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foreign-type-size

Syntax

— Function: foreign-type-size type ⇒ size

Arguments and Values

type
A foreign type.
size
An integer.

Description

The function foreign-type-size return the size of type in bytes. This includes any padding within and following the in-memory representation as needed to create an array of type objects.

Examples

  (defcstruct foo
    (a :double)
    (c :char))
   
  CFFI> (foreign-type-size :double)
  => 8
  CFFI> (foreign-type-size :char)
  => 1
  CFFI> (foreign-type-size 'foo)
  => 16

See Also

foreign-type-alignment