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  <h1 id="class-Fiddle::Pointer" class="class">
    class Fiddle::Pointer
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  <section class="description">
    
<p><a href="Pointer.html"><code>Fiddle::Pointer</code></a> is a class to handle C pointers</p>

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         <h3>Public Class Methods</h3>
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      <div id="method-c-5B-5D" class="method-detail ">
        
        
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          <span class="method-callseq">
            Fiddle::Pointer[val]         &rarr; cptr
          </span>
          
          <span class="method-click-advice">click to toggle source</span>
          
        </div>
        
        <div class="method-heading">
          <span class="method-callseq">
            to_ptr(val)  &rarr; cptr
          </span>
          
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          <p>Get the underlying pointer for ruby object <code>val</code> and return it as a <a href="Pointer.html"><code>Fiddle::Pointer</code></a> object.</p>
          
          

          
          <div class="method-source-code" id="5B-5D-source">
            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_s_to_ptr(VALUE self, VALUE val)
{
    VALUE ptr, wrap = val, vptr;

    if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cIO))){
        rb_io_t *fptr;
        FILE *fp;
        GetOpenFile(val, fptr);
        fp = rb_io_stdio_file(fptr);
        ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(fp, 0, NULL);
    }
    else if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cString))){
        char *str = StringValuePtr(val);
        ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(str, RSTRING_LEN(val), NULL);
    }
    else if ((vptr = rb_check_funcall(val, id_to_ptr, 0, 0)) != Qundef){
        if (rb_obj_is_kind_of(vptr, rb_cPointer)){
            ptr = vptr;
            wrap = 0;
        }
        else{
            rb_raise(rb_eFiddleError, &quot;to_ptr should return a Fiddle::Pointer object&quot;);
        }
    }
    else{
        VALUE num = rb_Integer(val);
        if (num == val) wrap = 0;
        ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(NUM2PTR(num), 0, NULL);
    }
    if (wrap) RPTR_DATA(ptr)-&gt;wrap[0] = wrap;
    return ptr;
}</pre>
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          <span class="method-callseq">
            Fiddle::Pointer.malloc(size, freefunc = nil)  &rarr; fiddle pointer instance
          </span>
          
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          <p>Allocate <code>size</code> bytes of memory and associate it with an optional <code>freefunc</code> that will be called when the pointer is garbage collected.</p>

<p><code>freefunc</code> must be an address pointing to a function or an instance of <a href="Function.html"><code>Fiddle::Function</code></a></p>
          
          

          
          <div class="method-source-code" id="malloc-source">
            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_s_malloc(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE size, sym, obj, wrap = 0;
    long s;
    freefunc_t f;

    switch (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, &quot;11&quot;, &amp;size, &amp;sym)) {
      case 1:
        s = NUM2LONG(size);
        f = NULL;
        break;
      case 2:
        s = NUM2LONG(size);
        f = get_freefunc(sym, &amp;wrap);
        break;
      default:
        rb_bug(&quot;rb_fiddle_ptr_s_malloc&quot;);
    }

    obj = rb_fiddle_ptr_malloc(s,f);
    if (wrap) RPTR_DATA(obj)-&gt;wrap[1] = wrap;

    return obj;
}</pre>
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          <span class="method-callseq">
            Fiddle::Pointer.new(address)      &rarr; fiddle_cptr
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            new(address, size)                &rarr; fiddle_cptr
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            new(address, size, freefunc)      &rarr; fiddle_cptr
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          <p>Create a new pointer to <code>address</code> with an optional <code>size</code> and <code>freefunc</code>.</p>

<p><code>freefunc</code> will be called when the instance is garbage collected.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_initialize(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self)
{
    VALUE ptr, sym, size, wrap = 0, funcwrap = 0;
    struct ptr_data *data;
    void *p = NULL;
    freefunc_t f = NULL;
    long s = 0;

    if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, &quot;12&quot;, &amp;ptr, &amp;size, &amp;sym) &gt;= 1) {
        VALUE addrnum = rb_Integer(ptr);
        if (addrnum != ptr) wrap = ptr;
        p = NUM2PTR(addrnum);
    }
    if (argc &gt;= 2) {
        s = NUM2LONG(size);
    }
    if (argc &gt;= 3) {
        f = get_freefunc(sym, &amp;funcwrap);
    }

    if (p) {
        TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
        if (data-&gt;ptr &amp;&amp; data-&gt;free) {
            /* Free previous memory. Use of inappropriate initialize may cause SEGV. */
            (*(data-&gt;free))(data-&gt;ptr);
        }
        data-&gt;wrap[0] = wrap;
        data-&gt;wrap[1] = funcwrap;
        data-&gt;ptr  = p;
        data-&gt;size = s;
        data-&gt;free = f;
    }

    return Qnil;
}</pre>
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            to_ptr(val)  &rarr; cptr
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          <p>Get the underlying pointer for ruby object <code>val</code> and return it as a <a href="Pointer.html"><code>Fiddle::Pointer</code></a> object.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_s_to_ptr(VALUE self, VALUE val)
{
    VALUE ptr, wrap = val, vptr;

    if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cIO))){
        rb_io_t *fptr;
        FILE *fp;
        GetOpenFile(val, fptr);
        fp = rb_io_stdio_file(fptr);
        ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(fp, 0, NULL);
    }
    else if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cString))){
        char *str = StringValuePtr(val);
        ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(str, RSTRING_LEN(val), NULL);
    }
    else if ((vptr = rb_check_funcall(val, id_to_ptr, 0, 0)) != Qundef){
        if (rb_obj_is_kind_of(vptr, rb_cPointer)){
            ptr = vptr;
            wrap = 0;
        }
        else{
            rb_raise(rb_eFiddleError, &quot;to_ptr should return a Fiddle::Pointer object&quot;);
        }
    }
    else{
        VALUE num = rb_Integer(val);
        if (num == val) wrap = 0;
        ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(NUM2PTR(num), 0, NULL);
    }
    if (wrap) RPTR_DATA(ptr)-&gt;wrap[0] = wrap;
    return ptr;
}</pre>
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            ptr + n   &rarr; new cptr
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          <p>Returns a new pointer instance that has been advanced <code>n</code> bytes.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_plus(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    void *ptr;
    long num, size;

    ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self);
    size = RPTR_DATA(self)-&gt;size;
    num = NUM2LONG(other);
    return rb_fiddle_ptr_new((char *)ptr + num, size - num, 0);
}</pre>
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          <p>Returns a new <a href="Pointer.html"><code>Fiddle::Pointer</code></a> instance that is a dereferenced pointer for this pointer.</p>

<p>Analogous to the star operator in C.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_ptr(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return rb_fiddle_ptr_new(*((void**)(data-&gt;ptr)),0,0);
}</pre>
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            ptr - n   &rarr; new cptr
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          <p>Returns a new pointer instance that has been moved back <code>n</code> bytes.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_minus(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    void *ptr;
    long num, size;

    ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self);
    size = RPTR_DATA(self)-&gt;size;
    num = NUM2LONG(other);
    return rb_fiddle_ptr_new((char *)ptr - num, size + num, 0);
}</pre>
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            ref
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          <p>Returns a new <a href="Pointer.html"><code>Fiddle::Pointer</code></a> instance that is a reference pointer for this pointer.</p>

<p>Analogous to the ampersand operator in C.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_ref(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return rb_fiddle_ptr_new(&amp;(data-&gt;ptr),0,0);
}</pre>
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            ptr &lt;=&gt; other   &rarr; -1, 0, 1, or nil
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          <p>Returns -1 if less than, 0 if equal to, 1 if greater than <code>other</code>.</p>

<p>Returns nil if <code>ptr</code> cannot be compared to <code>other</code>.</p>
          
          

          
          <div class="method-source-code" id="3C-3D-3E-source">
            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_cmp(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    void *ptr1, *ptr2;
    SIGNED_VALUE diff;

    if(!rb_obj_is_kind_of(other, rb_cPointer)) return Qnil;

    ptr1 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self);
    ptr2 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(other);
    diff = (SIGNED_VALUE)ptr1 - (SIGNED_VALUE)ptr2;
    if (!diff) return INT2FIX(0);
    return diff &gt; 0 ? INT2NUM(1) : INT2NUM(-1);
}</pre>
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          <span class="method-callseq">
            ptr == other    &rarr; true or false
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          <p>Returns true if <code>other</code> wraps the same pointer, otherwise returns false.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_eql(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    void *ptr1, *ptr2;

    if(!rb_obj_is_kind_of(other, rb_cPointer)) return Qfalse;

    ptr1 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self);
    ptr2 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(other);

    return ptr1 == ptr2 ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}</pre>
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            ptr[index]                &rarr; an_integer
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            ptr[start, length]        &rarr; a_string
          </span>
          
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          <p>Returns integer stored at <em>index</em>.</p>

<p>If <em>start</em> and <em>length</em> are given, a string containing the bytes from <em>start</em> of <em>length</em> will be returned.</p>
          
          

          
          <div class="method-source-code" id="5B-5D-source">
            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_aref(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self)
{
    VALUE arg0, arg1;
    VALUE retval = Qnil;
    size_t offset, len;
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    if (!data-&gt;ptr) rb_raise(rb_eFiddleError, &quot;NULL pointer dereference&quot;);
    switch( rb_scan_args(argc, argv, &quot;11&quot;, &amp;arg0, &amp;arg1) ){
      case 1:
        offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0);
        retval = INT2NUM(*((char *)data-&gt;ptr + offset));
        break;
      case 2:
        offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0);
        len    = NUM2ULONG(arg1);
        retval = rb_str_new((char *)data-&gt;ptr + offset, len);
        break;
      default:
        rb_bug(&quot;rb_fiddle_ptr_aref()&quot;);
    }
    return retval;
}</pre>
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        <div class="method-heading">
          <span class="method-callseq">
            ptr[index]         = int                    &rarr;  int
          </span>
          
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          <span class="method-callseq">
            ptr[start, length] = string or cptr or addr &rarr;  string or dl_cptr or addr
          </span>
          
        </div>
        
        

        <div class="method-description">
          
          <p><a href="../Set.html"><code>Set</code></a> the value at <code>index</code> to <code>int</code>.</p>

<p>Or, set the memory at <code>start</code> until <code>length</code> with the contents of <code>string</code>, the memory from <code>dl_cptr</code>, or the memory pointed at by the memory address <code>addr</code>.</p>
          
          

          
          <div class="method-source-code" id="5B-5D-3D-source">
            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_aset(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self)
{
    VALUE arg0, arg1, arg2;
    VALUE retval = Qnil;
    size_t offset, len;
    void *mem;
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    if (!data-&gt;ptr) rb_raise(rb_eFiddleError, &quot;NULL pointer dereference&quot;);
    switch( rb_scan_args(argc, argv, &quot;21&quot;, &amp;arg0, &amp;arg1, &amp;arg2) ){
      case 2:
        offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0);
        ((char*)data-&gt;ptr)[offset] = NUM2UINT(arg1);
        retval = arg1;
        break;
      case 3:
        offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0);
        len    = NUM2ULONG(arg1);
        if (RB_TYPE_P(arg2, T_STRING)) {
            mem = StringValuePtr(arg2);
        }
        else if( rb_obj_is_kind_of(arg2, rb_cPointer) ){
            mem = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(arg2);
        }
        else{
            mem    = NUM2PTR(arg2);
        }
        memcpy((char *)data-&gt;ptr + offset, mem, len);
        retval = arg2;
        break;
      default:
        rb_bug(&quot;rb_fiddle_ptr_aset()&quot;);
    }
    return retval;
}</pre>
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          <span class="method-callseq">
            eql?(other) &rarr; true or false
          </span>
          
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          <p>Returns true if <code>other</code> wraps the same pointer, otherwise returns false.</p>
          
          

          
          <div class="method-source-code" id="eql-3F-source">
            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_eql(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    void *ptr1, *ptr2;

    if(!rb_obj_is_kind_of(other, rb_cPointer)) return Qfalse;

    ptr1 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self);
    ptr2 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(other);

    return ptr1 == ptr2 ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}</pre>
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            free &rarr; Fiddle::Function
          </span>
          
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          <p>Get the free function for this pointer.</p>

<p>Returns a new instance of <a href="Function.html"><code>Fiddle::Function</code></a>.</p>

<p>See <a href="Function.html#method-c-new"><code>Fiddle::Function.new</code></a></p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_free_get(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *pdata;
    VALUE address;
    VALUE arg_types;
    VALUE ret_type;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, pdata);

    if (!pdata-&gt;free)
        return Qnil;

    address = PTR2NUM(pdata-&gt;free);
    ret_type = INT2NUM(TYPE_VOID);
    arg_types = rb_ary_new();
    rb_ary_push(arg_types, INT2NUM(TYPE_VOIDP));

    return rb_fiddle_new_function(address, arg_types, ret_type);
}</pre>
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          <span class="method-callseq">
            free=(function)
          </span>
          
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          <p><a href="../Set.html"><code>Set</code></a> the free function for this pointer to <code>function</code> in the given <a href="Function.html"><code>Fiddle::Function</code></a>.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_free_set(VALUE self, VALUE val)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    data-&gt;free = get_freefunc(val, &amp;data-&gt;wrap[1]);

    return Qnil;
}</pre>
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            inspect
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          <p>Returns a string formatted with an easily readable representation of the internal state of the pointer.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_inspect(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return rb_sprintf(&quot;#&lt;%&quot;PRIsVALUE&quot;:%p ptr=%p size=%ld free=%p&gt;&quot;,
                      RB_OBJ_CLASSNAME(self), (void *)data, data-&gt;ptr, data-&gt;size, (void *)data-&gt;free);
}</pre>
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            null?
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          <p>Returns <code>true</code> if this is a null pointer.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_null_p(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return data-&gt;ptr ? Qfalse : Qtrue;
}</pre>
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            ptr
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          <p>Returns a new <a href="Pointer.html"><code>Fiddle::Pointer</code></a> instance that is a dereferenced pointer for this pointer.</p>

<p>Analogous to the star operator in C.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_ptr(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return rb_fiddle_ptr_new(*((void**)(data-&gt;ptr)),0,0);
}</pre>
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            ref
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          <p>Returns a new <a href="Pointer.html"><code>Fiddle::Pointer</code></a> instance that is a reference pointer for this pointer.</p>

<p>Analogous to the ampersand operator in C.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_ref(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return rb_fiddle_ptr_new(&amp;(data-&gt;ptr),0,0);
}</pre>
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            size
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          <p>Get the size of this pointer.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_size_get(VALUE self)
{
    return LONG2NUM(RPTR_DATA(self)-&gt;size);
}</pre>
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            size=(size)
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          <p><a href="../Set.html"><code>Set</code></a> the size of this pointer to <code>size</code></p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_size_set(VALUE self, VALUE size)
{
    RPTR_DATA(self)-&gt;size = NUM2LONG(size);
    return size;
}</pre>
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            to_i
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          <p>Returns the integer memory location of this pointer.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_to_i(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return PTR2NUM(data-&gt;ptr);
}</pre>
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            to_i
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          <p>Returns the integer memory location of this pointer.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_to_i(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return PTR2NUM(data-&gt;ptr);
}</pre>
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            to_s        &rarr; string
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            to_s(len)   &rarr; string
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          <p>Returns the pointer contents as a string.</p>

<p>When called with no arguments, this method will return the contents until the first NULL byte.</p>

<p>When called with <code>len</code>, a string of <code>len</code> bytes will be returned.</p>

<p>See <a href="Pointer.html#method-i-to_str"><code>to_str</code></a></p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_to_s(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;
    VALUE arg1, val;
    int len;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    switch (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, &quot;01&quot;, &amp;arg1)) {
      case 0:
        val = rb_str_new2((char*)(data-&gt;ptr));
        break;
      case 1:
        len = NUM2INT(arg1);
        val = rb_str_new((char*)(data-&gt;ptr), len);
        break;
      default:
        rb_bug(&quot;rb_fiddle_ptr_to_s&quot;);
    }

    return val;
}</pre>
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            to_str        &rarr; string
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            to_str(len)   &rarr; string
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          <p>Returns the pointer contents as a string.</p>

<p>When called with no arguments, this method will return the contents with the length of this pointer&#39;s <code>size</code>.</p>

<p>When called with <code>len</code>, a string of <code>len</code> bytes will be returned.</p>

<p>See <a href="Pointer.html#method-i-to_s"><code>to_s</code></a></p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_to_str(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;
    VALUE arg1, val;
    int len;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    switch (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, &quot;01&quot;, &amp;arg1)) {
      case 0:
        val = rb_str_new((char*)(data-&gt;ptr),data-&gt;size);
        break;
      case 1:
        len = NUM2INT(arg1);
        val = rb_str_new((char*)(data-&gt;ptr), len);
        break;
      default:
        rb_bug(&quot;rb_fiddle_ptr_to_str&quot;);
    }

    return val;
}</pre>
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            to_value
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          <p>Cast this pointer to a ruby object.</p>
          
          

          
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            <pre>static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_to_value(VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &amp;fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    return (VALUE)(data-&gt;ptr);
}</pre>
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