char*-string-length

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Function

Package: FOREIGN-FUNCTIONS

Arguments: (address)

This function is obsolete and maintained in the :ffcompat compatibility module, which is loaded automatically when this function is called. It has been replaced with ff:foreign-strlen.

Returns the length of the C string located at address. This function is useful when calling char*-to-string with the optional string argument specified. Since the length of the Lisp string provided as the receptical of the C string is not modified, you may not know how much was copied from the C string without the aid of this function.

See foreign_functions.htm for general information on foreign functions in Allegro CL. See ftype.htm for information on foreign types.

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