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Versions in this module

v0

v0.20.1

Sep 27, 2026

v0.20.0

Sep 17, 2026

v0.19.0

Aug 11, 2026

v0.18.1

Aug 11, 2026

v0.18.0

Jul 24, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var Primitives = map[string]bool

+ func AlignElem(align int, packed bool) string

+ func GoStructLayout(goTypes []string, packed bool, sizer FieldSizer) (offsets []int, size int, ok bool)

+ func IsPrimitiveOrArrayOf(goType string, ok func(elem string) bool) bool

+ func LayoutMatchesAuthoritative(size int, packed bool, fieldOffsets []int, goTypes []string, sizer FieldSizer) bool

+ func LayoutSafeFromGoTypes(packed bool, goTypes []string) bool

+ func ScalarGoSizeAlign(goType string) (size, align int, ok bool)

+ func StructFieldGoType(objcType, mapped string) string

+ type FieldSizer func(goType string) (size, align int, ok bool)