foreignPointerArrayType -- construct a foreign pointer array type

Usage:

foreignArrayType(name, T)

foreignArrayType T
Inputs:
- name, a string,
- T, a foreign type,
Outputs:
- a foreign array type,

Description

To construct a foreign array pointer type, specify a name and the type of the elements of each array. This type must necessarily be some kind of pointer type.

i1 : foreignPointerArrayType("myPointerArray", 3 * int)

o1 = myPointerArray

o1 : ForeignPointerArrayType

If the name is omitted, then a default one is chosen by taking the name of the type of the elements and appending a star.

i2 : foreignPointerArrayType(3 * int)

o2 = int32[3]*

o2 : ForeignPointerArrayType

Ways to use foreignPointerArrayType:

foreignPointerArrayType(ForeignType)
foreignPointerArrayType(String,ForeignType)

For the programmer

The object foreignPointerArrayType is a method function.

The source of this document is in ForeignFunctions.m2:1346:0.