Question

Is there an opposite operator for @encode?

For example, when you do this: @encode(int), you get "i". I’d like to be able to do this: @decode("i") myInt = 5;

Is this possible? Does an operator exist to handle this?

Answer 1

No. @encode takes a type, and in C, it’s not possible to return a type. (The typeof() operator is a GNU extension but it doesn’t take a C string, so what you want is not possible.

You have two options. One: redesign your code. If you need this, you probably have a design problem.

Two, use dynamic memory allocation and write your own function that takes a type string and allocates memory accordingly.