implement typed pointer increment and array dereference salortiz++ #1186
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This enables:
use NativeCall;
my CArray[uint16] $a .= new: 10, 20 ... 100;
my $p = nativecast(Pointer[uint16], $a);
++$p;
say $p.deref; # 20
say $p[2]; ; # 40
Addresses RT #128000. Based on NativeHelpers::Pointer implementation salortiz++
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I'm currently working on a port of Perl 5's Font::FreeType to Perl 6 (https://github.com/p6-pdf/Font-FreeType-p6). I'm finding it handy to think in terms of pointers and pointer dereferencing. |
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👍 Thanks! Would it be possible for you to document this feature, so users know about it? |
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thanks! will do. |
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The following now works.
Addresses RT #128000. Based on NativeHelpers::Pointer implementation salortiz++