Re: [Caml-list] Troubles with C->Caml

[Dmitry Bely <dbely@mail.ru>]

malc <malc@pulsesoft.com> writes:

> > >     result = alloc_small (1, 2);
> > >     Field (result, 0) = <some value>;
> > >     Field (result, 1) = Extract_exception (res);
> > 
> > FAQ. When calling allocating functions, the GC may move the values of
> > the heap. The variable "res", of type "value", is actually a pointer
> > to the heap. After the call to "alloc_small", its pointed value may
> > have been moved by the GC, but "res" still points to the old area.
> 
> Well, the real code contains all the necessary CAMLxxx decorations, and
> yet it still coredumps. And belive me, i read everything i could find
> on the subject before posting the question. Furthermore i found that
> C code in OCaml distribution is very inconsistent w.r.t CAMLxxx macros,
> and its hard to draw any conclusions from there.

Why simply not to use CamlIDL and forget about all this problems forever?

Hope to hear from you soon,
Dmitry


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