diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf6c326..7e9b02b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ bazel-spirv-reflect
 bazel-SPIRV-Reflect
 bazel-testlogs
 /.vs
-/.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+/.vscode
+
+# CLion-specific:
+/.idea
+/cmake-build*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e0181c1..725cfdb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 project(spirv-reflect)
 
+OPTION(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS            "Build shared library" OFF)
 OPTION(SPIRV_REFLECT_EXECUTABLE     "Build spirv-reflect executable" ON)
 
 OPTION(SPIRV_REFLECT_STATIC_LIB     "Build a SPIRV-Reflect static library" OFF)
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ OPTION(SPIRV_REFLECT_ENABLE_ASAN    "Use address sanitization" OFF)
 set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")
 
 if (SPIRV_REFLECT_ENABLE_ASAN)
     add_compile_options(-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ if (SPIRV_REFLECT_ENABLE_ASAN)
 endif()
 
 if (SPIRV_REFLECT_EXECUTABLE)
+    set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")
+
     # ==========================================================================
     # Compile spirv_reflect.c as C
     # ==========================================================================
@@ -118,3 +120,18 @@ if(SPIRV_REFLECT_STATIC_LIB)
             ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
 endif()
 
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    add_library(spirv-reflect SHARED ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spirv_reflect.h
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spirv_reflect.c)
+
+    target_include_directories(spirv-reflect
+            PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+
+    target_compile_definitions(spirv-reflect PUBLIC SPIRV_REFLECT_SHARED)
+    target_compile_options(spirv-reflect PRIVATE
+            $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>:-fvisibility=hidden>)
+
+    install(TARGETS spirv-reflect
+            LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+            ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+endif ()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f7e82b..5e6e80c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,26 @@ If the project wants to use it's own SPIRV-Header path, it can set `SPIRV_REFLEC
 target_compile_definitions(project_name PUBLIC SPIRV_REFLECT_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_H)
 ```
 
+### Building a shared library
+
+To facilitate integration into managed languages with FFI support (such as Java and Python), 
+this project could be built as a shared library. This mode is controlled by the `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`
+CMake option:
+
+```shell
+mkdir build && cd build
+cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DSPIRV_REFLECT_EXECUTABLE=OFF ..
+make
+``` 
+
+Please note that shared library mode is not intended for anything else but this. **Especially** it 
+is not intended for the regular use case of the shared libraries: packaging and shipping a single 
+global library for all applications in the system. Header files of SPIRV-Reflect expose several C 
+structures that you are supposed to allocate by yourself without any way of communicating the 
+actual runtime structure size. Therefore, you must treat the resulting artifact in the same way 
+you are dealing with static libraries: runtime library version must **exactly** match the version 
+of `spirv_reflect.h` file you used to  compile your app or generate its FFI bindings.
+
 ## Building Samples
 
 **This step is only necessary when building/running SPIRV-Reflect's example applications.**
diff --git a/spirv_reflect.c b/spirv_reflect.c
index efb1149..a7c1c6b 100644
--- a/spirv_reflect.c
+++ b/spirv_reflect.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  limitations under the License.
 */
 
+#define SPIRV_REFLECT_IMPLEMENTATION  // turn dllimports into dllexports
 #include "spirv_reflect.h"
 
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/spirv_reflect.h b/spirv_reflect.h
index 9a42f14..dac4587 100644
--- a/spirv_reflect.h
+++ b/spirv_reflect.h
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ VERSION HISTORY
   #define SPV_REFLECT_DEPRECATED(msg_str)
 #endif
 
+#if defined(SPIRV_REFLECT_SHARED)
+  #if defined(_WIN32)
+    #if defined(SPIRV_REFLECT_IMPLEMENTATION)
+      #define SPV_REFLECT_API   __declspec(dllexport)
+    #elif defined(SPIRV_REFLECT_SHARED)
+      #define SPV_REFLECT_API   __declspec(dllimport)
+    #endif
+  #else
+    #define SPV_REFLECT_API     __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+  #endif
+#else
+  #define SPV_REFLECT_API
+#endif
+
 /*! @enum SpvReflectResult
 
 */
@@ -633,6 +647,7 @@ extern "C" {
  @return           SPV_REFLECT_RESULT_SUCCESS on success.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectCreateShaderModule(
   size_t                   size,
   const void*              p_code,
@@ -648,6 +663,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectCreateShaderModule(
  @return           SPV_REFLECT_RESULT_SUCCESS on success.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectCreateShaderModule2(
   SpvReflectModuleFlags    flags,
   size_t                   size,
@@ -656,6 +672,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectCreateShaderModule2(
 );
 
 SPV_REFLECT_DEPRECATED("renamed to spvReflectCreateShaderModule")
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectGetShaderModule(
   size_t                   size,
   const void*              p_code,
@@ -668,7 +685,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectGetShaderModule(
  @param  p_module  Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
 
 */
-void spvReflectDestroyShaderModule(SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
+SPV_REFLECT_API void spvReflectDestroyShaderModule(SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
 
 
 /*! @fn spvReflectGetCodeSize
@@ -677,7 +694,7 @@ void spvReflectDestroyShaderModule(SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
  @return           Returns the size of the SPIR-V in bytes
 
 */
-uint32_t spvReflectGetCodeSize(const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
+SPV_REFLECT_API uint32_t spvReflectGetCodeSize(const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
 
 
 /*! @fn spvReflectGetCode
@@ -686,7 +703,7 @@ uint32_t spvReflectGetCodeSize(const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
  @return           Returns a const pointer to the compiled SPIR-V bytecode.
 
 */
-const uint32_t* spvReflectGetCode(const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
+SPV_REFLECT_API const uint32_t* spvReflectGetCode(const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
 
 /*! @fn spvReflectGetEntryPoint
 
@@ -695,6 +712,7 @@ const uint32_t* spvReflectGetCode(const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module);
  @return              Returns a const pointer to the requested entry point,
                       or NULL if it's not found.
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectEntryPoint* spvReflectGetEntryPoint(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point
@@ -718,6 +736,7 @@ const SpvReflectEntryPoint* spvReflectGetEntryPoint(
                       failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateDescriptorBindings(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   uint32_t*                      p_count,
@@ -744,6 +763,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateDescriptorBindings(
                       failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointDescriptorBindings(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -769,6 +789,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointDescriptorBindings(
                    failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateDescriptorSets(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t*                     p_count,
@@ -795,6 +816,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateDescriptorSets(
                      failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointDescriptorSets(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -822,6 +844,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointDescriptorSets(
                        failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateInterfaceVariables(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t*                     p_count,
@@ -847,6 +870,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateInterfaceVariables(
                        failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointInterfaceVariables(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -874,6 +898,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointInterfaceVariables(
                        failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateInputVariables(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t*                     p_count,
@@ -899,6 +924,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateInputVariables(
                        failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointInputVariables(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -926,6 +952,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointInputVariables(
                        failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateOutputVariables(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t*                     p_count,
@@ -951,6 +978,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateOutputVariables(
                        failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointOutputVariables(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -979,12 +1007,14 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointOutputVariables(
                     failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumeratePushConstantBlocks(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t*                     p_count,
   SpvReflectBlockVariable**     pp_blocks
 );
 SPV_REFLECT_DEPRECATED("renamed to spvReflectEnumeratePushConstantBlocks")
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumeratePushConstants(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t*                     p_count,
@@ -1011,6 +1041,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumeratePushConstants(
                     failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointPushConstantBlocks(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -1032,6 +1063,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateEntryPointPushConstantBlocks(
  @return               If successful, returns SPV_REFLECT_RESULT_SUCCESS.
                        Otherwise, the error code indicates the cause of the failure.
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateSpecializationConstants(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*      p_module,
   uint32_t*                          p_count,
@@ -1060,6 +1092,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectEnumerateSpecializationConstants(
                          no guarantees about which binding will be returned.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectDescriptorBinding* spvReflectGetDescriptorBinding(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t                      binding_number,
@@ -1092,7 +1125,7 @@ const SpvReflectDescriptorBinding* spvReflectGetDescriptorBinding(
                          no guarantees about which binding will be returned.
 
 */
-const SpvReflectDescriptorBinding* spvReflectGetEntryPointDescriptorBinding(
+SPV_REFLECT_API const SpvReflectDescriptorBinding* spvReflectGetEntryPointDescriptorBinding(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
   uint32_t                      binding_number,
@@ -1117,6 +1150,7 @@ const SpvReflectDescriptorBinding* spvReflectGetEntryPointDescriptorBinding(
                      error results are written to *pResult.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectDescriptorSet* spvReflectGetDescriptorSet(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t                      set_number,
@@ -1140,6 +1174,7 @@ const SpvReflectDescriptorSet* spvReflectGetDescriptorSet(
                      error results are written to *pResult.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectDescriptorSet* spvReflectGetEntryPointDescriptorSet(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -1148,7 +1183,7 @@ const SpvReflectDescriptorSet* spvReflectGetEntryPointDescriptorSet(
 );
 
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetInputVariableByLocation
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetInputVariableByLocation
 
  @param  p_module  Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  location  The "location" value of the requested input variable.
@@ -1168,19 +1203,21 @@ const SpvReflectDescriptorSet* spvReflectGetEntryPointDescriptorSet(
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetInputVariableByLocation(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t                      location,
   SpvReflectResult*             p_result
 );
 SPV_REFLECT_DEPRECATED("renamed to spvReflectGetInputVariableByLocation")
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetInputVariable(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   uint32_t                      location,
   SpvReflectResult*             p_result
 );
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableByLocation
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableByLocation
 
  @param  p_module    Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  entry_point The entry point to get the input variable from.
@@ -1201,6 +1238,7 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetInputVariable(
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableByLocation(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -1208,7 +1246,7 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableByLocatio
   SpvReflectResult*             p_result
 );
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetInputVariableBySemantic
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetInputVariableBySemantic
 
  @param  p_module  Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  semantic  The "semantic" value of the requested input variable.
@@ -1229,13 +1267,14 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableByLocatio
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetInputVariableBySemantic(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   semantic,
   SpvReflectResult*             p_result
 );
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableBySemantic
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableBySemantic
 
  @param  p_module  Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  entry_point The entry point to get the input variable from.
@@ -1257,6 +1296,7 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetInputVariableBySemantic(
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableBySemantic(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule* p_module,
   const char*                   entry_point,
@@ -1264,7 +1304,7 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableBySemanti
   SpvReflectResult*             p_result
 );
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetOutputVariableByLocation
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetOutputVariableByLocation
 
  @param  p_module  Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  location  The "location" value of the requested output variable.
@@ -1284,19 +1324,21 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointInputVariableBySemanti
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetOutputVariableByLocation(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   uint32_t                       location,
   SpvReflectResult*              p_result
 );
 SPV_REFLECT_DEPRECATED("renamed to spvReflectGetOutputVariableByLocation")
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetOutputVariable(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   uint32_t                       location,
   SpvReflectResult*              p_result
 );
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableByLocation
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableByLocation
 
  @param  p_module     Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  entry_point  The entry point to get the output variable from.
@@ -1317,6 +1359,7 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetOutputVariable(
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableByLocation(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   const char*                    entry_point,
@@ -1324,7 +1367,7 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableByLocati
   SpvReflectResult*              p_result
 );
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetOutputVariableBySemantic
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetOutputVariableBySemantic
 
  @param  p_module  Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  semantic  The "semantic" value of the requested output variable.
@@ -1345,13 +1388,14 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableByLocati
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetOutputVariableBySemantic(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   const char*                    semantic,
   SpvReflectResult*              p_result
 );
 
-/* @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableBySemantic
+/*! @fn spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableBySemantic
 
  @param  p_module  Pointer to an instance of SpvReflectShaderModule.
  @param  entry_point  The entry point to get the output variable from.
@@ -1373,6 +1417,7 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetOutputVariableBySemantic(
 @note
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableBySemantic(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   const char*                    entry_point,
@@ -1397,12 +1442,14 @@ const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointOutputVariableBySemant
                    error results are written to *pResult.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectBlockVariable* spvReflectGetPushConstantBlock(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   uint32_t                       index,
   SpvReflectResult*              p_result
 );
 SPV_REFLECT_DEPRECATED("renamed to spvReflectGetPushConstantBlock")
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectBlockVariable* spvReflectGetPushConstant(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   uint32_t                       index,
@@ -1428,6 +1475,7 @@ const SpvReflectBlockVariable* spvReflectGetPushConstant(
                       error results are written to *pResult.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 const SpvReflectBlockVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointPushConstantBlock(
   const SpvReflectShaderModule*  p_module,
   const char*                    entry_point,
@@ -1458,6 +1506,7 @@ const SpvReflectBlockVariable* spvReflectGetEntryPointPushConstantBlock(
                              Otherwise, the error code indicates the cause of
                              the failure.
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeDescriptorBindingNumbers(
   SpvReflectShaderModule*            p_module,
   const SpvReflectDescriptorBinding* p_binding,
@@ -1465,6 +1514,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeDescriptorBindingNumbers(
   uint32_t                           new_set_number
 );
 SPV_REFLECT_DEPRECATED("Renamed to spvReflectChangeDescriptorBindingNumbers")
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeDescriptorBindingNumber(
   SpvReflectShaderModule*            p_module,
   const SpvReflectDescriptorBinding* p_descriptor_binding,
@@ -1494,6 +1544,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeDescriptorBindingNumber(
                          Otherwise, the error code indicates the cause of
                          the failure.
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeDescriptorSetNumber(
   SpvReflectShaderModule*        p_module,
   const SpvReflectDescriptorSet* p_set,
@@ -1517,6 +1568,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeDescriptorSetNumber(
                            the failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeInputVariableLocation(
   SpvReflectShaderModule*            p_module,
   const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable* p_input_variable,
@@ -1541,6 +1593,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeInputVariableLocation(
                            the failure.
 
 */
+SPV_REFLECT_API
 SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeOutputVariableLocation(
   SpvReflectShaderModule*             p_module,
   const SpvReflectInterfaceVariable*  p_output_variable,
@@ -1554,7 +1607,7 @@ SpvReflectResult spvReflectChangeOutputVariableLocation(
  @return Returns string of source language specified in \a source_lang.
          The caller must not free the memory associated with this string.
 */
-const char* spvReflectSourceLanguage(SpvSourceLanguage source_lang);
+SPV_REFLECT_API const char* spvReflectSourceLanguage(SpvSourceLanguage source_lang);
 
 /*! @fn spvReflectBlockVariableTypeName
 
@@ -1562,7 +1615,7 @@ const char* spvReflectSourceLanguage(SpvSourceLanguage source_lang);
  @return Returns string of block variable's type description type name
          or NULL if p_var is NULL.
 */
-const char* spvReflectBlockVariableTypeName(
+SPV_REFLECT_API const char* spvReflectBlockVariableTypeName(
   const SpvReflectBlockVariable* p_var
 );