lookup-c-type ( name -- c-type )
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Vocabulary
alien.c-types

Inputs

name	a c-type-name

Outputs

c-type

a c-type

Word description
Looks up a C type by name.

Errors
Throws a no-c-type error if the type does not exist, or the word is not a C type.

Definition

IN: alien.c-types

GENERIC: lookup-c-type ( name -- c-type ) foldable flushable

Methods

USING: alien.c-types arrays ;

M: array lookup-c-type ;


USING: accessors alien.c-types alien.c-types.private kernel ;

M: pointer lookup-c-type
    [ \ void* lookup-c-type ] dip
    to>> dup primitive-pointer-type?
    [ drop ] [ (pointer-c-type) ] if ;


USING: alien.arrays alien.c-types ;

M: string-type lookup-c-type ;


USING: alien.c-types classes.struct ;

M: struct-c-type lookup-c-type ;


USING: alien.c-types kernel words ;

M: word lookup-c-type
    [ "c-type" word-prop resolve-typedef ] [ no-c-type ] ?unless
    ;