The FLI :const
type corresponds to the C const
type qualifier. The behavior of a :const
is exactly the same as the behavior of its type, and it is only included to ease the readability of FLI code and for naming conventions.
In the following example a constant is allocated and set equal to 3.141.
(setq pi1 (fli:allocate-foreign-object
:type '(:const :float)))
(setf (fli:dereference pi1) 3.141))
LispWorks Foreign Language Interface User Guide and Reference Manual - 16 Feb 2015