Re: Can't install Text::Metaphone with Strawberry Perl

I originally posted the bug on RT. It was on Strawberry Perl 5.8 not 5.10 and the author of the module fixed the problem recently. the original bug post was here Fails to install on strawberry perl 5.8

Comment on Re: Can't install Text::Metaphone with Strawberry Perl

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Re^2: Can't install Text::Metaphone with Strawberry Perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 15, 2008 at 14:35 UTC
That bug is still open, here's a "fix", in Metaphone.xs, replace `free(phoned_word);` [download] with `FreeMemory(phoned_word);` [download] and all is well	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Can't install Text::Metaphone with Strawberry Perl by Taulmarill (Deacon) on Oct 15, 2008 at 15:03 UTC
This also seems to work. Would anyone care to explain this to me (just for my curiosity, i'm not that experienced with XS).	[reply]
Re^4: Can't install Text::Metaphone with Strawberry Perl by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 15, 2008 at 22:41 UTC
The `metaphone()` function returns a C string allocated with the Perl API call `NewMemory()`, not the system's `malloc()`. You need to be consistent with the allocation/deallocation functions you use. That's all.	[reply] [d/l] [select]