<span id="ffi/read" class="binding-sym">ffi/read</span> <span class="binding-type">cfunction</span> <span class="binding-type"><a href="https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/blob/83e8aab/src/core/ffi.c#L1706">source</a></span> <pre class="binding-text">(ffi/read ffi-type bytes &amp;opt offset)

Parse a native struct out of a buffer and convert it to normal Janet data structures. This function is the inverse of `ffi/write`. `bytes` can also be a raw pointer, although this is unsafe.</pre><a href="https://janet