build_array_alloc

hugr_llvm::extension::collections::array

Function build_array_alloc 

Source 
pub fn build_array_alloc<'c, H: HugrView<Node = Node>>(
    ctx: &mut EmitFuncContext<'c, '_, H>,
    ccg: &impl ArrayCodegen,
    elem_ty: BasicTypeEnum<'c>,
    size: u64,
) -> Result<(PointerValue<'c>, StructValue<'c>)>
Expand description

Helper function to allocate a fat array pointer.

Returns a pointer and a struct: The pointer points to the first element of the array (i.e. it is of type elem_ty.ptr_type()). The struct is the fat pointer of the that stores an additional offset (initialised to be 0).