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Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy

From GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy
Date 2017-03-09 12:48 +0100
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 20:20:03 -0800
T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Hi C!
> 
> I am trying to write some inline C code in Perl 6.  Would
> explain to me what is going on in the following two commands:
> 
> References:
>     https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/utilities/XStoreBuffer.html
>     https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/utilities/XFetchBuffer.html
>     man XStoreBuffer
> 
> int XStoreBuffer(Display *display, char *bytes,
>                   int nbytes, int buffer);
> 
> char *XFetchBuffer(Display *display,
>                   int *nbytes_return, int buffer);

Learn C first, questions next... K&R could be a good start.

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Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-08 20:20 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-08 20:57 -0800
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-03-09 00:46 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy gordonb.txjrp@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-03-09 03:29 -0600
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-09 12:39 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2017-03-09 10:16 +0000
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-09 12:40 -0800
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-09 13:25 -0800
      Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2017-03-10 21:02 +0000
        Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-10 17:49 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-03-09 10:22 +0000
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-09 12:40 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-03-09 12:48 +0100
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-09 12:43 -0800
      Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-03-10 10:22 -0500
        Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-10 11:47 -0800
          Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-10 12:42 -0800
        Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-10 19:52 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-03-09 12:09 +0000
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-03-09 09:05 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2017-03-09 12:31 -0800
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-09 12:41 -0800
  Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2017-03-10 04:06 -0500
    Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-10 12:42 -0800
      Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2017-03-10 21:35 +0000
        Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-10 17:48 -0800
      Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2017-03-10 14:54 -0800
        Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-10 17:43 -0800
      Re: Need explanation of C syntax for a Perl 6 guy James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-03-10 21:11 -0500

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