MPFR and GMP values are different from string values, where you can “take ownership” of the value simply by assigning pointers. For example:
char *p = gawk_malloc(42); p ``owns'' the memory char *q = p; p = NULL; now q ``owns'' it
MPFR and GMP objects are indeed allocated on the stack or dynamically,
but the MPFR and GMP libraries treat these objects as values, the same way that
you would pass an int or a double by value. There is no
way to “transfer ownership” of MPFR and GMP objects.
The final results of an MPFR or GMP calculation should be passed back
to gawk, by value, as you would a string or a double.
gawk will take care of freeing the storage.
Thus, code in an extension should look like this:
mpz_t part1, part2, answer; declare local values mpz_set_si(part1, 21); do some computations mpz_set_si(part2, 21); mpz_add(answer, part1, part2); … /* assume that result is a parameter of type (awk_value_t *). */ make_number_mpz(answer, & result); set it with final GMP value mpz_clear(part1); release intermediate values mpz_clear(part2); return result; value inanswermanaged bygawk