Re: XS Storing AV in HV entry

You just need to put a reference to the AV in the HV. (notice the newRV_inc()) The following code is untested (I don't have a compiler on this computer) but should give you the right idea.

AV * array = newAV();
HV * hash = newHV();

// use AV_store() to put something in the array

HV_store(hash, "key3", 4, newRV_inc((SV *) array), 0);
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Re: Re: XS Storing AV in HV entry by Elian (Parson) on Apr 04, 2003 at 20:37 UTC
This is almost right--you want newRV_noinc, not newRV_inc. The AV you've created already has a refcount of 1, so there's no need to increment it again. Note that, if only your XS code accesses the array, you can stick the AV directly in. (It works, AVs are supersets of SVs, at least for this purpose) Do not access an array stored like this from perl code, though, as bad things will happen. (core dumps and fatal errors. Not good)	[reply]

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Re: Re: XS Storing AV in HV entry
by Elian (Parson) on Apr 04, 2003 at 20:37 UTC

Note that, if only your XS code accesses the array, you can stick the AV directly in. (It works, AVs are supersets of SVs, at least for this purpose) Do not access an array stored like this from perl code, though, as bad things will happen. (core dumps and fatal errors. Not good)

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