Re: [Vala] [Genie] array slices

[Abderrahim Kitouni <a kitouni gmail com>]

Hi,
                       في س، 22-05-2010 عند 21:58 -0400 ، كتب Arc Riley:
> This is the method I'm trying to modify:
>
>     def inline send (output : array of char)
>       sent : size_t
>       if self.buff.str.length == 0     // write buffer is empty
>         self.chan.write_chars(output, out sent)
>         self.chan.flush()
>         if output.length != sent       // buffer what we couldn't send
>           self.buff.append_len(output) // !!! need to shift this to
I believe it should be ((char*) output) + sent (maybe you need to cast
it back to a string), and pass (output.length - sent) as second
argument.
>           self.chan.add_watch(IOCondition.OUT, self.write)
>       else
>         self.buff.append_len(output)
>
> It appears that I want to transfer ownership of "output" and make
> output a pointer.  Is there a way to do that?

I don't understand why would you want to transfer ownership? With a
pointer, you're responsible for your memory and Vala won't track any
ownership.
In this case, for example, we didn't allocate anything, so we don't need
to free it either.

HTH,
Abderrahim