crubyruby-c-extension

Difference between Data_Wrap_Struct and TypedData_Wrap_Struct?


I'm wrapping a C struct in a Ruby C extension but I can't find the differente between Data_Wrap_Struct and TypedData_Wrap_Struct in the docs, what's the difference between the two functions?


Solution

  • It's described pretty well in the official documentation.

    The tl;dr is that Data_Wrap_Struct is deprecated and just lets you set the class and the mark/free functions for the wrapped data. TypedData_Wrap_Struct instead lets you set the class and then takes a pointer to a rb_data_type_struct structure that allows for more advanced options to be set for the wrapping:

    Check my unofficial documentation for a couple examples of how this is used.