qread_ptr {qs}

qread_ptr

Description

Reads an object from an external pointer.

Usage

qread_ptr(pointer, length, use_alt_rep=FALSE, strict=FALSE)

Arguments

pointer

An external pointer to memory.

length

The length of the object in memory.

use_alt_rep

Use ALTREP when reading in string data (default FALSE). On R versions prior to 3.5.0, this parameter does nothing.

strict

Whether to throw an error or just report a warning (default: FALSE, i.e. report warning).

Value

The de-serialized object.