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ForeignPointerType -- foreign pointer type

Description

This is the class for C pointer types. There is one built-in type, voidstar.

i1 : voidstar

o1 = void*

o1 : ForeignPointerType

Menu

ForeignPointerType Pointer -- cast a Macaulay2 pointer to a foreign pointer
* voidstar = Thing -- assign value to object at address
ForeignType * voidstar -- dereference a voidstar object
getMemory -- allocate memory using the garbage collector

Methods that use a foreign pointer type:

ForeignPointerType Pointer -- cast a Macaulay2 pointer to a foreign pointer

Protected objects of class ForeignPointerType:

voidstar

For the programmer

The object ForeignPointerType is a type, with ancestor classes ForeignType < Type < MutableHashTable < HashTable < Thing.

The source of this document is in ForeignFunctions.m2:1107:0.