Arguments: type &optional size
This function is defined by the ACLWIN compatibility package. It is loaded with
(require :aclwffi)
However, it is for comaptibility with Allegro CL 4.3.2, an early release of the UNIX product on Windows which had limited distribution, not compatibility with Allegro CL 3.0.x on Windows.
This function is provided for porting from Allegro CL 4.3.2 only and
users with 4.3.2 code calling this function are urged to covert the
call to an allocate-fobject call as quickly
as possible. (Use the allocation argument of allocate-fobject to
specify where the allocation should occur. Specify
:foreign-static-gc for allocation to get
behavior equivalent to this macro.)
This function allocates some data in the C heap. That can be freed with free-fobject-fp.
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.
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Created 2000.10.5.