Calling library function with a Pointer(Void) argument

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Working on Gtk4 examples using the Gtk4 shard where I call the following method

 def add_constraints_from_description(lines : Enumerable(::String), hspacing : Int32, vspacing : Int32, views : Pointer(Void)) : GLib::List

and specifically the views argument of type Pointer(Void). The code compiles when I pass in Pointer(Void).null for views but than I get a Gtk error.

(crystal-run-main.tmp:12461): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 19:59:39.242: gtk_constraint_layout_add_constraints_from_descriptionv: assertion 'views != NULL' failed

which is expected as I pass in a Pointer(Void).null

The sample code can be found at (removed some of the comments)

https://github.com/gummybears/gtk4_with_crystal/blob/master/lesson009/vfl_grid.cr

in method constraints

  def constraints()

    vfl = [
        "H:|-[button1(==button2)]-12-[button2]-|",
        "H:|-[button3]-|",
        "V:|-[button1]-12-[button3(==button1)]-|",
        "V:|-[button2]-12-[button3(==button2)]-|",
      ]

    views = Pointer(Void).null
    list = @manager.add_constraints_from_description(vfl,8,8,views)
  end

Using
Crystal 1.9.2
Gtk4 shard 0.15

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Without knowing anything about GTK4, from this doc (https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/method.ConstraintLayout.add_constraints_from_description.html), it would imply its either a single first view or it’s a null terminated collection of views.