That's exactly right.

If you want to pass a list of objects (let's say pointers of type foo*) that require a typemap you usually create a typemap that simply calls a function (let's say SvFoo()) to convert a foo pointer to an SV: 

TYPEMAP
foo* T_FOO

INPUT
T_FOO
    $var = ($type)SvFoo($var);

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And in your XS code do:

void
my_xsub(...)
    PREINIT:
        int i;
        foo **foos = NULL;
    CODE:
        foos = (foo**)malloc(sizeof(foo*) * items);
        for (i = 0; i < items; i++) {
            foos[i] = SvFoo(ST(i));
        }
        # do something with foos

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Now the only thing you need to do is to define a SvFoo function which might look like that:

foo*
SvFoo(SV* foo) {
    SV* ret;
    IV tmp = SvIV((SV*)SvRV(foo));
    ret = INT2PTR(foo*, tmp);
}

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Cheers, Flo

In reply to Re: Ellipsis in perl XS by rafl
in thread Ellipsis in perl XS by tbusch

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