On 8/22/07, andrew.p.cone <andrew.p.cone@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody.
>
> I have a C function that, given a list of caml values, returns a certain
> sublist of those values.
>
> Currently, I have the C code build up a caml list using caml_alloc and
> Store_field. But when I try to access those values in caml, I get a
> segfault.
>
> I suspect the GC is deleting the input list, because it doesn't realize I've
> made something new that refers to some of those values. How do I tell the GC
> that something refers to some value?

by registering the value with the macros CAMLparam* and CAMLlocal*
cf. http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/manual032.html#htoc229

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  Olivier