From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-08-27T12:54:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about Ruby extension API

Hi,

In message "Question about Ruby extension API"
    on 02/08/27, "Bennett, Patrick" <Patrick.Bennett@inin.com> writes:

|I've looked all over but can't find the function call for doing a simple assignment (!)

It depends on what you want to assign to.

If it is a local variable, reconsider your design.  You cannot modify
local variables from within a C function, since a C function is a
method, and a method cannot modify local variables of outer methods.

If it is an instance variable, use rb_ivar_set().  For a global
variable, rb_gvar_set() is available.

							matz.