Vocabulary
classes.struct

Inputs and outputs

class	a class
struct	a struct

Word description
Allocates unmanaged C heap memory for a new struct of the specified class. The new struct's slots are left uninitialized; to initialize the allocated memory with the slots' initial values, use malloc-struct. The struct should be freed when it is no longer needed.

See also
(struct)

Definition

USING: alien.c-types kernel libc ;

IN: classes.struct

: (malloc-struct) ( class -- struct )
[ heap-size malloc ] keep memory>struct ; inline