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Subject: C Interface and float record
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:40:31 +0200
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Hi,

I have a type

type t =3D {
   f1 : float;
   f2 : float;
   f3 : float;
}

and a external C-function should allocate this as for the result.

Do I have to use

   caml_alloc(6, Double_array_tag)

to allocate such a record? I'm unsure about the 6.

Could I also use caml_alloc_small?=20

Thanks,

Christoph Bauer