alien-value ( c-type -- quot: ( c-ptr offset -- value ) )

Vocabulary

alien.c-types

Inputs

c-type

a c-type-name

Outputs

None

Word description

Loads a value at a byte offset from a base C pointer.

Errors

Throws a no-c-type error if the type does not exist.

Definition

USING: kernel sequences ;

IN: alien.c-types

MACRO: alien-value
    ( c-type -- quot: ( c-ptr offset -- value ) )
    [ c-type-getter ] [ c-type-boxer-quot ] bi append ;