From: Baptiste Lepilleur <gaiacrtn@...>
Date: 2002-04-27T20:10:10+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie: embedding ruby and garbage collection

Thanks. After looking at Data_Wrap_Struct implementation, I saw that the
'mark' callback was tied with a ruby object, so I went for the global
variable trick.

Baptiste.

----- Original Message -----
From: "ts" <decoux@moulon.inra.fr>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Cc: <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: newbie: embedding ruby and garbage collection


> >>>>> "B" == Baptiste Lepilleur <gaiacrtn@free.fr> writes:
>
> B> What I'm looking for is a way to register a 'mark' callback similar to
the
> B> one passed to Data_Wrap_Structure, an unregister it at a later time.
That
> B> way, I would be able to register the callback when MyObject is
instantiated,
> B> and unregister the same callback when the instance of MyObject is
destroyed.
>
>  Rather than register a callback, you can  just create an object (with
>  Data_Wrap_struct) and store it in a Hash or Array (declared with
>  rb_global_variable()).
>
>  When the instance of MyObject is destroyed, you just remove this object
>  from the hash (or the array).
>
>
> Guy Decoux
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