From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2010-07-16T23:40:26+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_ptr w/ Ruby 1.9's DL library is undefined

Andrew Rousset wrote:
> I'm working on porting up an extension from Ruby 1.8 to Ruby 1.9 and
> there is a method on String that gets added when using the DL library
> named to_ptr in 1.8.
> In 1.9, because the DL library has changed somewhat, that method is now
> undefined.

FFI has a working to_ptr

it's like

FFI::MemoryPointer.from_string('some string')

DL isn't as cross VL portable so I'm unsure there.
-r
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