From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2003-04-25T07:34:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Accessing Ruby class from C extention


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Tomson" <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Accessing Ruby class from C extention


>
> It seems like to call the constructor of a Ruby class from C that you
> have to use rb_eval_string("YourRubyClass.new");  I don't see how you
> could do it otherwise since rb_funcall needs a receiver and you don't yet
> have a reciever:
>
>   rb_funcall(VALUE recv, ID id, int argc, ...);
>
> So how would you call Foo.new using rb_funcall?  You'd have to get the ID:
>   rb_intern("Foo.new");
> But then what would you use for recv?

You can get the value of constant "Foo" (seems like rb_gv_get() will do the
job, I may be mistaken) and use it as a receiver.

>
> At any rate, rb_eval_string is working fine for me.
>
> Phil
>
>

Gennady.