align-of
Summary
Returns the alignment in bytes of a foreign type.
Signature
align-of
type-name
=>
alignment
Arguments
type-name
A foreign type whose alignment is to be determined.
Values
alignment
The alignment of the foreign type
type-name
in bytes.
Description
The function
align-of
returns the alignment in bytes of the foreign language type named by
type-name
.
Example
The following example shows types with various alignments.
(fli:align-of :char)
=>
1
(fli:align-of :int)
=>
4
(fli:align-of :double)
=>
8
(fli:align-of :pointer)
=>
4
LispWorks Foreign Language Interface User Guide and Reference Manual - 27 Mar 2005