Hi everyone, I have started work on a module to interface the Lotus C API (Lotus Notes / Domino) from Perl. I want to store handles / error msg / other values using each object's IVX, NVX and/or PVX slots depending on the object. So, for example lets say I have this: 
$ns = Notes::Session->new();

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In the XS function I bless the reference into "Notes::Session", set flags and return it on the stack. I would like to put a global session count into that object's IVX slot and could then have another function to access it (say Notes::Session::session_count or $ns->session_count()). After having blessed the SV into a package (making it an "object") however, it seems I can't use any of the sv_set*v() functions to change those values as the object gets DESTROYed().
Is it possible to change an object's slots like this? If so, how?

Thanks and best regards, Christian Cloutier.

In reply to XS Extending Question by Anonymous Monk

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