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Ben Key <BenK@FreedomScientific.com> writes:

> Can someone take a look at what I have done so far and give me a few 
> pointers?

> {
>   len=XSTRING(attrs[SOUND_FILE])->size;
>   lpszFile=(char *)alloca(len+1);
...
>   free(lpszFile);
!!! remove that line !!!

>   unbind_to (count, Qnil);
>   return Qnil;
> }

You are using alloca so you don't have to call free. free is necessary
by using malloc. The memory allocated by alloca will be automatically
be freed by leaving the funciton.

I am very interested in testing this. 

Harald