_new(class,count, val_arr)
    char *class
    int count
    AV *val_arr
PREINIT:
    EdjeMessageStringSet *message;
    int index;
    SV *tmp;
    char *string;
    STRLEN len;
CODE:
    Newx(message,1,EdjeMessageStringSet);
    Renewc(message,count+2, char*,EdjeMessageStringSet);
    if (message == NULL) 
        croak("Failed to allocate memory in _new function\n");
    message->count = count+1;
    for (index = 0; index <= count; index++) {
        tmp = *av_fetch(val_arr,index,0);
        string = SvPVutf8(tmp,len);
        message->str[index] = savepvn(string,len);
    }
    RETVAL = message;
OUTPUT:
    RETVAL