3.1 Type Constructors

(make-ctype type scheme-to-c c-to-scheme) → ctype?

type : ctype?

scheme-to-c : (or/c #f (any/c . -> . any))

c-to-scheme : (or/c #f (any/c . -> . any))

Creates a new C type value whose representation for foreign code is the same as type’s. The given conversions functions convert to and from the Scheme representation of type. Either conversion function can be #f, meaning that the conversion for the corresponding direction is the identity function. If both functions are #f, type is returned.

(ctype? v) → boolean?

v : any/c

Returns #t if v is a C type, #f otherwise.

(ctype-sizeof type) → exact-nonnegative-integer?

type : ctype?

(ctype-alignof type) → exact-nonnegative-integer?

type : ctype?

Returns the size or alignment of a given type for the current platform.

(ctype->layout type)   →   (flat-rec-contract rep   symbol?   (listof rep))

type : ctype?

Returns a value to describe the eventual C representation of the type. It can be any of the following symbols:

'int8 'uint8 'int16 'uint16 'int32 'uint32 'int64 'uint64

'float 'double 'bool 'void 'pointer 'fpointer

'bytes 'string/ucs-4 'string/utf-16

The result can also be a list, which describes a C struct whose element representations are provided in order within the list.

(compiler-sizeof sym) → exact-nonnegative-integer?

sym : symbol?

Possible values for symbol are 'int, 'char, 'short, 'long, '*, 'void, 'float, 'double. The result is the size of the correspond type according to the C sizeof operator for the current platform. The compiler-sizeof operation should be used to gather information about the current platform, such as defining alias type like _int to a known type like _int32.