swift_allocObject(for_size_alignment_)

swift_allocObject(for:size:alignment:)

Allocates a new reference counted class instance.

public func swift_allocObject(
  for type: ClassMetadata,
  size: Int,
  alignment: Int
) -> UnsafeRawPointer 

Parameters

• type: The class metadata to allocate an instance for.

Returns

A pointer to the heap object. This is intentionally left raw because there is almost always more initialization that needs to happen after allocation.