From: "Asbjørn Reglund Thorsen" <asbjoert@...>
Date: 2005-01-15T22:05:58+09:00
Subject: [n00b] C++ extensions, GC, Ruby and SWIG

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I`m having trouble with an interface to a c++ library. It seems like=20
Ruby`s GC is collecting objects that it shouldn`t. I have read the=20
SWIG-Ruby
documentation on the matter, but I am unsure of where to put the markfunc=
=20
, and how to get it to interact with my program.

My interface file       : mHeat1.i
My Ruby code            : run.rb

require 'mHeat1'

menu =3D MHeat1::MenuSystem.new
menu.init("Ruby Interface", "This is so cool !")
heat =3D MHeat1::Heat1.new
heat.define(menu)
heat.scan
heat.solveProblem
heat.resultReport

The problem is the MenuSystem, I found out by using gdb:
gdb ruby
(gdb)run run.rb

=2E..

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 16384 (LWP 1345)]
0x00000089 in ?? ()
(gdb) where
#0  0x00000089 in ?? ()
#1  0x40388c19 in free_MenuSystem () from ./mHeat1.so
#2  0x0806f636 in rb_gc_call_finalizer_at_exit () at gc.c:1858
#3  0x08053e34 in ruby_finalize_1 () at eval.c:1418
#4  0x08053f43 in ruby_cleanup (ex=3D0) at eval.c:1453
#5  0x08054081 in ruby_stop (ex=3D135573240) at eval.c:1484
#6  0x080540ef in ruby_run () at eval.c:1505
#7  0x08052245 in main (argc=3D135573240, argv=3D0x814aef8, envp=3D0xbffff0=
20)
     at main.c:46

Is it possible to use the %marcfunc directive in this case ? And how ?
I am a n00b at this, so I`d really like some help/tips.

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