Native extension: arguments as a hash

Ruby
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I’m working on a native extension in C for Ruby 1.8.7. The method I’m
working on must have the signature:

def receive(receiver, opts = {})

so that users can call:

receiver(receiver, :timeout => 15) # :timeout is optional

But I can’t find a decent example of what such a method would look like
in C. I’ve tried the following:

static VALUE qpid_receiver(VALUE self, VALUE* varg)
{
}

which works fine for receiving variable arguments. But what I’m not
seeing is the arguments beyond the first being pushed into a Hash.

So the question is: in a native extension, how do I tell Ruby that I
want all arguments after the first to be presented as a Hash, with a
default of an empty Hash if no arguments are present?

Thanks.

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 14:14, Darryl L. Pierce [email protected]
wrote:

in C.
We have a function for this in Ruby-GNOME2:

You can see it in use here:

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On 12/02/2011 08:30 AM, Nikolai W. wrote:

But I can’t find a decent example of what such a method would look like
in C.

We have a function for this in Ruby-GNOME2:

You can see it in use here:

Thank you! I’m looking it over now. :slight_smile:

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Darryl Pierce wrote in post #1034735:

I’m working on a native extension in C for Ruby 1.8.7. The method I’m
working on must have the signature:

def receive(receiver, opts = {})

so that users can call:

receiver(receiver, :timeout => 15) # :timeout is optional

But I can’t find a decent example of what such a method would look like
in C. I’ve tried the following:

static VALUE qpid_receiver(VALUE self, VALUE* varg)
{
}

Hi,

I am using 1.9.2, but hopefully it doesn’t change much. To have command
with default values you can declare your function as

rb_define_method(yourCclass, “receive”, (VALUE(*)(…))qpid_receiver,
-1);

(Notice the -1; it means it’s variable arguments). Then you can define
your function as

static VALUE qpid_receiver(int argc, VALUE* argv, VALUE self)
{
VALUE rcvr, opts;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, “11”, &rcvr, &opts); // one has to be given,
// one optional
if (NIL_P(opts)) // if opts is not given
opts = rb_hash_new(); // make it a hash; maybe in 1.8.7 new hash is
// created differently

// Continued with the rest…
}

I haven’t compile the code, so maybe there are some typos. Also, beside
-1, you can also have -2 for variable arguments, but the syntax is
rather different. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Bill