-{-# OPTIONS -fno-implicit-prelude #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-implicit-prelude #-}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module : Foreign.Marshal.Utils
#endif
#ifdef __NHC__
-import NHC.FFI ( CInt(..) )
+import Foreign.C.Types ( CInt(..) )
#endif
-- combined allocation and marshalling
-- -----------------------------------
--- |Allocate storage for a value and marshal it into this storage
+-- |Allocate a block of memory and marshal a value into it
+-- (the combination of 'malloc' and 'poke').
+-- The size of the area allocated is determined by the 'Foreign.Storable.sizeOf'
+-- method from the instance of 'Storable' for the appropriate type.
+--
+-- The memory may be deallocated using 'Foreign.Marshal.Alloc.free' or
+-- 'Foreign.Marshal.Alloc.finalizerFree' when no longer required.
--
new :: Storable a => a -> IO (Ptr a)
new val =
poke ptr val
return ptr
--- |Allocate temporary storage for a value and marshal it into this storage
+-- |@'with' val f@ executes the computation @f@, passing as argument
+-- a pointer to a temporarily allocated block of memory into which
+-- @val@ has been marshalled (the combination of 'alloca' and 'poke').
--
--- * see the life time constraints imposed by 'alloca'
+-- The memory is freed when @f@ terminates (either normally or via an
+-- exception), so the pointer passed to @f@ must /not/ be used after this.
--
with :: Storable a => a -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
with val f =
-> (Maybe a -> IO (Ptr a))
maybeNew = maybe (return nullPtr)
--- |Converts a @withXXX@ combinator into one marshalling a value wrapped into a
--- 'Maybe'
+-- |Converts a @withXXX@ combinator into one marshalling a value wrapped
+-- into a 'Maybe', using 'nullPtr' to represent 'Nothing'.
--
maybeWith :: ( a -> (Ptr b -> IO c) -> IO c)
-> (Maybe a -> (Ptr b -> IO c) -> IO c)