rror "too few values" types))
     (else
      ;; alignof will error-check
      (let* ((type (car types))
             (offset (align offset (alignof type))))
        (if (pair? type)
            (write-c-struct bv offset (car types) (car vals))
            ((assv-ref *writers* type) bv offset (car vals)))
        (lp (+ offset (sizeof type)) (cdr types) (cdr vals)))))))

(define (read-c-struct bv offset types)
  (let lp ((offset offset) (types types) (vals '()))
    (cond
     ((not (pair? types))
      (reverse vals))
     (else
      ;; alignof will error-check
      (let* ((type (car types))
             (offset (align offset (alignof type))))
        (lp (+ offset (sizeof type)) (cdr types)
            (cons (if (pair? type)
                      (read-c-struct bv offset (car types))
                      ((assv-ref *readers* type) bv offset))
                  vals)))))))

(define (make-c-struct types vals)
  (let ((bv (make-bytevector (sizeof types) 0)))
    (write-c-struct bv 0 types vals)
    (bytevector->pointer bv)))

(define (parse-c-struct foreign types)
  (let ((size (fold (lambda (type total)
                      (+ (sizeof type)
                         (align total (alignof type))))
                    0
                    types)))
    (read-c-struct (pointer->bytevector foreign size) 0 types)))