FFcall can be used to do simillar things: http://www.gnu.org/software/libffcall/ http://www.gnu.org/software/libffcall/ It has four subprojects: * avcall - build a C argument list incrementally and call a C function on it. * vacall - C functions called with variable arguments * trampoline - closures as first-class C functions * callback - closures with variable arguments as first-class C functions [update] used outdated link to http://www.haible.de/bruno/packages-ffcall.html http://www.haible.de/bruno/packages-ffcall.html