3 Operations on Built-in Foreign Types

Function: %foreign-type-size type ⇒ size

Return the size, in bytes, of objects having foreign type type. An error is signalled if type is not a known built-in foreign type.

Function: %foreign-type-alignment type ⇒ alignment

Return the default alignment in bytes for structure members of foreign type type. An error is signalled if type is not a known built-in foreign type.

Implementor’s note: Maybe this should take an optional keyword argument specifying an alternate alignment system, eg. :mac68k for 68000-compatible alignment on Darwin.