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+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
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+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Test callback to an extern constructor from extern code
+
+import standard::string
+
+extern class IntPtr `{ int* `}
+ new (v: Int) `{
+ int *r = malloc(sizeof(int));
+ *r = v;
+ return r;
+ `}
+
+ redef fun to_s import NativeString, NativeString.to_s `{
+ int len = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%d", *recv) + 1;
+ char *c = new_NativeString(len);
+ sprintf(c, "%d", *recv);
+ return NativeString_to_s(c);
+ `}
+end
+
+fun foo: IntPtr import IntPtr `{
+ int *c = new_IntPtr(5678);
+ return c;
+`}
+
+var a = new IntPtr(1234)
+a.to_s.output
+"\n".output
+
+var b = foo
+b.to_s.output
+"\n".output