// my_func() puts up to len bytes into buffer
int my_func(void *p_struct, char *buffer, int len)

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int
my_xs_func(p_struct, OUTLIST buffer, len)
        void *p_struct;
        char *buffer;
        int len;
    CODE:
        buffer = (char *)malloc(len);
        RETVAL = my_func(p_struct, buffer, len);
    OUTPUT:
        RETVAL

##</code><code>##

int
my_xs_func(p_struct, OUTLIST buffer, len)
        void *p_struct;
        SV *buffer;
        int len;
    PREINIT:
        char *tmp_buffer;
    CODE:
        tmp_buffer = (char *)malloc(len);
        RETVAL = my_func(p_struct, tmp_buffer, len);
        buffer = sv_2mortal(newSVpv(tmp_buffer, 0));
        free(tmp_buffer);
    OUTPUT:
        RETVAL