[Mono-bugs] [Bug 63755][Nor] New - Mono does not correctly marshal "ref string[]" for P/Invoke

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Changed by mathpup@mylinuxisp.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=63755

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+Bug#: 63755
+Product: Mono: Runtime
+Version: unspecified
+OS: 
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: misc
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: mathpup@mylinuxisp.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Mono does not correctly marshal "ref string[]" for P/Invoke
+
+Description of Problem: 
+ 
+When a P/Invoke method has a parameter with type "ref string[]", the Mono 
+runtime does not correctly marshal the data.  
+ 
+The test programs attached print "Zebra", "Horse", and "Mule" on 
+Rotor/.NET, but under Mono the result is garbage. 
+ 
+Steps to reproduce the problem: 
+1. g++ -O -o libdata.so -shared data.cpp 
+2. mcs data.cs 
+3. mono data.exe 
+ 
+ 
+Actual Results: 
+ 
+Unprintable character(s) are printed. 
+ 
+ 
+Expected Results: 
+ 
+Zebra 
+Horse 
+Mule 
+ 
+are printed. 
+ 
+ 
+How often does this happen?  
+ 
+Always 
+ 
+ 
+Additional Information: 
+ 
+data.cs: 
+ 
+using System; 
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices; 
+ 
+public class Tesing 
+{ 
+        [DllImport("libdata.so", CharSet=CharSet.Ansi)] 
+        private static extern int f(ref string[] data); 
+ 
+        public static void Main() 
+        { 
+                string[] data = { "Zebra", "Horse", "Mule", null }; 
+                f(ref data); 
+        } 
+ 
+} 
+ 
+ 
+data.cpp: 
+ 
+#include <iostream> 
+using namespace std; 
+ 
+extern "C" 
+{ 
+int f(char ***data) 
+{ 
+        char** string_array = *data; 
+        int i = 0; 
+        while ( string_array[i] != 0 ) 
+        { 
+                cout << string_array[i] << endl; 
+                i++; 
+        } 
+} 
+}