2007/7/27, Bayley, Alistair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It was my intention to do it the other way around: marshall blob to Ptr > (), and then you can cast this to a Ptr CChar. Obviously you'd need to > retain the size information, so a blob basically becomes a (Ptr (), Int) > pair, just like a CStringLen... > > At least this way you've got a type which says explicitly "this thing is > a blob", and then if you know better, i.e. it's really a CString, you > can cast it.
You're right, I'll work in this direction. Eventually I will add also the CStringLen marshalling, as it is a pretty common case (BS, FPS, PS) and it could be handy. Salvatore _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
