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GS::MetalBuffer

Wraps a Metal buffer with automatic resource management Uses MTLResourceStorageModeShared for unified memory on M-series chips

Constructors

from_array(data : Array(Float32), mode : StorageMode = StorageMode::Shared) : MetalBuffer

Wrap existing Array without copy (zero-copy)

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from_slice(data : Slice(Float32), mode : StorageMode = StorageMode::Shared) : MetalBuffer

Wrap existing Slice

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new(size : Int64, storage_mode : StorageMode = StorageMode::Shared)

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Instance methods

contents

Get raw pointer for Metal kernel bindings

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copy_from(src : MetalBuffer, byte_size : Int64) : Nil

Copy from another buffer

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element_count

Element count (assuming Float32)

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finalize

RAII cleanup

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handle

Get underlying handle for FFI

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read(count : Int32) : Array(Float32)

Read data from buffer

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read_bytes(ptr : Pointer(UInt8), byte_size : Int) : Nil

Read raw bytes from buffer

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read_to_slice(dest : Slice(Float32)) : Nil

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release

Manual release (for explicit control)

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size

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storage_mode

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sync

Synchronize (for Managed mode on macOS)

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valid?

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write(data : Array(Float32)) : Nil

Write data to buffer

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write_bytes(ptr : Pointer(UInt8), byte_size : Int) : Nil

Write raw bytes to buffer

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write_slice(data : Slice(Float32)) : Nil

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