Defines a C-style FLI pointer to an object of a specified type.
keyword
:pointer type
:ptr type
| type⇩ |
The type of FLI object pointed to by the pointer. |
The FLI type :pointer is part of the FLI implementation of pointers. It defines a C-style pointer to an object of type. Passing nil instead of a pointer is treated the same as passing a null pointer (that is, a pointer to address 0).
:ptr is a synonym for :pointer.
For more details on pointers, including examples on pointer coercion, dereferencing, making, and copying see 3 FLI Pointers.
copy-pointer
dereference
make-pointer
*null-pointer*
2.1.6 Pointer types
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