Class Foreign-Type-Alias [Tinaa]

Class Foreign-Type-Alias

A type that aliases another type.

Part of:

package cffi, class foreign-typedef, class foreign-enum, class foreign-bitfield, class foreign-type

Direct Superclass

foreign-type	Contains information about a basic foreign type.

Direct Subclass

foreign-bitfield	Describes a foreign bitfield type.
foreign-enum	Describes a foreign enumerated type.
foreign-typedef

Slot

actual-type	Initargs::actual-type; Accessors:actual-type.
name	Initform:(gensym anonymous-cffi-type), Initargs::name; Accessors:name.
translate-p	Initform:t, Initargs::translate-p; Accessors:translate-p.

Direct Method

aggregatep	Return true if FOREIGN-TYPE is an aggregate type.
canonicalize	Return the built-in foreign type for FOREIGN-TYPE. Signals an error if FOREIGN-TYPE is undefined.
foreign-type-alignment	Return the structure alignment in bytes of a foreign type.
foreign-type-size	Return the size in bytes of a foreign type.

Other Method

translate-p	Return true if type translators should run on FOREIGN-TYPE.
unparse	Unparse FOREIGN-TYPE to a type specification (symbol or list).