Re: Assorted C-FFI goodies

To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Assorted C-FFI goodies
From: Nolan Darilek <nolan@ethereal.dhis.org>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 18:30:02 -0400 (EDT)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas
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Xref: traf.lcs.mit.edu comp.lang.dylan:11973

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Double <chris@double.co.nz> writes:

    Chris> In the Functional Developer help, C-FFI and Win32
    Chris> Reference, section 1.9, Utility Designator classes:

    Chris> clear-memory!(pointer, size) => ()
    Chris> copy-bytes!(destination-pointer, source-pointer, size) =>
    Chris> () copy-into!(destination-pointer, source-pointer, size) =>
    Chris> () equal-memory?(ptr1, ptr2, size) => <boolean>

Interesting. The documentation refers to <pointer> types, but all I
can see in GD is a <raw-pointer>:

define functional class <raw-pointer> (<object>)
  sealed slot value :: <raw-pointer>, required-init-keyword: value:;
end;

Is this the same thing? Or, is it actually refering to a <C-pointer>?

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Assorted C-FFI goodies

From: Nolan Darilek <nolan@ethereal.dhis.org>

Re: Assorted C-FFI goodies

From: Chris Double <chris@double.co.nz>