]> Fernando Alegre [Monday 8 July 2002] : > > Are there any plans to add a "finalize" function to externally > managed bigarrays? > > We have a C library that allocates bigarrays in a certain complex > way and needs to deallocate them when the bigarrays are no longer > in use. We have thought of several ways to do this, but neither is > optimal, except the last one: > > 1) Wrap the bigarray in a custom type that we need to drag along > with it all the time. The finalizer in the custom type will then > deallocate the bigarray. How about defining external finalise_my_bigarray : ('a, 'b, 'c) Bigarray.Genarray.t -> unit and then using Gc.finalise ? -- Olivier ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners