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docs for require-c-type-arrays, <c-type-array>, <c-type-direct-array>

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Joe Groff 2009-08-25 18:51:56 -05:00
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basis/alien/arrays/arrays-docs.factor
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@ -4,4 +4,9 @@ USING: help.syntax help.markup byte-arrays alien.c-types ;
ARTICLE: "c-arrays" "C arrays"
"C arrays are allocated in the same manner as other C data; see " { $link "c-byte-arrays" } " and " { $link "malloc" } "."
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"C type specifiers for array types are documented in " { $link "c-types-specs" } "." ;
"C type specifiers for array types are documented in " { $link "c-types-specs" } "."
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"Specialized sequences are provided for accessing memory as an array of primitive type values. These sequences are implemented in the " { $vocab-link "specialized-arrays" } " and " { $vocab-link "specialized-arrays.direct" } " vocabulary sets. They can also be loaded and constructed through their primitive C types:"
{ $subsection require-c-type-arrays }
{ $subsection <c-type-array> }
{ $subsection <c-type-direct-array> } ;

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basis/alien/c-types/c-types-docs.factor
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IN: alien.c-types
USING: alien help.syntax help.markup libc kernel.private
byte-arrays math strings hashtables alien.syntax alien.strings sequences
io.encodings.string debugger destructors ;
io.encodings.string debugger destructors vocabs.loader ;
HELP: <c-type>
{ $values { "type" hashtable } }
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}
} ;
HELP: require-c-type-arrays
{ $values { "c-type" "a C type" } }
{ $description { $link require } "s any unloaded vocabularies needed to construct a specialized array or direct array of " { $snippet "c-type" } " using the " { $link <c-type-array> } " or " { $link <c-type-direct-array> } " vocabularies." }
{ $notes "This word must be called inside a compilation unit. See the " { $vocab-link "specialized-arrays" } " and " { $vocab-link "specialized-arrays.direct" } " vocabulary sets for details on the underlying sequence types loaded." } ;
HELP: <c-type-array>
{ $values { "len" integer } { "c-type" "a C type" } { "array" "a specialized array" } }
{ $description "Constructs a new specialized array of length " { $snippet "len" } " and element type " { $snippet "c-type" } "." }
{ $notes "The appropriate specialized array vocabulary must be loaded; otherwise, a " { $link specialized-array-vocab-not-loaded } " error will be thrown. The vocabulary can be loaded with a " { $link POSTPONE: USING: } " form as usual, or with the " { $link require-c-type-arrays } " word. See the " { $vocab-link "specialized-arrays" } " vocabulary set for details on the underlying sequence type constructed." } ;
HELP: <c-type-direct-array>
{ $values { "alien" c-ptr } { "len" integer } { "c-type" "a C type" } { "array" "a specialized direct array" } }
{ $description "Constructs a new specialized array of length " { $snippet "len" } " and element type " { $snippet "c-type" } " over the range of memory referenced by " { $snippet "alien" } "." }
{ $notes "The appropriate direct specialized array vocabulary must be loaded; otherwise, a " { $link specialized-array-vocab-not-loaded } " error will be thrown. The vocabulary can be loaded with a " { $link POSTPONE: USING: } " form as usual, or with the " { $link require-c-type-arrays } " word. See the " { $vocab-link "specialized-arrays.direct" } " vocabulary set for details on the underlying sequence type constructed." } ;
ARTICLE: "c-strings" "C strings"
"C string types are arrays with shape " { $snippet "{ \"char*\" encoding }" } ", where " { $snippet "encoding" } " is an encoding descriptor. The type " { $snippet "\"char*\"" } " is an alias for " { $snippet "{ \"char*\" utf8 }" } ". See " { $link "encodings-descriptors" } " for information about encoding descriptors."
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