allocate-fobject

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Function

Package: FOREIGN-FUNCTIONS

Arguments: (type &optional allocation size)

Allocate an object of the given type in heap described by the allocation argument. If the size argument is given, then it is the minimum size (in bytes) of the data portion of the object that will be allocated. The valid allocation argument values are as follows (default is :foreign). type should be a type defined with def-foreign-type.

See foreign_functions.htm for general information on foreign functions in Allegro CL. See ftype.htm for information on foreign types.

The general documentation description is in introduction.htm. The index is in index.htm.

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