Hi monkers, in those days, I am writing an XS library but I am having some difficulties converting the C's malloc and memset instruction into the perl's equivalent (for the perlClib) the code snippet is: 

# C code
r = (AirLorconDriver *) malloc(sizeof(AirLorconDriver *));

# where AirLorconDriver is:

struct lorcon_driver {
    struct lorcon_driver *next;

    char *name;
    char *details;

    lorcon_drv_init init_func;
    lorcon_drv_probe probe_func;
}lorcon_driver_t;
typedef lorcon_driver_t AirLorconDriver;

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This was the malloc's problem, the memset snippet is: 
# C code
memset(l_packet, 0, sizeof(AirLorconDriver)); # where l_packet is:

AirLorconDriver *l_packet;

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Can anyone help me translating those 2 obscure C function into perl's Newx and Zero functions? Thanks Edoardo Mantovani, 2020

In reply to help with XS (Newx and by Bpl

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