<ref> ( value c-type -- c-ptr )
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deref ( c-ptr c-type -- value )

Vocabulary
alien.data

Inputs

value	an object
c-type	a C type

Outputs

c-ptr

a c-ptr

Word description
Creates a new byte array to store a Factor object as a C value.

Examples

USING: alien.c-types alien.data prettyprint sequences ; 123 int <ref> length .
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Definition

USING: alien.c-types byte-arrays kernel ;

IN: alien.data

: <ref> ( value c-type -- c-ptr )
    [ heap-size (byte-array) ] keep [ [ 0 ] ] dip
    [ set-alien-value ] curry compose keep ; inline