malloc-struct ( class -- struct )
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Vocabulary
classes.struct

Inputs

class

a class

Outputs

struct

a struct

Word description
Allocates unmanaged C heap memory for a new struct of the specified class. The new struct's slots are initialized to their initial values. The struct should be freed when it is no longer needed.

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

Definition

USING: alien alien.c-types alien.data classes.struct.private
kernel libc ;

IN: classes.struct

: malloc-struct ( class -- struct )
    [ >c-ptr malloc-byte-array ] [ 1 swap heap-size calloc ]
    init-struct ; inline