[Mono-list] passing MonoArray from c#

[Robert Jordan]

fozzie wrote:
> Thanks B-)! That cleans up the property/field/getStrings/getLinks tests
> nicely.
> 
> Once i hit the MonoEmbed:LinksRefExample i'm in the rough again. Do you know
> if there is a way to pass an unmanaged pointer as a ref (or even out)
> argument to a managed method and get it filled with data? There are
> situations where it would be convenient to fill more than one data structure
> since calls to the managed side are expensive.

     // invoking MonoEmbed:LinksRefExample

     MonoArray *links;   // <- must not be allocated
     params[0] = &links; // <- note the double reference
     exc = NULL;
     mono_runtime_invoke(method, instance, params, &exc);

     if (exc != NULL)
	abort ();

     // was "links" populated?
     if (links) {
	    // get links[1] just for kicks
	    link = mono_array_addr(linksArg, DataLink, 1);
	    printf ("link type: %d\n", link->type);
     }

> Speaking of which, the moonlight code makes heavy use of delegates.. perhaps
> because of performance? I tried to use a delegate to get the link data, but
> the test
> 
>     retLinks = (*the_delegates.the_stringsfield_delegate)();
> 
> crashes immediately on entry. Can you tell me if i'm doing something wrong?

I'll look at this tomorrow.

Robert