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method T.cast

Reinterprets the address as a pointer to U.

Example:

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import c "string.h" { strdup }
import c "stdlib.h" { free }

fn main() io {
  let s = "x".toCString()
  unsafe {
    let d = strdup(s.asPtr())
    free(d.cast<u8>())
  }
  print("freed")
}
Output
freed
pub(api) move fn cast<U>() -> *U

Since. 1.0.0-beta

Returns

*U

Effects

none declared (pure unless the body says otherwise)

Defined in: std/ffi/ffi.oxl:311

See also