HELP: void
{ $description "This symbol is not a valid C type, but it can be used as the return type for a " { $link POSTPONE: FUNCTION: } " or " { $link POSTPONE: CALLBACK: } " definition or for an " { $link alien-invoke } " or " { $link alien-callback } " call." } ;
HELP: void*
-{ $description "This C type represents a generic pointer to C memory. See " { $link pointer } " for information on pointer C types." }
+{ $description "This C type represents a generic pointer to C memory. See " { $link pointer } " for information on pointer C types." } ;
HELP: c-string
{ $description "This C type represents a pointer to a C string. See " { $link "c-strings" } " for details about using strings with the FFI." } ;
HELP: float
}
"Anywhere that a " { $link alien } " instance is accepted, the " { $link f } " singleton may be passed in to denote a null pointer."
$nl
-"Usually alien objects do not have to created and dereferenced directly; instead declaring C function parameters and return values as having a " pointer type such as " { $snippet "void*" } " takes care of the details."
+"Usually alien objects do not have to created and dereferenced directly; instead declaring C function parameters and return values as having a " { $link pointer } " type such as " { $snippet "void*" } " takes care of the details."
{ $subsections
"syntax-aliens"
"alien-expiry"