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6 FFI::Platypus::Type::PointerSizeBuffer - Convert string scalar to a
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10 version 1.43
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13 In your C code:
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25 my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 1 );
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29 my $string = "content of buffer";
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33 A common pattern in C code is to pass in a region of memory as a
34 buffer, consisting of a pointer and a size of the memory region. In
35 Perl, string scalars also point to a contiguous series of bytes that
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40 FFI::Platypus
41 Main Platypus documentation.
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43 FFI::Platypus::Type
44 Platypus types documentation.
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47 Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
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49 Contributors:
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51 Bakkiaraj Murugesan (bakkiaraj)
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53 Dylan Cali (calid)
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55 pipcet
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57 Zaki Mughal (zmughal)
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59 Fitz Elliott (felliott)
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61 Vickenty Fesunov (vyf)
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63 Gregor Herrmann (gregoa)
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65 Shlomi Fish (shlomif)
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67 Damyan Ivanov
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69 Ilya Pavlov (Ilya33)
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71 Petr Pisar (ppisar)
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73 Mohammad S Anwar (MANWAR)
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75 Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)
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77 Meredith (merrilymeredith, MHOWARD)
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79 Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)
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86 This software is copyright (c) 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 by Graham
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89 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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