Passing string array to C

Andre Pany andre at s-e-a-p.de
Thu Sep 10 14:31:41 UTC 2020


Hi,

I have this coding. Function `sample` will later be called from C
and should provide access to a string array.

I tried to read the string values after the function call
and I can access the first string, but for the second string,
there is an access violation.

Why does it crash?

Kind regards
André

```
import std;

void main()
{
	size_t* i;
	const(wchar)* r;
	sample(&r, &i);

         // Try to read the 2 string values
	const(wchar) ** r2;
	r2 = &r;
	auto arr = r2[0..*i];
	writeln(to!string(arr[0])); // Works
	writeln(to!string(arr[1])); // Fails
}

extern(C) export void sample(const(wchar)** r, size_t** c)
{
	string[] arr = ["fooä", "bar"];
	auto z = new const(wchar)*[arr.length];
	foreach(i, ref p; z)
	{
		p = toUTF16z(arr[i]);
	}
	
         *r = z[0];
	
	*c = new size_t();
	**c = arr.length;
}
```



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