string-to-wchar*

Function

Package: ff

Arguments: string &optional address

ff:string-to-wchar* returns the following:

(excl:string-to-native string 
    :address address :external-format :16-bit)

Users are encouraged to use string-to-native instead of ff:string-to-wchar*. See also with-native-string. This function converts a Lisp string to a C style fat format string by copying. If address is specified, then that address is used. Otherwise, the system malloc (memory allocator) is used to make space for the target character array.

See ftype.htm for information on foreign types in Allegro CL and foreign-functions.htm for general information on foreign functions in Allegro CL.

The documentation is described in introduction.htm and the index is in index.htm.

Created 2000.10.5.