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Diffstat (limited to 'erts')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml index 2e55f13ed5..0dd46a951a 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml @@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ ok Instances of <c>ErlNifBinary</c> are however always allocated by the user (usually as local variables).</p> <p>The raw data pointed to by <c>data</c> is only mutable after a call to - <seealso marker="#enif_alloc_binary">enif_alloc_binary</seealso>. + <seealso marker="#enif_alloc_binary">enif_alloc_binary</seealso> or + <seealso marker="#enif_realloc_binary">enif_realloc_binary</seealso>. All other functions that operates on a binary will leave the data as read-only. - A mutable binary allocated with <c>enif_alloc_binary</c> must in the end - either be freed with <seealso marker="#enif_release_binary">enif_release_binary</seealso> + A mutable binary must in the end either be freed with + <seealso marker="#enif_release_binary">enif_release_binary</seealso> or made read-only by transferring it to an Erlang term with <seealso marker="#enif_make_binary">enif_make_binary</seealso>. But it does not have do happen in the same NIF call. Read-only binaries @@ -781,6 +782,12 @@ typedef enum { <c>reload</c> or <c>upgrade</c>.</p> <p>Was previously named <c>enif_get_data</c>.</p></desc> </func> + <func><name><ret>void</ret><nametext>enif_realloc_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, ErlNifBinary* bin, unsigned size)</nametext></name> + <fsummary>Change the size of a binary.</fsummary> + <desc><p>Change the size of a binary <c>bin</c>. The source binary + may be read-only, in which case it will be left untouched and + a mutable copy is allocated and assigned to <c>*bin</c>.</p></desc> + </func> <func><name><ret>void</ret><nametext>enif_release_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, ErlNifBinary* bin)</nametext></name> <fsummary>Release a binary.</fsummary> <desc><p>Release a binary obtained |