>c-array ( seq c-type -- array )

Vocabulary

alien.data

Inputs

seq	a sequence
c-type	a C type

Outputs

array

a byte-array

Word description

Outputs a freshly allocated byte-array whose elements are C type values from the given sequence.

Notes

The appropriate specialized array vocabulary must be loaded; otherwise, an error will be thrown. See the specialized-arrays vocabulary for details on the underlying sequence type constructed.

Errors

Throws an error if the type does not exist, the necessary specialized array vocabulary is not loaded, or the requested size is negative.

Examples

USING: alien.c-types alien.data prettyprint ; { 1.0 2.0 3.0 } alien.c-types:float >c-array .
float-array{ 1.0 2.0 3.0 }

Definition

IN: alien.data

GENERIC: >c-array ( seq c-type -- array )

Methods

USING: alien.c-types alien.data kernel ;

M: pointer >c-array drop void* >c-array ;


USING: alien.data kernel sequences words ;

M: word >c-array c-array-type new clone-like ; inline