Method assign

src/pointers/base_pointers.py:211–235

Point to a new address. Args: target: New pointer or value to look at.

(
        self,
        target: Nullable[Union["BaseObjectPointer[T]", T]],
    )

    @handle
    def assign(
        self,
        target: Nullable[Union["BaseObjectPointer[T]", T]],
    ) -> None:
        """Point to a new address.

        Args:
            target: New pointer or value to look at.
        """
        if target is NULL:
            self._address = None
            return

        new: BasePointer[T] = self._get_ptr(target)  # type: ignore

        if not isinstance(new, BaseObjectPointer):
            raise ValueError(
                "can only point to object pointer",
            )

        with suppress(NullPointerError):
            remove_ref(~self)

        self._address = new.address
        add_ref(~self)

    @property
    def address(self) -> Optional[int]: