Class: Alien

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • instance creation

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Collection
      |
      +--SequenceableCollection
         |
         +--ArrayedCollection
            |
            +--UninterpretedBytes
               |
               +--ExternalBytes
                  |
                  +--Alien

Package:

stx:libcompat

Category:

System-Support-External Memory

Version:

rev: 1.2 date: 2021/01/20 10:59:39

user: cg

file: Alien.st directory: libcompat

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libcompat

Description:

This is a dummy hook to allow for some Squeak/Pharo code to be loaded.
it has (currently) no functionality.
See ExternalBytes/ExternalAddress for corresponding ST/X functionality.

Class protocol:

 atAddress: pointer

<Integer>

 dataSize

^<Integer>

** This method must be redefined in concrete classes (subclassResponsibility) **