direct-head ( seq n -- seq' )
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Vocabulary
specialized-arrays

Inputs
seqa specialized array
nan integer


Outputs
seq'a new specialized array


Word description
Constructs a new specialized array of the same type as seq sharing the same underlying memory as the first n elements of seq. Like head, raises an error if n is out of bounds.

See also
direct-slice, direct-tail, direct-head*, direct-tail*

Definition