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11fd7d05 1use strict;
9cf41c4d 2use Config;
3
4sub to_string {
5 my ($value) = @_;
6 $value =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
7 $value =~ s/'/\\'/g;
8 return "'$value'";
9}
10
11fd7d05 111 while unlink "XSLoader.pm";
9cf41c4d 12open OUT, ">XSLoader.pm" or die $!;
13print OUT <<'EOT';
14# Generated from XSLoader.pm.PL (resolved %Config::Config value)
15
16package XSLoader;
17
80a65c70 18$VERSION = "0.10";
11fd7d05 19
20#use strict;
9cf41c4d 21
22# enable debug/trace messages from DynaLoader perl code
23# $dl_debug = $ENV{PERL_DL_DEBUG} || 0 unless defined $dl_debug;
24
25EOT
26
27print OUT ' my $dl_dlext = ', to_string($Config::Config{'dlext'}), ";\n" ;
28
29print OUT <<'EOT';
30
9cf41c4d 31package DynaLoader;
b4cea227 32
33# No prizes for guessing why we don't say 'bootstrap DynaLoader;' here.
34# NOTE: All dl_*.xs (including dl_none.xs) define a dl_error() XSUB
9cf41c4d 35boot_DynaLoader('DynaLoader') if defined(&boot_DynaLoader) &&
b4cea227 36 !defined(&dl_error);
9cf41c4d 37package XSLoader;
38
9cf41c4d 39sub load {
40 package DynaLoader;
41
9e8c31cc 42 die q{XSLoader::load('Your::Module', $Your::Module::VERSION)} unless @_;
43
9cf41c4d 44 my($module) = $_[0];
45
46 # work with static linking too
73bf7552 47 my $boots = "$module\::bootstrap";
48 goto &$boots if defined &$boots;
9cf41c4d 49
50 goto retry unless $module and defined &dl_load_file;
51
52 my @modparts = split(/::/,$module);
53 my $modfname = $modparts[-1];
54
55EOT
56
57print OUT <<'EOT' if defined &DynaLoader::mod2fname;
58 # Some systems have restrictions on files names for DLL's etc.
59 # mod2fname returns appropriate file base name (typically truncated)
60 # It may also edit @modparts if required.
61 $modfname = &mod2fname(\@modparts) if defined &mod2fname;
62
63EOT
64
9d419b5f 65print OUT <<'EOT' if $^O eq 'os2';
66
67 # os2 static build can dynaload, but cannot dynaload Perl modules...
68 die 'Dynaloaded Perl modules are not available in this build of Perl' if $OS2::is_static;
69
70EOT
b0d07b4e 71
9cf41c4d 72print OUT <<'EOT';
73 my $modpname = join('/',@modparts);
74 my $modlibname = (caller())[1];
75 my $c = @modparts;
76 $modlibname =~ s,[\\/][^\\/]+$,, while $c--; # Q&D basename
77 my $file = "$modlibname/auto/$modpname/$modfname.$dl_dlext";
78
79# print STDERR "XSLoader::load for $module ($file)\n" if $dl_debug;
80
81 my $bs = $file;
82 $bs =~ s/(\.\w+)?(;\d*)?$/\.bs/; # look for .bs 'beside' the library
83
73bf7552 84 if (-s $bs) { # only read file if it's not empty
80a65c70 85# print STDERR "BS: $bs ($^O, $dlsrc)\n" if $dl_debug;
73bf7552 86 eval { do $bs; };
87 warn "$bs: $@\n" if $@;
88 }
89
9cf41c4d 90 goto retry if not -f $file or -s $bs;
91
92 my $bootname = "boot_$module";
93 $bootname =~ s/\W/_/g;
11fd7d05 94 @DynaLoader::dl_require_symbols = ($bootname);
9cf41c4d 95
588cafc8 96 my $boot_symbol_ref;
97
68d3ba50 98EOT
99
588cafc8 100 if ($^O eq 'darwin') {
68d3ba50 101print OUT <<'EOT';
588cafc8 102 if ($boot_symbol_ref = dl_find_symbol(0, $bootname)) {
103 goto boot; #extension library has already been loaded, e.g. darwin
104 }
68d3ba50 105EOT
588cafc8 106 }
107
68d3ba50 108print OUT <<'EOT';
9cf41c4d 109 # Many dynamic extension loading problems will appear to come from
110 # this section of code: XYZ failed at line 123 of DynaLoader.pm.
111 # Often these errors are actually occurring in the initialisation
112 # C code of the extension XS file. Perl reports the error as being
113 # in this perl code simply because this was the last perl code
114 # it executed.
115
116 my $libref = dl_load_file($file, 0) or do {
11fd7d05 117 require Carp;
118 Carp::croak("Can't load '$file' for module $module: " . dl_error());
9cf41c4d 119 };
11fd7d05 120 push(@DynaLoader::dl_librefs,$libref); # record loaded object
9cf41c4d 121
122 my @unresolved = dl_undef_symbols();
123 if (@unresolved) {
11fd7d05 124 require Carp;
125 Carp::carp("Undefined symbols present after loading $file: @unresolved\n");
9cf41c4d 126 }
127
588cafc8 128 $boot_symbol_ref = dl_find_symbol($libref, $bootname) or do {
11fd7d05 129 require Carp;
130 Carp::croak("Can't find '$bootname' symbol in $file\n");
9cf41c4d 131 };
132
11fd7d05 133 push(@DynaLoader::dl_modules, $module); # record loaded module
9cf41c4d 134
588cafc8 135 boot:
73bf7552 136 my $xs = dl_install_xsub($boots, $boot_symbol_ref, $file);
588cafc8 137
9cf41c4d 138 # See comment block above
89166d32 139 push(@DynaLoader::dl_shared_objects, $file); # record files loaded
9cf41c4d 140 return &$xs(@_);
141
142 retry:
11fd7d05 143 my $bootstrap_inherit = DynaLoader->can('bootstrap_inherit') ||
144 XSLoader->can('bootstrap_inherit');
145 goto &$bootstrap_inherit;
146}
147
148# Versions of DynaLoader prior to 5.6.0 don't have this function.
149sub bootstrap_inherit {
150 package DynaLoader;
151
152 my $module = $_[0];
153 local *DynaLoader::isa = *{"$module\::ISA"};
154 local @DynaLoader::isa = (@DynaLoader::isa, 'DynaLoader');
155 # Cannot goto due to delocalization. Will report errors on a wrong line?
9cf41c4d 156 require DynaLoader;
11fd7d05 157 DynaLoader::bootstrap(@_);
9cf41c4d 158}
159
9e8c31cc 1601;
161
11fd7d05 162
9cf41c4d 163__END__
164
165=head1 NAME
166
167XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
168
11fd7d05 169=head1 VERSION
170
80a65c70 171Version 0.10
11fd7d05 172
9cf41c4d 173=head1 SYNOPSIS
174
175 package YourPackage;
176 use XSLoader;
177
9e8c31cc 178 XSLoader::load 'YourPackage', $YourPackage::VERSION;
9cf41c4d 179
180=head1 DESCRIPTION
181
182This module defines a standard I<simplified> interface to the dynamic
183linking mechanisms available on many platforms. Its primary purpose is
184to implement cheap automatic dynamic loading of Perl modules.
185
4406dda9 186For a more complicated interface, see L<DynaLoader>. Many (most)
11fd7d05 187features of C<DynaLoader> are not implemented in C<XSLoader>, like for
188example the C<dl_load_flags>, not honored by C<XSLoader>.
9cf41c4d 189
d7f44de2 190=head2 Migration from C<DynaLoader>
191
192A typical module using L<DynaLoader|DynaLoader> starts like this:
193
194 package YourPackage;
195 require DynaLoader;
196
197 our @ISA = qw( OnePackage OtherPackage DynaLoader );
198 our $VERSION = '0.01';
199 bootstrap YourPackage $VERSION;
200
201Change this to
202
203 package YourPackage;
204 use XSLoader;
205
206 our @ISA = qw( OnePackage OtherPackage );
207 our $VERSION = '0.01';
208 XSLoader::load 'YourPackage', $VERSION;
209
210In other words: replace C<require DynaLoader> by C<use XSLoader>, remove
11fd7d05 211C<DynaLoader> from C<@ISA>, change C<bootstrap> by C<XSLoader::load>. Do not
d7f44de2 212forget to quote the name of your package on the C<XSLoader::load> line,
9c6b46e2 213and add comma (C<,>) before the arguments (C<$VERSION> above).
d7f44de2 214
11fd7d05 215Of course, if C<@ISA> contained only C<DynaLoader>, there is no need to have
216the C<@ISA> assignment at all; moreover, if instead of C<our> one uses the
217more backward-compatible
d7f44de2 218
219 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);
220
11fd7d05 221one can remove this reference to C<@ISA> together with the C<@ISA> assignment.
d7f44de2 222
11fd7d05 223If no C<$VERSION> was specified on the C<bootstrap> line, the last line becomes
d7f44de2 224
225 XSLoader::load 'YourPackage';
226
227=head2 Backward compatible boilerplate
228
229If you want to have your cake and eat it too, you need a more complicated
230boilerplate.
231
232 package YourPackage;
233 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);
234
235 @ISA = qw( OnePackage OtherPackage );
236 $VERSION = '0.01';
237 eval {
238 require XSLoader;
239 XSLoader::load('YourPackage', $VERSION);
240 1;
241 } or do {
242 require DynaLoader;
243 push @ISA, 'DynaLoader';
244 bootstrap YourPackage $VERSION;
245 };
246
11fd7d05 247The parentheses about C<XSLoader::load()> arguments are needed since we replaced
d7f44de2 248C<use XSLoader> by C<require>, so the compiler does not know that a function
11fd7d05 249C<XSLoader::load()> is present.
d7f44de2 250
251This boilerplate uses the low-overhead C<XSLoader> if present; if used with
252an antic Perl which has no C<XSLoader>, it falls back to using C<DynaLoader>.
253
254=head1 Order of initialization: early load()
255
256I<Skip this section if the XSUB functions are supposed to be called from other
257modules only; read it only if you call your XSUBs from the code in your module,
258or have a C<BOOT:> section in your XS file (see L<perlxs/"The BOOT: Keyword">).
4406dda9 259What is described here is equally applicable to the L<DynaLoader|DynaLoader>
d7f44de2 260interface.>
261
262A sufficiently complicated module using XS would have both Perl code (defined
263in F<YourPackage.pm>) and XS code (defined in F<YourPackage.xs>). If this
264Perl code makes calls into this XS code, and/or this XS code makes calls to
265the Perl code, one should be careful with the order of initialization.
266
11fd7d05 267The call to C<XSLoader::load()> (or C<bootstrap()>) has three side effects:
d7f44de2 268
269=over
270
271=item *
272
11fd7d05 273if C<$VERSION> was specified, a sanity check is done to ensure that the
274versions of the F<.pm> and the (compiled) F<.xs> parts are compatible;
d7f44de2 275
276=item *
277
4406dda9 278the XSUBs are made accessible from Perl;
d7f44de2 279
280=item *
281
4406dda9 282if a C<BOOT:> section was present in the F<.xs> file, the code there is called.
d7f44de2 283
284=back
285
4406dda9 286Consequently, if the code in the F<.pm> file makes calls to these XSUBs, it is
d7f44de2 287convenient to have XSUBs installed before the Perl code is defined; for
288example, this makes prototypes for XSUBs visible to this Perl code.
289Alternatively, if the C<BOOT:> section makes calls to Perl functions (or
4406dda9 290uses Perl variables) defined in the F<.pm> file, they must be defined prior to
11fd7d05 291the call to C<XSLoader::load()> (or C<bootstrap()>).
d7f44de2 292
293The first situation being much more frequent, it makes sense to rewrite the
294boilerplate as
295
296 package YourPackage;
297 use XSLoader;
298 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);
299
300 BEGIN {
301 @ISA = qw( OnePackage OtherPackage );
302 $VERSION = '0.01';
303
304 # Put Perl code used in the BOOT: section here
305
306 XSLoader::load 'YourPackage', $VERSION;
307 }
308
309 # Put Perl code making calls into XSUBs here
310
311=head2 The most hairy case
312
313If the interdependence of your C<BOOT:> section and Perl code is
314more complicated than this (e.g., the C<BOOT:> section makes calls to Perl
315functions which make calls to XSUBs with prototypes), get rid of the C<BOOT:>
11fd7d05 316section altogether. Replace it with a function C<onBOOT()>, and call it like
d7f44de2 317this:
318
319 package YourPackage;
320 use XSLoader;
321 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);
322
323 BEGIN {
324 @ISA = qw( OnePackage OtherPackage );
325 $VERSION = '0.01';
326 XSLoader::load 'YourPackage', $VERSION;
327 }
328
329 # Put Perl code used in onBOOT() function here; calls to XSUBs are
330 # prototype-checked.
331
332 onBOOT;
333
334 # Put Perl initialization code assuming that XS is initialized here
335
11fd7d05 336
337=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
338
150e77ce 339=over
11fd7d05 340
150e77ce 341=item C<Can't find '%s' symbol in %s>
11fd7d05 342
343B<(F)> The bootstrap symbol could not be found in the extension module.
344
150e77ce 345=item C<Can't load '%s' for module %s: %s>
11fd7d05 346
347B<(F)> The loading or initialisation of the extension module failed.
348The detailed error follows.
349
150e77ce 350=item C<Undefined symbols present after loading %s: %s>
11fd7d05 351
352B<(W)> As the message says, some symbols stay undefined although the
353extension module was correctly loaded and initialised. The list of undefined
354symbols follows.
355
150e77ce 356=item C<XSLoader::load('Your::Module', $Your::Module::VERSION)>
11fd7d05 357
358B<(F)> You tried to invoke C<load()> without any argument. You must supply
359a module name, and optionally its version.
360
361=back
362
363
d7f44de2 364=head1 LIMITATIONS
365
366To reduce the overhead as much as possible, only one possible location
367is checked to find the extension DLL (this location is where C<make install>
368would put the DLL). If not found, the search for the DLL is transparently
11fd7d05 369delegated to C<DynaLoader>, which looks for the DLL along the C<@INC> list.
d7f44de2 370
11fd7d05 371In particular, this is applicable to the structure of C<@INC> used for testing
4406dda9 372not-yet-installed extensions. This means that running uninstalled extensions
373may have much more overhead than running the same extensions after
d7f44de2 374C<make install>.
375
11fd7d05 376
377=head1 BUGS
378
9c6b46e2 379Please report any bugs or feature requests via the perlbug(1) utility.
11fd7d05 380
381
382=head1 SEE ALSO
383
384L<DynaLoader>
385
386
9c6b46e2 387=head1 AUTHORS
9cf41c4d 388
11fd7d05 389Ilya Zakharevich originally extracted C<XSLoader> from C<DynaLoader>.
390
391CPAN version is currently maintained by SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni
150e77ce 392E<lt>sebastien@aperghis.netE<gt>.
11fd7d05 393
150e77ce 394Previous maintainer was Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>.
11fd7d05 395
396
73bf7552 397=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
398
399Copyright (C) 1990-2007 by Larry Wall and others.
11fd7d05 400
401This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
402it under the same terms as Perl itself.
9cf41c4d 403
404=cut
405EOT
406
407close OUT or die $!;