points example includes memory leak

[plicease]

re-write the points/line example so that it doesn't leak memory

[oylenshpeegul]

Do we just need to do this from_raw business?

#![crate_type = "dylib"]

// compile with: rustc points.rs
// borrowed with modifications from:
// http://paul.woolcock.us/posts/rust-perl-julia-ffi.html
// http://blog.skylight.io/bending-the-curve-writing-safe-fast-native-gems-with-rust/

pub struct Point {
    x: i32,
    y: i32,
}

struct Line {
    p1: Point,
    p2: Point,
}

impl Line {
    pub fn length(&self) -> f64 {
        let xdiff = self.p1.x - self.p2.x;
        let ydiff = self.p1.y - self.p2.y;

        ((xdiff.pow(2) + ydiff.pow(2)) as f64).sqrt()
    }
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn make_point(x: i32, y: i32) -> Box<Point> {
    let ptr = Box::into_raw(Box::new(Point { x: x, y: y }));
    unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) }
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn get_distance(p1: &Point, p2: &Point) -> f64 {
    Line {
        p1: Point { x: p1.x, y: p1.y },
        p2: Point { x: p2.x, y: p2.y },
    }
    .length()
}

[plicease]

@oylenshpeegul probably?

[plicease]

https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.pointer.html

[plicease]

Thanks @oylenshpeegul that pointed me in the right direction!