Function

Summary

Returns the alignment in bytes of a foreign type.

Package

fli

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

See also

allocate-foreign-object
free-foreign-object