alloc-init-object

alloc-init-object Function

Summary

Allocates and initializes a foreign Objective-C object.

Package

objc

Signature

alloc-init-object class => pointer

Arguments

class⇩

A string or Objective-C class pointer.

Values

pointer⇩

A foreign pointer to new Objective-C object.

Description

The function alloc-init-object calls the Objective-C alloc class method for class and then calls the init instance method to return pointer. This is equivalent to doing:

(invoke (invoke class "alloc") "init")