PROTECT(ans = allocVector(STRSXP, count));
for (i = 0 ; i < count ; i++)
SET_STRING_ELT(ans, i, mkChar(Tcl_GetString(elem[i])));
SET_STRING_ELT(ans, i, mkChar(Tcl_GetStringFromObj(elem[i], NULL)));
UNPROTECT(1);
return ans;
}