Re^4: Managing C library memory in XS

in reply to Re^3: Managing C library memory in XS
in thread Managing C library memory in XS

The library you are using knows about the references and counts

Ahh.. No. It does not.

There's not more to the C library interface than I described. Functions returning pointers and a documentation which tells you if you are allowed to free the returned pointer. No reference counting. It's plain C without any magic.

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Re^5: Managing C library memory in XS by dmitri (Priest) on May 05, 2014 at 13:10 UTC
As long as there is a way to know this programmatically, you are good: program it into your XS module. If there is not, I think you're screwed no matter at which level you code it.	[reply]
Re^6: Managing C library memory in XS by petermogensen (Sexton) on May 05, 2014 at 13:20 UTC
I think you could say that about any programming problem.	[reply]

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