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-/* $Id$ */
-
-/* ddt_use - use of datatypes structs (public)                              */
-
-/* Authors: Olivier Aumage, Martin Quinson                                  */
-/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 the GRAS posse.                                 */
-
-/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-   under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
-
-#include "DataDesc/datadesc_private.h"
-
-GRAS_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(use,DataDesc);
-
-static const char *gras_datadesc_cat_names[9] = { 
-  "undefined", 
-  "scalar", "struct", "union", "ref", "array", "ignored",
-  "invalid"};
-
-static gras_datadesc_type_t *int_type = NULL;
-static gras_datadesc_type_t *pointer_type = NULL;    
-static gras_error_t gras_dd_send_int(gras_socket_t *sock,             int  i);
-static gras_error_t gras_dd_recv_int(gras_socket_t *sock, int r_arch, int *i);
-
-static gras_error_t
-gras_dd_alloc_ref(gras_dict_t *refs,  long int     size,
-                 char       **r_ref, long int     r_len,
-                 char       **l_ref);
-static int 
-gras_dd_is_r_null(char **r_ptr, long int length);
-
-static gras_error_t 
-gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
-                      gras_dict_t          *refs,
-                      gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
-                      char                 *data);
-static gras_error_t
-gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock, 
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
-                      gras_dict_t          *refs,
-                      gras_datadesc_type_t *type,
-                      int                   r_arch,
-                      char                **r_data,
-                      long int              r_lgr,
-                      char                **dst);
-
-
-static gras_error_t
-gras_dd_send_int(gras_socket_t *sock,int i) {
-  gras_error_t errcode;
-
-  if (!int_type) 
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_by_name("int", &int_type));
-  
-  DEBUG1("send_int(%d)",i);
-  return gras_trp_chunk_send(sock, (char*)&i, int_type->size[GRAS_THISARCH]);
-}
-
-static gras_error_t
-gras_dd_recv_int(gras_socket_t *sock, int r_arch, int *i) {
-  gras_error_t errcode;
-
-  if (!int_type) 
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_by_name("int", &int_type));
-
-  if (int_type->size[GRAS_THISARCH] >= int_type->size[r_arch]) {
-    TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)i, int_type->size[r_arch]));
-    TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(int_type,r_arch, i,i));
-  } else {
-    void *ptr = NULL;
-    ptr = malloc((size_t)int_type->size[r_arch]);
-    TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)ptr, int_type->size[r_arch]));
-    TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(int_type,r_arch, ptr,i));
-    free(ptr);
-  }
-  DEBUG1("recv_int(%d)",*i);
-
-  return no_error;
-}
-
-/*
- * Note: here we suppose that the remote NULL is a sequence 
- *       of 'length' bytes set to 0.
- * FIXME: Check in configure?
- */
-static int 
-gras_dd_is_r_null(char **r_ptr, long int length) {
-  int i;
-
-  for (i=0; i<length; i++) {
-    if ( ((unsigned char*)r_ptr) [i]) {
-      return 0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return 1;
-}
-
-static gras_error_t
-gras_dd_alloc_ref(gras_dict_t *refs,
-                 long int     size,
-                 char       **r_ref,
-                 long int     r_len, /* pointer_type->size[r_arch] */
-                 char       **l_ref) {
-  char *l_data = NULL;
-  gras_error_t errcode;
-
-  gras_assert1(size>0,"Cannot allocate %d bytes!", size);
-  if (! (l_data = malloc((size_t)size)) )
-    RAISE_MALLOC;
-
-  *l_ref = l_data;
-  DEBUG2("l_data=%p, &l_data=%p",l_data,&l_data);
-
-  DEBUG3("alloc_ref: r_ref=%p; *r_ref=%p, r_len=%d",
-        r_ref, r_ref?*r_ref:NULL, r_len);
-  if (r_ref && !gras_dd_is_r_null( r_ref, r_len)) {
-    void *ptr = malloc(sizeof(void *));
-    if (!ptr)
-      RAISE_MALLOC;
-    //    memcpy(ptr,&l_data, sizeof(void *));
-    memcpy(ptr,l_ref, sizeof(void *));
-
-    DEBUG2("Insert %p under %p",*(void**)ptr, *(void**)r_ref);
-    /* FIXME: Leaking on the ptr. Do I really need to copy it? */
-    TRY(gras_dict_insert_ext(refs,(const char *) r_ref, r_len, ptr, NULL));
-  }
-  return no_error;
-}
-
-/**
- * gras_datadesc_get_id_from_name:
- * Returns: -1 in case of error.
- *
- * Retrieve the ID of a previously declared datatype from its name.
- */
-long int
-gras_datadesc_get_id_from_name(const char *name) {
-  gras_error_t errcode;
-  gras_datadesc_type_t *type;
-
-  errcode = gras_datadesc_by_name(name,&type);
-  if (errcode != no_error)
-    return -1;
-  return type->code;
-}
-
-/**
- * gras_datadesc_type_cmp:
- *
- * Compares two datadesc types with the same semantic than strcmp.
- *
- * This comparison does not take the set headers into account (name and ID), 
- * but only the payload (actual type description).
- */
-int gras_datadesc_type_cmp(const gras_datadesc_type_t *d1,
-                          const gras_datadesc_type_t *d2) {
-  int ret,cpt;
-  gras_dd_cat_field_t *field1,*field2;
-  gras_datadesc_type_t *field_desc_1,*field_desc_2;
-
-
-  if (!d1 && d2) return 1;
-  if (!d1 && !d2) return 0;
-  if ( d1 && !d2) return -1;
-
-  if      (d1->size          != d2->size     )     
-    return d1->size          >  d2->size         ? 1 : -1;
-  if      (d1->alignment     != d2->alignment)     
-    return d1->alignment     >  d2->alignment    ? 1 : -1;
-  if      (d1->aligned_size  != d2->aligned_size)  
-    return d1->aligned_size  >  d2->aligned_size ? 1 : -1;
-
-  if      (d1->category_code != d2->category_code) 
-    return d1->category_code >  d2->category_code ? 1 : -1;
-
-  if      (d1->pre          != d2->pre)           
-    return d1->pre          >  d2->pre ? 1 : -1;
-  if      (d1->post         != d2->post)
-    return d1->post          > d2->post ? 1 : -1;
-
-  switch (d1->category_code) {
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_scalar:
-    if (d1->category.scalar_data.encoding != d2->category.scalar_data.encoding)
-      return d1->category.scalar_data.encoding > d2->category.scalar_data.encoding ? 1 : -1 ;
-    break;
-    
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_struct:    
-    if (gras_dynar_length(d1->category.struct_data.fields) != 
-       gras_dynar_length(d2->category.struct_data.fields))
-      return gras_dynar_length(d1->category.struct_data.fields) >
-       gras_dynar_length(d2->category.struct_data.fields) ?
-       1 : -1;
-    
-    gras_dynar_foreach(d1->category.struct_data.fields, cpt, field1) {
-      
-      gras_dynar_get(d2->category.struct_data.fields, cpt, field2);
-      gras_datadesc_by_id(field1->code,&field_desc_1); /* FIXME: errcode ignored */
-      gras_datadesc_by_id(field2->code,&field_desc_2);
-      ret = gras_datadesc_type_cmp(field_desc_1,field_desc_2);
-      if (ret)
-       return ret;
-      
-    }
-    break;
-    
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_union:
-    if (d1->category.union_data.selector != d2->category.union_data.selector) 
-      return d1->category.union_data.selector > d2->category.union_data.selector ? 1 : -1;
-    
-    if (gras_dynar_length(d1->category.union_data.fields) != 
-       gras_dynar_length(d2->category.union_data.fields))
-      return gras_dynar_length(d1->category.union_data.fields) >
-            gras_dynar_length(d2->category.union_data.fields) ?
-       1 : -1;
-    
-    gras_dynar_foreach(d1->category.union_data.fields, cpt, field1) {
-      
-      gras_dynar_get(d2->category.union_data.fields, cpt, field2);
-      gras_datadesc_by_id(field1->code,&field_desc_1); /* FIXME: errcode ignored */
-      gras_datadesc_by_id(field2->code,&field_desc_2);
-      ret = gras_datadesc_type_cmp(field_desc_1,field_desc_2);
-      if (ret)
-       return ret;
-      
-    }
-    break;
-    
-    
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_ref:
-    if (d1->category.ref_data.selector != d2->category.ref_data.selector) 
-      return d1->category.ref_data.selector > d2->category.ref_data.selector ? 1 : -1;
-    
-    if (d1->category.ref_data.code != d2->category.ref_data.code) 
-      return d1->category.ref_data.code > d2->category.ref_data.code ? 1 : -1;
-    break;
-    
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_array:
-    if (d1->category.array_data.code != d2->category.array_data.code) 
-      return d1->category.array_data.code > d2->category.array_data.code ? 1 : -1;
-    
-    if (d1->category.array_data.fixed_size != d2->category.array_data.fixed_size) 
-      return d1->category.array_data.fixed_size > d2->category.array_data.fixed_size ? 1 : -1;
-    
-    if (d1->category.array_data.dynamic_size != d2->category.array_data.dynamic_size) 
-      return d1->category.array_data.dynamic_size > d2->category.array_data.dynamic_size ? 1 : -1;
-    
-    break;
-    
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_ignored:
-    /* That's ignored... */
-  default:
-    /* two stupidly created ddt are equally stupid ;) */
-    break;
-  }
-  return 0;
-  
-}
-
-/**
- * gras_datadesc_cpy:
- *
- * Copy the data pointed by src and described by type 
- * to a new location, and store a pointer to it in dst.
- *
- */
-gras_error_t gras_datadesc_cpy(gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
-                              void *src, 
-                              void **dst) {
-  RAISE_UNIMPLEMENTED;
-}
-
-static gras_error_t 
-gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
-                      gras_dict_t          *refs,
-                      gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
-                      char                 *data) {
-
-  gras_error_t          errcode;
-  int                   cpt;
-  gras_datadesc_type_t *sub_type; /* type on which we recurse */
-  
-  VERB2("Send a %s (%s)", 
-       type->name, gras_datadesc_cat_names[type->category_code]);
-
-  if (type->pre) {
-    type->pre(state,type,data);
-  }
-
-  switch (type->category_code) {
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_scalar:
-    TRY(gras_trp_chunk_send(sock, data, type->size[GRAS_THISARCH]));
-    break;
-
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_struct: {
-    gras_dd_cat_struct_t  struct_data;
-    gras_dd_cat_field_t  *field;
-    char                 *field_data;
-
-    struct_data = type->category.struct_data;
-    VERB1(">> Send all fields of the structure %s",type->name);
-    gras_dynar_foreach(struct_data.fields, cpt, field) {
-      field_data = data;
-      field_data += field->offset[GRAS_THISARCH];
-      
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(field->code, &sub_type));
-      
-      if (field->pre)
-       field->pre(state,sub_type,field_data);
-      
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs,sub_type, field_data));
-      
-      if (field->post)
-       field->post(state,sub_type,field_data);
-    }
-    VERB1("<< Sent all fields of the structure %s", type->name);
-    
-    break;
-  }
-
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_union: {
-    gras_dd_cat_union_t    union_data;
-    gras_dd_cat_field_t   *field;
-    int                    field_num;
-    
-    union_data = type->category.union_data;
-    
-    /* retrieve the field number */
-    field_num = union_data.selector(state, type, data);
-    
-    gras_assert1(field_num > 0,
-                "union field selector of %s gave a negative value", 
-                type->name);
-    
-    gras_assert3(field_num < gras_dynar_length(union_data.fields),
-        "union field selector of %s returned %d but there is only %d fields", 
-                type->name, field_num, gras_dynar_length(union_data.fields));
-
-    /* Send the field number */
-    TRY(gras_dd_send_int(sock, field_num));
-    
-    /* Send the content */
-    gras_dynar_get(union_data.fields, field_num, field);
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(field->code, &sub_type));
-    
-    if (field->pre)
-      field->pre(state,sub_type,data);
-    
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type, data));
-      
-    if (field->post)
-      field->post(state,sub_type,data);
-    
-    break;
-  }
-    
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_ref: {
-    gras_dd_cat_ref_t      ref_data;
-    int                    ref_code;
-
-    void                 **ref=(void**)data;
-    void *dummy;
-    
-    ref_data = type->category.ref_data;
-    
-    /* Detect the referenced type and send it to peer if needed */
-    ref_code = ref_data.code;
-    if (ref_code < 0) {
-      ref_code = ref_data.selector(state,type,data);
-      TRY(gras_dd_send_int(sock, ref_code));
-    }
-    
-    /* Send the actual value of the pointer for cycle handling */
-    if (!pointer_type)
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_by_name("data pointer", &pointer_type));
-    TRY(gras_trp_chunk_send(sock, (char*)data,
-                           pointer_type->size[GRAS_THISARCH]));
-    
-    /* Send the pointed data only if not already sent */
-    if (*(void**)data == NULL) {
-      VERB0("Not sending NULL referenced data");
-      break;
-    }
-    errcode = gras_dict_retrieve_ext(refs,(char*)ref, sizeof(void*), &dummy);
-    if (errcode == mismatch_error) {
-      VERB1("Sending data referenced at %p", *ref);
-      TRY(gras_dict_insert_ext(refs, (char*)ref, sizeof(void*), ref, NULL));
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(ref_code, &sub_type));
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type, *ref));
-      
-    } else if (errcode == no_error) {
-      VERB1("Not sending data referenced at %p (already done)", *ref);
-    } else {
-      return errcode;
-    }
-    
-    break;
-  }
-
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_array: {
-    gras_dd_cat_array_t    array_data;
-    long int               count;
-    char                  *ptr=data;
-    long int               elm_size;
-    
-    array_data = type->category.array_data;
-    
-    /* determine and send the element count */
-    count = array_data.fixed_size;
-    if (count <= 0) {
-      count = array_data.dynamic_size(state,type,data);
-      gras_assert1(count >=0,
-                  "Invalid (negative) array size for type %s",type->name);
-      TRY(gras_dd_send_int(sock, count));
-    }
-    
-    /* send the content */
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(array_data.code, &sub_type));
-    elm_size = sub_type->aligned_size[GRAS_THISARCH];
-    for (cpt=0; cpt<count; cpt++) {
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type, ptr));
-      ptr += elm_size;
-    }
-    break;
-  }
-
-  default:
-    gras_assert0(0, "Invalid type");
-  }
-
-  if (type->post) {
-    type->post(state,type,data);
-  }
-
-  return no_error;
-}
-
-/**
- * gras_datadesc_send:
- *
- * Copy the data pointed by src and described by type to the socket
- *
- */
-gras_error_t gras_datadesc_send(gras_socket_t *sock, 
-                               gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
-                               void *src) {
-
-  gras_error_t errcode;
-  gras_dd_cbps_t *state = NULL;
-  gras_dict_t    *refs; /* all references already sent */
-  TRY(gras_dict_new(&refs));
-  TRY(gras_dd_cbps_new(&state));
-
-  errcode = gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs,type,(char*)src);
-
-  gras_dict_free(&refs);
-  gras_dd_cbps_free(&state);
-
-  return errcode;
-}
-
-/**
- * gras_datadesc_recv_rec:
- *
- * Do the data reception job recursively.
- */
-gras_error_t
-gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock, 
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
-                      gras_dict_t          *refs,
-                      gras_datadesc_type_t *type,
-                      int                   r_arch,
-                      char                **r_data,
-                      long int              r_lgr,
-                      char                **dst) {
-
-  gras_error_t          errcode;
-  char                 *l_data = *dst; /* dereference to avoid typo */
-  int                   cpt;
-  gras_datadesc_type_t *sub_type;
-
-  VERB1("Recv a %s", type->name);
-
-  switch (type->category_code) {
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_scalar:
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-    
-    if (type->size[GRAS_THISARCH] >= type->size[r_arch]) {
-      TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)l_data, type->size[r_arch]));
-      TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(type,r_arch, l_data,l_data));
-    } else {
-      void *ptr = NULL;
-      ptr = malloc((size_t)type->size[r_arch]);
-      TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)ptr, type->size[r_arch]));
-      TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(type,r_arch, ptr,l_data));
-      free(ptr);
-    }
-    break;
-
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_struct: {
-    gras_dd_cat_struct_t   struct_data;
-    gras_dd_cat_field_t   *field;
-
-    struct_data = type->category.struct_data;
-
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
-    VERB1(">> Receive all fields of the structure %s",type->name);
-    gras_dynar_foreach(struct_data.fields, cpt, field) {
-      char                 *field_data = l_data + field->offset[GRAS_THISARCH];
-
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(field->code, &sub_type));
-
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
-                                r_arch,NULL,0,
-                                &field_data));
-    }
-    VERB1("<< Received all fields of the structure %s", type->name);
-    
-    break;
-  }
-
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_union: {
-    gras_dd_cat_union_t    union_data;
-    gras_dd_cat_field_t   *field;
-    int                    field_num;
-
-    union_data = type->category.union_data;
-
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
-    /* retrieve the field number */
-    TRY(gras_dd_recv_int(sock, r_arch, &field_num));
-    if (field_num < 0)
-      RAISE1(mismatch_error,
-            "Received union field for %s is negative", type->name);
-    if (field_num < gras_dynar_length(union_data.fields)) 
-      RAISE3(mismatch_error,
-            "Received union field for %s is %d but there is only %d fields", 
-            type->name, field_num, gras_dynar_length(union_data.fields));
-    
-    /* Recv the content */
-    gras_dynar_get(union_data.fields, field_num, field);
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(field->code, &sub_type));
-    
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
-                              r_arch,NULL,0,
-                              dst));
-    break;
-  }
-
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_ref: {
-    char             **r_ref = NULL;
-    char             **l_ref = NULL;
-    gras_dd_cat_ref_t  ref_data;
-    int                ref_code;
-    
-    ref_data = type->category.ref_data;
-
-    /* Get the referenced type locally or from peer */
-    ref_code = ref_data.code;
-    if (ref_code < 0) 
-      TRY(gras_dd_recv_int(sock, r_arch, &ref_code));
-
-    /* Get the actual value of the pointer for cycle handling */
-    if (!pointer_type)
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_by_name("data pointer", &pointer_type));
-
-    if (! (r_ref = malloc((size_t)pointer_type->size[r_arch])) )
-      RAISE_MALLOC;
-    TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)r_ref,
-                           pointer_type->size[r_arch]));
-
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
-    /* Receive the pointed data only if not already sent */
-    if (gras_dd_is_r_null(r_ref, pointer_type->size[r_arch])) {
-      VERB1("Not receiving data remotely referenced at %p since it's NULL",
-           *(void **)r_ref);
-      *(void**)l_data = NULL;
-      break;
-    }
-    errcode = gras_dict_retrieve_ext(refs,
-                                    (char*)r_ref, pointer_type->size[r_arch],
-                                    (void**)&l_ref);
-
-
-    if (errcode == mismatch_error) {
-      void *l_referenced=NULL;
-      VERB1("Receiving data remotely referenced at %p", *(void**)r_ref);
-
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(ref_code, &sub_type));
-      //      DEBUG2("l_ref= %p; &l_ref=%p",l_referenced,&l_referenced);
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
-                                r_arch,r_ref,pointer_type->size[r_arch],
-                                (char**)&l_referenced));
-      *(void**)l_data=l_referenced;
-      
-    } else if (errcode == no_error) {
-      VERB1("NOT receiving data remotely referenced at %p (already done). ",
-           *(void**)r_ref);
-
-      VERB2("l_ref=%p; *l_ref=%p", l_ref,*l_ref);
-
-      *(void**)l_data=*l_ref;
-
-    } else {
-      return errcode;
-    }
-    VERB1("*l_data=%p",*(void**)l_data);
-    break;
-  }
-
-  case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_array: {
-    gras_dd_cat_array_t    array_data;
-    int       count;
-    char     *ptr;
-    long int  elm_size;
-
-    array_data = type->category.array_data;
-    /* determine element count locally or from peer */
-    count = array_data.fixed_size;
-    if (count <= 0)
-      TRY(gras_dd_recv_int(sock, r_arch, &count));
-    if (count < 0)
-      RAISE1(mismatch_error,
-            "Invalid (negative) array size for type %s",type->name);
-
-    /* receive the content */
-    TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(array_data.code, &sub_type));
-    elm_size = sub_type->aligned_size[GRAS_THISARCH];
-    
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,elm_size*count,r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
-    ptr = l_data;
-    for (cpt=0; cpt<count; cpt++) {
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
-                                r_arch, NULL, 0, &ptr));
-      ptr += elm_size;
-    }
-    break;
-  }
-        
-  default:
-    gras_assert0(0, "Invalid type");
-  }
-  
-  return no_error;
-}
-
-/**
- * gras_datadesc_recv:
- *
- * Get an instance of the datatype described by @type from the @socket, 
- * and store a pointer to it in @dst
- *
- */
-gras_error_t
-gras_datadesc_recv(gras_socket_t *sock, 
-                  gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
-                  int r_arch,
-                  void **dst) {
-
-  gras_error_t errcode;
-  gras_dd_cbps_t *state = NULL; /* callback persistent state */
-  gras_dict_t    *refs;         /* all references already sent */
-
-  TRY(gras_dict_new(&refs));
-  TRY(gras_dd_cbps_new(&state));
-  if (*dst) 
-    VERB0("'*dst' not NULL in datadesc_recv. Data to be copied there without malloc");
-
-  errcode = gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock, state, refs, type, 
-                                  r_arch, NULL, 0,
-                                  (char **) dst);
-
-  gras_dict_free(&refs);
-  gras_dd_cbps_free(&state);
-
-  return errcode;
-}