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ForeignFunctions :: address

address -- pointer to type or object

Synopsis

Usage:

address x
Inputs:
- x, a foreign type or a foreign object,
Outputs:
- a pointer,

Description

If x is a foreign type, then this returns the address to the ffi_type struct used by libffi to identify the type.

i1 : address int

o1 = 0x556df35f87c0

o1 : Pointer

If x is a foreign object, then this returns the address to the object. It behaves like the & "address-of" operator in C.

i2 : address int 5

o2 = 0x7fe9df664b60

o2 : Pointer

Ways to use `address` :

"address(ForeignObject)"
"address(ForeignType)"
address(Nothing) (missing documentation)

For the programmer

The object address is a method function.