From: Alex Fenton <aff28@...>
Date: 2008-04-01T23:35:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Detaching free function from String in C API

ts wrote:
> Alex Fenton wrote:
>> Is the same thing is possible with an in-built ruby String object, to
>> set it so that the underlying char* contents will not be freed when the
>> String is GC'd?
> 
>  Look at mmap (in RAA), when you write
> 
>   m = Mmap.new("aa")
> 
>  the object in `m' is in reality a String object and mmap make in
>  sort that ruby will never free the char * content, otherwise it
>  will crash.

Perfect, thanks. I will read the source and ponder

alex