<struct> ( class -- struct )
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Vocabulary
classes.struct

Inputs

class

a class

Outputs

struct

a struct

Word description
Allocates garbage-collected heap memory for a new struct of the specified class. The new struct's slots are initialized with the initial values specified in the struct definition.

See also
<struct-boa>, malloc-struct, memory>struct

Definition

USING: alien alien.c-types byte-arrays classes.struct.private
kernel ;

IN: classes.struct

: <struct> ( class -- struct )
    [ >c-ptr clone ] [ heap-size <byte-array> ] init-struct ;
    inline