[gambit-list] creating homogeneous vectors from the FFI

Hi there,

I am slowly getting code for FCGI support running, but I have a small issue with keeping Gambit compatibility - it is unclear to me how to create a u8vector to bring the output of read() back into the Scheme world. The FCGI protocol is a fairly ugly mix of text and binary components that does not map very well to a C structure interface as most FFIs implement. I have had fairly good success in manipulating the raw octet stream using Larceny and now I am looking for ways to bring that same style into Gambit. u8vectors look like a good map to Larceny's bytevector type, but I just don't see how to get to them from the FFI without jumping through some serious SCMOBJ hoops.

Or am I missing something?

david rush