    # File lib/ffi/library.rb, line 41
        def ffi_lib(*names)

          ffi_libs = names.map do |name|
            if name == FFI::CURRENT_PROCESS
              FFI::DynamicLibrary.open(nil, FFI::DynamicLibrary::RTLD_LAZY | FFI::DynamicLibrary::RTLD_LOCAL)
            else
              libnames = (name.is_a?(::Array) ? name : [ name ]).map { |n| [ n, FFI.map_library_name(n) ].uniq }.flatten.compact
              lib = nil
              errors = {}

              libnames.each do |libname|
                begin
                  lib = FFI::DynamicLibrary.open(libname, FFI::DynamicLibrary::RTLD_LAZY | FFI::DynamicLibrary::RTLD_LOCAL)
                  break if lib
                rescue Exception => ex
                  errors[libname] = ex
                end
              end

              if lib.nil?
                raise LoadError.new(errors.values.join('. '))
              end

              # return the found lib
              lib
            end
          end

          @ffi_libs = ffi_libs
        end