6 Type Reference

:pointer

FLI type descriptor

Summary

Defines a C-style FLI pointer to an object of a specified type.

Package

fli

Syntax

:pointer type

Arguments

type: The type of FLI object pointer to by the pointer.

Description

The FLI:pointer type is part of the FLI implementation of pointers. It defines a C-style pointer to an object of type. Passingnil instead of a pointer is treated the same as passing a null pointer (that is, a pointer to address0)

For more details on pointers, including examples on pointer coercion, dereferencing, making, and copying see Chapter 3, "FLI Pointers".

See Also

copy-pointer

dereference

make-pointer