From: "andrenth (Andre Nathan)" Date: 2013-03-12T03:12:00+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:53322] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8077][Open] Returning Dir objects from C extensions Issue #8077 has been reported by andrenth (Andre Nathan). ---------------------------------------- Bug #8077: Returning Dir objects from C extensions https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8077 Author: andrenth (Andre Nathan) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: 1.9.3p194 In 1.8 it was possible to return Dir objects from C extensions by mimicking the code in dir.c and using Data_Wrap_Struct(rb_cDir, dir_mark, dir_free, dirp). This doesn't work in 1.9+, so it would be nice to have the Dir methods exposed to C extensions. For example, something like "VALUE rb_dir_new(DIR *)". -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/