ForeignFunctions : Table of Contents

• ForeignFunctions -- foreign function interface
• * voidstar = Thing -- assign value to object at address
• address -- pointer to type or object
• ForeignArrayType -- foreign array type
• foreignArrayType -- construct a foreign array type
• ForeignArrayType VisibleList -- cast a Macaulay2 list to a foreign array
• foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
• ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
• ForeignIntegerType Number -- cast a Macaulay2 number to a foreign integer object
• ForeignObject -- foreign object
• foreignObject -- construct a foreign object
• ForeignPointerArrayType -- foreign type for NULL-terminated arrays of pointers
• foreignPointerArrayType -- construct a foreign pointer array type
• ForeignPointerArrayType VisibleList -- cast a Macaulay2 list to a foreign pointer array
• ForeignPointerType -- foreign pointer type
• ForeignPointerType Pointer -- cast a Macaulay2 pointer to a foreign pointer
• ForeignRealType -- foreign real type
• ForeignRealType Number -- cast a Macaulay2 number to a foreign real object
• ForeignStringType -- foreign string type
• ForeignStringType String -- cast a Macaulay2 string to a foreign string
• ForeignStructType -- foreign struct type
• foreignStructType -- construct a foreign struct type
• ForeignStructType VisibleList -- cast a hash table to a foreign struct
• foreignSymbol -- get a foreign symbol
• ForeignType -- abstract foreign type
• ForeignType * voidstar -- dereference a voidstar object
• ForeignType ForeignObject -- cast a foreign object to the given foreign type
• ForeignType Pointer -- dereference a pointer
• ForeignUnionType -- foreign union type
• foreignUnionType -- construct a foreign union type
• ForeignUnionType Thing -- cast a thing to a foreign union
• ForeignVoidType -- foreign void type
• getMemory -- allocate memory using the garbage collector
• nullPointer -- the null pointer
• openSharedLibrary -- open a shared library
• Pointer -- pointer to memory address
• registerFinalizer(ForeignObject,Function) -- register a finalizer for a foreign object
• SharedLibrary -- a shared library
• size(ForeignType) -- size of a foreign type
• value(ForeignObject) -- get the value of a foreign object as a Macaulay2 thing