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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/sizeof_pack.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 sizeof_pack Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Compute the size implied by a pack format string

Syntax

UInt_Type sizeof_pack (String_Type fmt)

Description

The sizeof_pack function returns the size of the binary string represented by the format string fmt. This information may be needed when reading a structure from a file.

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Last modified: December 2006



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