Data:getPointer

Data:getPointer

Gets a pointer to the Data. Can be used with libraries such as LuaJIT's FFI.

Use at your own risk. Directly reading from and writing to the raw memory owned by the Data will bypass any safety checks and thread-safety the Data might normally have.

Function

Synopsis

pointer = Data:getPointer( )

Arguments

None.

Returns

light userdata pointer

A raw pointer to the Data.

See Also

• Data
• Data:getSize
• Data:getString