From: Mark Volkmann <mark@...>
Date: 2007-03-11T14:11:20+09:00
Subject: creating Ruby objects from C

The following snippet of C code shows my attempt to create a Ruby  
string object by invoking the "new" method on the Ruby String class.  
I know it would be easier to do this using the rb_str_new or  
rb_str_new2 functions. However, I'm trying to understand how to  
create arbitrary Ruby objects from C using the "new" method. Can you  
spot what's wrong with this code?

   ID class_id = rb_intern("String");
   VALUE stringClass = rb_const_get(rb_cClass, class_id); // wrong  
1st parameter?

   ID method_id = rb_intern("new");
   VALUE s1 = rb_funcall(stringClass, method_id, 1, "test");
   printf("s1 = %s!\n", RSTRING(s1)->ptr);