got the ffi module to work in the basics at least

hawk/lib/hawk.h

@@ -2948,6 +2948,17 @@ HAWK_EXPORT hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithucs (
 	const hawk_ucs_t* ucs
 );
 
+HAWK_EXPORT hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithbcstr (
+	hawk_rtx_t*       rtx,
+	const hawk_bch_t* bcs
+);
+
+HAWK_EXPORT hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithucstr (
+	hawk_rtx_t*       rtx,
+	const hawk_uch_t* ucs
+);
+
+
 HAWK_EXPORT hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithuchars2 (
 	hawk_rtx_t*       rtx,
 	const hawk_uch_t* ucs1,

hawk/lib/std.c

@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ void* hawk_stdmodopen (hawk_t* hawk, const hawk_mod_spec_t* spec)
 
 	lt_dladvise_destroy (&adv);
 
-	HAWK_MMGR_FREE (hawk_getmmgr(hawk), modpath);
-
+	if (modpath) hawk_freemem(hawk, modpath);
 	return h;
 
 #elif defined(_WIN32)

hawk/lib/val.c

@@ -908,6 +908,16 @@ hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithucs (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, const hawk_ucs_t* ucs)
 	return hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithuchars(rtx, ucs->ptr, ucs->len);
 }
 
+
+hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithbcstr (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, const hawk_bch_t* bcs)
+{
+	return make_mbs_val(rtx, bcs, hawk_count_bcstr(bcs), HAWK_NULL, 0);
+}
+
+hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithucstr (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, const hawk_uch_t* ucs)
+{
+	return hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithuchars(rtx, ucs, hawk_count_ucstr(ucs));
+}
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 hawk_val_t* hawk_rtx_makembsvalwithuchars2 (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, const hawk_uch_t* ucs1, hawk_oow_t len1, const hawk_uch_t* ucs2, hawk_oow_t len2)