On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 05:34:59PM -0700, Matt Wette wrote: ... > Hey. I used the glib routine because it returns the same form, > if I read correctly. The return value is a pointer to a sequence > of (C) pointers. On my machine they are 8 bytes each. So, if > the function is returning three strings, say, the first 8 bytes will > be a pointer to the first string and last 8 bytes (of a total of 32 > = 4 * 8) will be zero. You need to access the three 8-byte > pointer values as numbers and convert to guile pointers to > access the strings. I don't see a way around that. > > I don't see this being a problem with gcc vs g++. Maybe in > structs with mixed types, but not here, IMO.
I'm much relieved to hear it, thank you for your time. Vladimir
