[MacRuby] #1002: AXUIElement functions won't accept Pointers of type :id

[MacRuby]

#1002: AXUIElement functions won't accept Pointers of type :id
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 Reporter:  haxie1@…       |       Owner:  lsansonetti@…        
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  blocker        |   Milestone:  MacRuby 0.8          
Component:  MacRuby        |    Keywords:                       
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 I am working with the Carbon Accessibility API and running into an issue
 with Pointers.

 {{{
 framework 'ApplicationServices'
 pid = (Safari's pid)
 safari =  AXUIElementCreateApplication(pid)
 titlePtr = Pointer.new(:id)
 err = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(safari, "AXTitle", titlePtr)
 }}}

 error:
 TypeError: expected instance of Pointer of type `^v', got `@'

 Passing:

 {{{
 ...
 titlePtr = Pointer.new("^v")
 err = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(safari, "AXTitle", titlePtr)
 }}}

 returns successfully but titlePtr is nil.

 Since AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue takes a pointer to a CFTypeRef,
 shouldn't I be able to pass a Pointer of type :id?

 I am running the latest MacRuby nightly and have BridgeSupportPreview1
 installed.

 Regards,

 Kam

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Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/1002>
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