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Support passing FILE* s

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Lua
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Description

Lua file objects should be able to be passed to functions expecting a FILE*
e.g. https://developer.gnome.org/gmime/stable/GMimeStreamFile.html

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating how Lua file objects and function arguments are handled, using GMimeStreamFile as the interoperability example. The work is done when Lua file objects can be passed to functions expecting FILE*.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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