1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/otherlibs/labltk/support/cltkMisc.c b/otherlibs/labltk/support/cltkMisc.c
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+++ b/otherlibs/labltk/support/cltkMisc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include <tcl.h>
+#include <tk.h>
+#include <caml/mlvalues.h>
+#include <caml/memory.h>
+#include "camltk.h"
+
+/* Parsing results */
+value camltk_splitlist (v) /* ML */
+     value v;
+{
+  int argc;
+  char **argv;
+  int result;
+
+  CheckInit();
+
+  /* argv is allocated by Tcl, to be freed by us */
+  result = Tcl_SplitList(cltclinterp,String_val(v),&argc,&argv);
+  switch(result) {
+  case TCL_OK:
+   { value res = copy_string_list(argc,argv);
+     free((char *)argv);	/* only one large block was allocated */
+     return res;
+   }
+  case TCL_ERROR:
+  default:
+    tk_error(cltclinterp->result);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Copy a Caml string to the C heap. Should deallocate with stat_free */
+char *string_to_c(s)
+     value s;
+{
+  int l = string_length(s);
+  char *res = stat_alloc(l + 1);
+  bcopy(String_val(s),res,l);
+  res[l] = '\0';
+  return res;
+}
+
+