Problems with data returned from Gtk2::SimpleList

["Roderich Schupp (ext)" <Roderich Schupp ext BenQ com>]

[ new subject, since this has nothing to do with the original thread ]

> Subject: RE: capturing output from running process crashes gtk2
>
> How do I write
>
>      my $filename = $list -> {data}[$page[0]][0];
>      $image = Gtk2::Image -> new_from_file ($filename);
>
> on one line?
>
>      $image = Gtk2::Image -> new_from_file ($list -> 
> {data}[$page[0]][0]);
>
> doesn't work.

I'm guessing $list here is a Gtk2::SimpleList?
I can confirm this behaviour: $list->{data}[0][0] correctly
contains the expected value in row 0 and column 0 
(assuming column 0 is of type "text"),
but when it is directly fed into Gtk2::Image->new_from_file
nothing is shown in the returned image (not even the "broken image"
logo). 

Now Gtk2::Image->new_from_file is apparently just an XS wrapper
for gtk_image_new_from_file... Looking at $list->{data}[0][0]
with Devel::Peek I can see it contains some heavy magic
(it's actually an lvalue), maybe it isn't correctly
converted down to a simple string when passed from
Perl to C level?

Cheers, Roderich