6 Type Reference

:foreign-array

FLI type descriptor

Summary

Converts between Lisp structures and foreign language arrays.

Package

fli

Syntax

:foreign-array type dimensions

Arguments

type: The type of the elements of the array.
dimensions: A list containing the dimensions of the array.

Description

The FLI:foreign-array converts between Lisp structures and foreign language arrays. It creates an array with the dimensions specified in dimensions, of elements of the type specified by type.

Example

The following code defines a 3 by 4 foreign array with elements of type:byte.

(setq farray (fli:allocate-foreign-object
             :type '(:foreign-array :byte (3 4)))

See Also
: :c-array
: foreign-aref
: foreign-array-pointer