.TH "NBD.Buffer" 3 2021-02-09 OCamldoc ""
.SH NAME
NBD.Buffer \- Persistent buffer used in AIO calls.
.SH Module
Module   NBD.Buffer
.SH Documentation
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Module
.BI "Buffer"
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.B sig end

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Persistent buffer used in AIO calls\&.

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.I type t 

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Persistent, mutable C\-compatible malloc\&'d buffer, used in AIO calls\&.

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.I val alloc 
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.B int -> t
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Allocate an uninitialized buffer\&.  The parameter is the size
in bytes\&.

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.I val to_bytes 
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.B t -> bytes
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Copy buffer to an OCaml 
.ft B
bytes
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object\&.

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.I val of_bytes 
: 
.B bytes -> t
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Copy an OCaml 
.ft B
bytes
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object to a newly allocated buffer\&.

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.I val size 
: 
.B t -> int
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Return the size of the buffer\&.

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