From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2003-10-08T22:37:48+09:00
Subject: rb_scan_args question

Hi all,

2nd attempt - the ML appeared to be defunct yesterday.

Ruby 1.8
Windows XP Pro
VC++ 7

I'm noticing, in Windows at least (not sure about other platforms), some
odd behavior with rb_scan_args.  Let's say I have this function:

static VALUE foo(int argc, VALUE *argv)
{
   VALUE arg1, arg2;
   rb_scan_args(argc,argv,"12",&arg1,&arg2);
   return Qnil;
}

What I've noticed is that sometimes this causes a segfault.  Sometimes
rather bizarre behavior occurs.  The workaround seems to be to add a 3rd
VALUE so that the call looks like this:

rb_scan_args(argc,argv,"12",&arg1,&arg2,&rest);

But, I don't understand why I need the 3rd argument.  The "12" states a
minimum of 1 arg and a maximum of 2 args.  So, why do I need the 3rd
VALUE?

Please clarify.

Regards,

Dan