FLI type descriptor

Summary

Converts between Lisp structures and foreign language arrays.

Package

fli

Syntax

:foreign-array type dimensions

Arguments

type

The type of the elements of the array.

dimensions

A list containing the dimensions of the array.

Description

The FLI :foreign-array converts between Lisp structures and foreign language arrays. It creates an array with the dimensions specified in dimensions , of elements of the type specified by type .

Example

The following code defines a 3 by 4 foreign array with elements of type :byte .

(setq farray (fli:allocate-foreign-object

             :type '(:foreign-array :byte (3 4)))

See also

:c-array
foreign-aref
foreign-array-pointer