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A pointer to a C union

Methods
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Class Public methods

size(types)

Returns the size needed for the union with the given types.

Fiddle::CUnionEntity.size(
  [ Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE,
    Fiddle::TYPE_INT,
    Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR,
    Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP ]) #=> 8

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# File ruby/ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/struct.rb, line 521
def CUnionEntity.size(types)
  types.map { |type, count = 1|
    if type.respond_to?(:entity_class)
      type.size * count
    else
      PackInfo::SIZE_MAP[type] * count
    end
  }.max
end

Instance Public methods

set_ctypes(types)

Calculate the necessary offset and for each union member with the given types

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# File ruby/ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/struct.rb, line 533
def set_ctypes(types)
  @ctypes = types
  @offset = Array.new(types.length, 0)
  @size   = self.class.size types
end