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diff --git a/doc/extension.rdoc b/doc/extension.rdoc
index f8e0a1ec3d..fc83801b3d 100644
--- a/doc/extension.rdoc
+++ b/doc/extension.rdoc
@@ -657,8 +657,10 @@ with the next macro.
TypedData_Wrap_Struct() returns a created Ruby object as a VALUE.
-The klass argument is the class for the object. It is recommended
-that klass derives from rb_cObject.
+The klass argument is the class for the object. The klass should
+derive from rb_cObject, and the allocator must be set by calling
+rb_define_alloc_func or rb_undef_alloc_func.
+
data_type is a pointer to a const rb_data_type_t which describes
how Ruby should manage the struct.
@@ -668,17 +670,17 @@ member of the struct.
typedef struct rb_data_type_struct rb_data_type_t;
struct rb_data_type_struct {
- const char *wrap_struct_name;
- struct {
- void (*dmark)(void*);
- void (*dfree)(void*);
- size_t (*dsize)(const void *);
- void (*dcompact)(void*);
- void *reserved[1];
- } function;
- const rb_data_type_t *parent;
- void *data;
- VALUE flags;
+ const char *wrap_struct_name;
+ struct {
+ void (*dmark)(void*);
+ void (*dfree)(void*);
+ size_t (*dsize)(const void *);
+ void (*dcompact)(void*);
+ void *reserved[1];
+ } function;
+ const rb_data_type_t *parent;
+ void *data;
+ VALUE flags;
};
wrap_struct_name is an identifier of this instance of the struct.