From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-09-15T01:43:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Data_Make_Struct for incomplete type

Erik Lindblad wrote:
> However there is one problem left. All the stuff above is only
> possible within the wrapper C code. Once the library call exits and I
> am back in Ruby land, the wrapped struct (SomeOpaqueStruct in your
> example) is freed and I get a segmentation fault. I realize this is
> because of how the wrapped library works but do you know of any way to
> prevent this or how to copy the struct, thereby saving it for the
> afterworld?

Ouch. Bad library, bad!

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