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luaur_vm/functions/
lua_newbuffer.rs

1//! Node: `cxx:Function:Luau.VM:VM/src/lapi.cpp:1477:lua_newbuffer`
2//!
3//! `lua_newbuffer` — allocate a managed buffer object of `sz` bytes, push it on
4//! the stack, and return a pointer to its data. Runs a GC step and the thread
5//! write-barrier first, exactly like the C++ public API.
6
7use crate::functions::lua_b_newbuffer::lua_b_newbuffer;
8use crate::functions::lua_concat::lua_c_threadbarrier_lapi;
9use crate::macros::api_incr_top::api_incr_top;
10use crate::macros::lua_c_check_gc::luaC_checkGC;
11use crate::macros::setbufvalue::setbufvalue;
12use crate::type_aliases::lua_state::lua_State;
13
14#[allow(non_snake_case)]
15pub fn lua_newbuffer(L: *mut lua_State, sz: usize) -> *mut core::ffi::c_void {
16    unsafe {
17        luaC_checkGC!(L);
18        lua_c_threadbarrier_lapi(L);
19        let b = lua_b_newbuffer(L, sz);
20        setbufvalue!(L, (*L).top, b);
21        api_incr_top!(L);
22        (*b).data.as_mut_ptr() as *mut core::ffi::c_void
23    }
24}