Hi, In practice it is the equivalent, since the ffiCall has a return type and it takes precedence over the ^ of Pharo. Personally, I often add the ^ to ffiCalls that have a return to easy the reading, but the output will be the same.
Esteban On May 10 2021, at 2:12 pm, Tomaž Turk <tomaz.t...@ef.uni-lj.si> wrote: > Dear all, > > Should the method that calls Object>>#ffiCall: and variants always return the > result of this call? For instance, in uFFI book, there is a method abs: > defined as > > FFITutorial class >> abs: n [ > ^ self ffiCall: #( int abs (int n) ) > ] > > > on page 16, however > > FFITutorial >> abs: n [ > self ffiCall: #( int abs (int n) ) > ] > > > on page 52 doesn't have an explicit return ^. The book, however, in most of > the examples uses the explicit return. What is the recommended approach? > > Thanks, > Tomaz
