C standard library

August 13, 2024 · View on GitHub

Provides bindings for ported functions of the c standard library.

Functions

Function	Description
`abs`	Returns the absolute value of an integer
`atoi`	Converts a c string (`int8*`) to an integer
`exit`	Cleans resources and terminates the calling process immediately
`fprintf`	Writes a formatted c string (`int8*`) to a specified file stream
`free`	Deallocates the memory previously allocated by `malloc`, `calloc`, or `realloc`
`fscanf`	Reads formatted input from a file stream
`getchar`	Reads the next character from standard input
`isdigit`	Checks if a character is a digit ('0' to '9')
`isspace`	Checks if a character is a whitespace character
`malloc`	Retuns a pointer to `size` bytes of uninitialized storage
`memcpy`	Copies `count` bytes from the object pointed to by `src` to the object pointed to by `dest`
`memset`	Fills a block of memory with the specified value
`printf`	Writes a formatted c string to standard output
`puts`	Writes a c string to standard output, followed by newline
`realloc`	Reallocates previously allocated memory to a new size
`scanf`	Reads formatted input from standard input
`strcat`	Appends one c string to the end of another
`strchr`	Searches for the first occurrence of a character in a c string
`strcmp`	Compares two c strings lexicographically
`strcpy`	Copies one c string to another
`strdup`	Duplicates a c string by allocating memory for the new one
`strlen`	Returns the length of a c string
`strncat`	Appends a specified number of characters from one c string to another
`strncmp`	Compares a specified number of characters from two c strings
`strncpy`	Copies a specified number of characters from one c string to another
`strrchr`	Searches for the last occurrence of a character in a c string
`strstr`	Finds the first occurrence of a substring in a c string
`strtoll`	Converts a c string to `int64` (`long long int`)

The c standard library provided by ML is currently incomplete. To port a c standard library function ML, simply declare an external function with the same name as the c one along with its appropriate parameters and their ML-equivalent types. If such task interests you, please fork the project and add the required bindings along with the updated documentation and submit a pull request.