>>>>> "lc" == Larry Clapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
lc> I found a strange behavior in alien:make-alien. It would appear that lc> make-alien of an array doesn't evaluate its SIZE argument: lc> How do you define arbitrary size arrays using make-alien? CMUCL doesn't provide a functional interface to aliens (which is a bit of a pity), but you can implement one yourself: ,---- | CL-USER> (defun ensure-alien (type &optional size) | (eval `(alien:make-alien ,type ,size))) | ensure-alien | CL-USER> (let* ((n 3) (a (ensure-alien `(array (* char) ,n)))) a) | #<Alien (* (array (* (alien:signed 8)) 3)) at #x08076C48> `---- -- Eric Marsden <URL:http://www.laas.fr/~emarsden/>
