ZT_PACK_POINTER(3)

💖 zt_pack_pointer — the NAME section, bestie 💖

okay so first things first, this whole thing lives in the LOCAL manual, and it's literally called zt_pack_pointer — and what it does is pack an opaque pointer into a variant. that's the whole vibe. that's the assignment. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the tea, copy it exactly bestie:

#include <zt.h>

zt_value
zt_pack_pointer(const void *value, const char *source);

🦋 that's it. that's the whole function signature. slay.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so zt_pack_pointer takes an opaque pointer — yes, opaque, we don't ask questions about what's inside it, we respect its privacy 💅 — and it also takes the string that describes the expression you evaluated to get that pointer, and it packs both of them into a variant-like zt_value. two things in, one adorable little zt_value out. it's giving efficient. it's giving wrapped up with a bow. 🎁

and the source argument? bestie, it gets retained by the value — like, the zt_value keeps it around, it does not let go — and it's typically a constant string literal that the preprocessor produced. iykyk. the preprocessor is the main character here, honestly. 👑

🧚 IMPLEMENTATION NOTES 🧚

real talk for a second: zt_pack_pointer is only provided as a static inline function. that's it. that's the only way it comes. no cap. 💀

🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

it returns the packed value. periodt. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so here's the list, and i am being so fr fr right now — i am copying these exactly as they appear, duplicates and all, because the rule is we do not edit the manpage, we only serve cunt 💅:

• zt_pack_nothing(3)
• zt_pack_pointer(3)
• zt_pack_rune(3)
• zt_pack_pointer(3)
• zt_pack_pointer(3)
• zt_pack_pointer(3)
• zt_pack_pointer(3)
• zt_pack_pointer(3)
• zt_value(3)

(yes bestie, zt_pack_pointer shows up a lot in its own SEE ALSO. that's not me being messy, that's literally what the page says. iconic behaviour honestly. ✨)

👑 HISTORY 👑

zt_pack_pointer first appeared in libzt 0.1. a true original. a legend. the blueprint. 🎀

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

shoutout to Zygmunt Krynicki <me@zygoon.pl> for bringing this little cutie into the world. thank you for your service, king. 💜

and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖✨ this was libzt 0.3.1, dated January 12, 2020 — mwah, obsessed, go pack a pointer, you've got this 🦋🌸