Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!iuvax!pur-ee!dmc
From: dmc@pur-ee.UUCP (David M Chelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Passing arrays between C and AKCL
Keywords: C-interface, AKCL, KCL, C, passing structures
Message-ID: <14438@pur-ee.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 90 15:03:37 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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I am interested in passing data between C and AKCL.  The manual for
KCL only specifies how to pass simple args (ints, floats).  I have a
need to pass large arrays, and strings between C and AKCL.  Does
anyone know how to accomplish this?  The manual mentions a type of
argument called object, but doesn't tell how to get at the underlying
data in the object.  An important consideration is that the garbage
collector not muck up the array when the C program is looking at it.

Thanks in advance for any help,

 -- Prof. David Chelberg (dmc@piccolo.ecn.purdue.edu)