Re^2: Can't install Text::Metaphone with Strawberry Perl

That bug is still open, here's a "fix", in Metaphone.xs, replace

free(phoned_word);
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with

FreeMemory(phoned_word);
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and all is well

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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]