-#define wxDL_METHOD_DEFINE( rettype, name, args, shortargs, defret ) \
- typedef rettype (* name ## Type) args ; \
- name ## Type pfn_ ## name; \
+#endif // __WINDOWS__
+
+// the following macros can be used to redirect a whole library to a class and
+// check at run-time if the library is present and contains all required
+// methods
+//
+// notice that they are supposed to be used inside a class which has "m_ok"
+// member variable indicating if the library had been successfully loaded
+
+// helper macros constructing the name of the variable storing the function
+// pointer and the name of its type from the function name
+#define wxDL_METHOD_NAME(name) m_pfn ## name
+#define wxDL_METHOD_TYPE(name) name ## _t
+
+// parameters are:
+// - rettype: return type of the function, e.g. "int"
+// - name: name of the function, e.g. "foo"
+// - args: function signature in parentheses, e.g. "(int x, int y)"
+// - argnames: the names of the parameters in parentheses, e.g. "(x, y)"
+// - defret: the value to return if the library wasn't successfully loaded
+#define wxDL_METHOD_DEFINE( rettype, name, args, argnames, defret ) \
+ typedef rettype (* wxDL_METHOD_TYPE(name)) args ; \
+ wxDL_METHOD_TYPE(name) wxDL_METHOD_NAME(name); \