Binary.createBlock.3kaya

Langue: en

Version: March 2009 (fedora - 05/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Binary::createBlock - Create a new, uninitialised block for binary data.

SYNOPSIS

Binary createBlock( Int bsize )

ARGUMENTS

bsize The size of the block. Block sizes cannot be changed once the block is created.

DESCRIPTION

Create a new, uninitialised block for binary data. Remember to use Builtins.byteLength(3kaya) instead of Builtins.length(3kaya) if you want to store Strings in these, as you may have problems with multi-byte characters otherwise.

The uninitialised contents of this block are not guaranteed to be zeroes.

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Binary.Binary(3kaya)