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Fix a GUI segfault in 64-bit Windows #1076

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It is not possible to use [GdkPixbuf.get_pixels] as it will crash on
64-bit Windows. It is not possible to use [GdkPixbuf.from_data] with
most backing buffers (for example those based on string/bytes) as GC
may cause those to move around in memory, thus breaking the pixbuf.

The current assumption is that due to the implementation of [Bigarray]
its data buffer is allocated in C and not moved around by GC, thus
suitable to use with [GdkPixbuf.from_data]. However, as a trade-off,
creating a [Gpointer.region] based on a [Bigarray] does make this code
dependent on internal implementation details of [Bigarray].

This patch uses a custom function for creating a [Gpointer.region] of a
[Bigarray] as [Gpointer.region_of_bigarray] is even more tightly bound
to internal implementation details of [Bigarray].
@gdt gdt merged commit 1cdd0ec into bcpierce00:master Nov 1, 2024
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@tleedjarv tleedjarv deleted the fix-pixbuf-segv branch November 2, 2024 08:35
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