module Foreign.Storable(Storable(..)) where
import Foreign.Ptr

class Storable a where
   sizeOf      :: a -> Int
   alignment   :: a -> Int
   peekElemOff :: Ptr a -> Int      -> IO a
   pokeElemOff :: Ptr a -> Int -> a -> IO ()
   peekByteOff :: Ptr b -> Int      -> IO a
   pokeByteOff :: Ptr b -> Int -> a -> IO ()
   peek        :: Ptr a      -> IO a
   poke        :: Ptr a -> a -> IO ()

   peekElemOff = peekByteOff ptr (off * sizeOf (undefined :: a))
   pokeElemOff ptr off val = pokeByteOff ptr (off * sizeOf val) val

   peekByteOff ptr off = peek (ptr `plusPtr` off)
   pokeByteOff ptr off = poke (ptr `plusPtr` off)

   peek ptr = peekElemOff ptr 0
   poke ptr = pokeElemOff ptr 0