Hello!
In the FFI library, is there a way to cast one pointer type
straight to another? I'm working with libvorbisfile (PLaneT
package forthcoming) which expects me to allocate my own
OggVorbis_File cstruct and pass that everywhere.
I ask because (malloc _OggVorbis_File) returns a _pointer, not an
_OggVorbis_File-pointer, and _fun and friends don't accept either
type in place of the other.
If I say:
(cast
(malloc _OggVorbis_File)
_pointer _OggVorbis_File-pointer)
...That's bad -- because I never keep the original pointer
returned by the (malloc) call, the garbage collector reclaims
that memory even though the _OggVorbis_File-pointer still points
to it.
My current workaround is to just use (malloc _OggVorbis_File)
everywhere and have _pointer types in my (_fun ...) declarations.
Is this the preferred way of doing it?
Is there a way to ask (malloc) to return a different pointer type
than _pointer?
Thanks for your help.
--
Until an asteroid,
_mike
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