>>>>> "L" == Laurent Julliard <Laurent.Julliard / xrce.xerox.com> writes: L> Standard Ruby object because I have not found a way to access the ENV L> object from a C extension (rb_gv_get doesn't work). Any idea ? ^^^^^^^^^ The first letter of ENV is [A-Z], this mean this is a constant :-) rb_const_get() Guy Decoux