lib/ffi-rzmq/socket.rb in ffi-rzmq-2.0.0 vs lib/ffi-rzmq/socket.rb in ffi-rzmq-2.0.1

@@ -133,18 +133,17 @@
         length = 4
         pointer = LibC.malloc length
         pointer.write_int value
 
       elsif 2 == @option_lookup[name]
+        # Strings are treated as pointers by FFI so we'll just pass it through
         length ||= value.size
+        pointer = value
 
-        # note: not checking errno for failed memory allocations :(
-        pointer = LibC.malloc length
-        pointer.write_string value
       end
 
       rc = LibZMQ.zmq_setsockopt @socket, name, pointer, length
-      LibC.free(pointer) unless pointer.nil? || pointer.null?
+      LibC.free(pointer) unless pointer.is_a?(String) || pointer.nil? || pointer.null?
       rc
     end
 
     # Convenience method for checking on additional message parts.
     #