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foreign-type-alignment

Syntax

— Function: foreign-type-alignment type ⇒ alignment

Arguments and Values

type: A foreign type.
alignment: An integer.

Description

The function foreign-type-alignment returns the alignment of type in bytes.

Examples

    CFFI> (foreign-type-alignment :char)
    ⇒ 1
    CFFI> (foreign-type-alignment :short)
    ⇒ 2
    CFFI> (foreign-type-alignment :int)
    ⇒ 4

    (defcstruct foo
      (a :char))
    
    CFFI> (foreign-type-alignment '(:struct foo))
    ⇒ 1

See Also

foreign-type-size