Binary.createBlock(3kaya)

Binary.createBlock3kaya

Create a new, uninitialised block for binary data.

Usage

Binary createBlock( Int bsize )

Arguments

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

Overview

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.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8

Authors

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). 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.

From kaya 0.4.4-6.2 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.