Re: Interface to C; Storage_Error

["DuckE" <nospam_steved94@home.com>]

>
> > Since the "C" prototype is using "char *" I suspect you need
> > to allocate the data to send to the function.
>
> I see no reason for this suspicion, either on the basis of how
> any compiler I know about works, or from the RM, please tell us
> where you got this idea from :-)
>

In the original post the "C" prototype for the function GetNextVal is:

   int GetNextVal(SRV_HANDLE srv, RSLT_HANDLE rslt, CTX_HANDLE *ctx,
                  char* name, double* dbl, FLT_HANDLE flt);


If I were calling this function inside a C program it would look something
like:

  char name[255];

  dummy = GetNextVal( ..., name , ... );

In this example "name" is allocated by the caller, and the address of that
memory is passed to the function.  I would not expect the called function to
allocate space for "name".  Perhaps you didn't understand what I was
attempting to say the first time?

SteveD