From: Charles Mills <cmills@...>
Date: 2005-07-22T07:55:57+09:00
Subject: Re: C extension makes things slower

Mauricio Fern�ndez wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 05:40:57AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote:
> > Oh, for the sake of complete documentation in case someone has similar
> > questions in the future:
> [...]
>
> Just one minor simplification (also, for the record):
>
> > static void aco_point_free(void* p){
> >   free(p);
> > }
> > static VALUE aco_point_alloc(VALUE klass) {
> >   VALUE object;
> >   ACO_Point_Struct* point = (ACO_Point_Struct*)malloc(sizeof(
> > ACO_Point_Struct));
> >   object = Data_Wrap_Struct(klass,0,aco_point_free,point);
>                                       ==============
>                                           -1
> This way, free() will be used (and you hence need no aco_point_free
> function).
>
> --
> Mauricio Fernandez

Unless you want to make the optimization I did and use the free
function as a way of determining what kind of struct is in your T_DATA
wrapper.

-Charlie