Fiddle::Pointer#ref

ref

ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/ffi_backend.rb View on GitHub ↗

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.4.1/ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/ffi_backend.rb, line 476
def ref
  cptr = Pointer.malloc(FFI::Type::POINTER.size, RUBY_FREE)
  cptr.ffi_ptr.put_pointer(0, ffi_ptr)
  cptr
end

Returns a new Fiddle::Pointer instance that is a reference pointer for this pointer.

Analogous to the ampersand operator in C.

See also #ptr #size #null? #size= also in 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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