Suppose you had created a Fortran array(:)
of pointers to memory allocated in C by malloc
(as shown in best answer, code repeated below). Is there a way to write an integer value into this allocated memory by using the Fortran array, i.e. the iso_c_bindings? Or would I have to do this in C?
#include "stdlib.h"
int *create_storage()
{
/* Array of four integers. */
return malloc(sizeof(int) * 4);
}
void destroy_storage(int *ptr)
{
free(ptr);
}
PROGRAM fortran_side
USE, INTRINSIC :: ISO_C_BINDING, ONLY: C_PTR, C_F_POINTER, C_INT
IMPLICIT NONE
INTERFACE
FUNCTION create_storage() BIND(C, NAME='create_storage')
USE, INTRINSIC :: ISO_C_BINDING, ONLY: C_PTR
IMPLICIT NONE
TYPE(C_PTR) :: create_storage
END FUNCTION create_storage
SUBROUTINE destroy_storage(p) BIND(C, NAME='destroy_storage')
USE, INTRINSIC :: ISO_C_BINDING, ONLY: C_PTR
IMPLICIT NONE
TYPE(C_PTR), INTENT(IN), VALUE :: p
END SUBROUTINE destroy_storage
END INTERFACE
TYPE(C_PTR) :: p
INTEGER(C_INT), POINTER :: array(:)
!****
p = create_storage()
CALL C_F_POINTER(p, array, [4]) ! 4 is the array size.
! Work with array...
CALL destroy_storage(p)
END PROGRAM fortran_side
You are almost there. Just use array
array(4) = 20
If the code is compiled with -g and then stepped through with the debugger, when destroy_storage is reached, printing p[3] will show the value of 20.