@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import ctypes
+import functools
 from ctypes import (
     c_bool,
     c_char_p,
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
     Structure,
 )
 import pathlib
-from typing import List, Union, NewType, Optional
+from typing import List, Union, NewType, Optional, TypeVar, Callable, Any
 
 import llama_cpp.llama_cpp as llama_cpp
 
@@ -76,6 +77,31 @@ def _load_shared_library(lib_base_name: str):
 # Load the library
 _libllava = _load_shared_library(_libllava_base_name)
 
+# ctypes helper
+
+F = TypeVar("F", bound=Callable[..., Any])
+
+def ctypes_function_for_shared_library(lib: ctypes.CDLL):
+    def ctypes_function(
+        name: str, argtypes: List[Any], restype: Any, enabled: bool = True
+    ):
+        def decorator(f: F) -> F:
+            if enabled:
+                func = getattr(lib, name)
+                func.argtypes = argtypes
+                func.restype = restype
+                functools.wraps(f)(func)
+                return func
+            else:
+                return f
+
+        return decorator
+
+    return ctypes_function
+
+
+ctypes_function = ctypes_function_for_shared_library(_libllava)
+
 
 ################################################
 # llava.h
@@ -97,49 +123,35 @@ class llava_image_embed(Structure):
 
 # /** sanity check for clip <-> llava embed size match */
 # LLAVA_API bool llava_validate_embed_size(const llama_context * ctx_llama, const clip_ctx * ctx_clip);
+@ctypes_function("llava_validate_embed_size", [llama_cpp.llama_context_p_ctypes, clip_ctx_p_ctypes], c_bool)
 def llava_validate_embed_size(ctx_llama: llama_cpp.llama_context_p, ctx_clip: clip_ctx_p, /) -> bool:
     ...
 
-llava_validate_embed_size = _libllava.llava_validate_embed_size
-llava_validate_embed_size.argtypes = [llama_cpp.llama_context_p_ctypes, clip_ctx_p_ctypes]
-llava_validate_embed_size.restype = c_bool
 
 # /** build an image embed from image file bytes */
 # LLAVA_API struct llava_image_embed * llava_image_embed_make_with_bytes(struct clip_ctx * ctx_clip, int n_threads, const unsigned char * image_bytes, int image_bytes_length);
+@ctypes_function("llava_image_embed_make_with_bytes", [clip_ctx_p_ctypes, c_int, POINTER(c_uint8), c_int], POINTER(llava_image_embed))
 def llava_image_embed_make_with_bytes(ctx_clip: clip_ctx_p, n_threads: Union[c_int, int], image_bytes: bytes, image_bytes_length: Union[c_int, int], /) -> "_Pointer[llava_image_embed]":
     ...
 
-llava_image_embed_make_with_bytes = _libllava.llava_image_embed_make_with_bytes
-llava_image_embed_make_with_bytes.argtypes = [clip_ctx_p_ctypes, c_int, POINTER(c_uint8), c_int]
-llava_image_embed_make_with_bytes.restype = POINTER(llava_image_embed)
-
 # /** build an image embed from a path to an image filename */
 # LLAVA_API struct llava_image_embed * llava_image_embed_make_with_filename(struct clip_ctx * ctx_clip, int n_threads, const char * image_path);
+@ctypes_function("llava_image_embed_make_with_filename", [clip_ctx_p_ctypes, c_int, c_char_p], POINTER(llava_image_embed))
 def llava_image_embed_make_with_filename(ctx_clip: clip_ctx_p, n_threads: Union[c_int, int], image_path: bytes, /) -> "_Pointer[llava_image_embed]":
     ...
 
-llava_image_embed_make_with_filename = _libllava.llava_image_embed_make_with_filename
-llava_image_embed_make_with_filename.argtypes = [clip_ctx_p_ctypes, c_int, c_char_p]
-llava_image_embed_make_with_filename.restype = POINTER(llava_image_embed)
-
 # LLAVA_API void llava_image_embed_free(struct llava_image_embed * embed);
 # /** free an embedding made with llava_image_embed_make_* */
+@ctypes_function("llava_image_embed_free", [POINTER(llava_image_embed)], None)
 def llava_image_embed_free(embed: "_Pointer[llava_image_embed]", /):
     ...
 
-llava_image_embed_free = _libllava.llava_image_embed_free
-llava_image_embed_free.argtypes = [POINTER(llava_image_embed)]
-llava_image_embed_free.restype = None
-
 # /** write the image represented by embed into the llama context with batch size n_batch, starting at context pos n_past. on completion, n_past points to the next position in the context after the image embed. */
 # LLAVA_API bool llava_eval_image_embed(struct llama_context * ctx_llama, const struct llava_image_embed * embed, int n_batch, int * n_past);
+@ctypes_function("llava_eval_image_embed", [llama_cpp.llama_context_p_ctypes, POINTER(llava_image_embed), c_int, POINTER(c_int)], c_bool)
 def llava_eval_image_embed(ctx_llama: llama_cpp.llama_context_p, embed: "_Pointer[llava_image_embed]", n_batch: Union[c_int, int], n_past: "_Pointer[c_int]", /) -> bool:
     ...
 
-llava_eval_image_embed = _libllava.llava_eval_image_embed
-llava_eval_image_embed.argtypes = [llama_cpp.llama_context_p_ctypes, POINTER(llava_image_embed), c_int, POINTER(c_int)]
-llava_eval_image_embed.restype = c_bool
-
 
 ################################################
 # clip.h
@@ -148,18 +160,12 @@ def llava_eval_image_embed(ctx_llama: llama_cpp.llama_context_p, embed: "_Pointe
 
 # /** load mmproj model */
 # CLIP_API struct clip_ctx * clip_model_load    (const char * fname, int verbosity);
+@ctypes_function("clip_model_load", [c_char_p, c_int], clip_ctx_p_ctypes)
 def clip_model_load(fname: bytes, verbosity: Union[c_int, int], /) -> Optional[clip_ctx_p]:
     ...
 
-clip_model_load = _libllava.clip_model_load
-clip_model_load.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_int]
-clip_model_load.restype = clip_ctx_p_ctypes
-
 # /** free mmproj model */
 # CLIP_API void clip_free(struct clip_ctx * ctx);
+@ctypes_function("clip_free", [clip_ctx_p_ctypes], None)
 def clip_free(ctx: clip_ctx_p, /):
     ...
-
-clip_free = _libllava.clip_free
-clip_free.argtypes = [clip_ctx_p_ctypes]
-clip_free.restype = None