ffi_sizeof

NAME

ffi_sizeof() - size of a scalar type code

SYNOPSIS

int ffi_sizeof( int type_code );

DESCRIPTION

Returns the size in bytes, on this platform, of the scalar C type
named by `type_code` (a code from <ffi.h>). Useful for sizing
ffi_alloc() blocks and computing offsets by hand.

SEE ALSO

ffi_alloc(3), ffi_struct_layout(3), ffi_read(3)