NAME ==== NativeHelpers::iovec - An implementation of the iovec struct SYNOPSIS ======== ```perl6 use NativeHelpers::iovec; my iovec $iov .= new("Hello World"); say $iov.elems; # 11 ``` DESCRIPTION =========== NativeHelpers::iovec is an implementation of the iovec struct. It supports creating iovecs from Blob and Str objects, or from a Pointer and a number of bytes. METHODS ======= elems ----- Returns the size of the buffer in bytes base ---- Returns a void Pointer to the start of the memory buffer free ---- Frees the allocated memory Blob ---- Returns a new Blob with a copy of the memory buffer Str(:$enc = 'utf-8') -------------------- Returns a new Str containing the decoded memory buffer new(Str, :$enc = 'utf-8') ------------------------- Create a new iovec containing the encoded string new(Blob) --------- Create a new iovec containing the contents of the Blob new(Pointer:D, Int:D) --------------------- Create a new iovec with the given Pointer and size AUTHOR ====== Travis Gibson COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ===================== Copyright 2020 Travis Gibson This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.