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-SDL Perl Windows Status
+The beginnings of modular design for SDL Perl
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-Hello windows users,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NnqjAQEn1Xo/SpKkfbVplzI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Uf0wq8fGemk/s1600-h/broken.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NnqjAQEn1Xo/SpKkfbVplzI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Uf0wq8fGemk/s400/broken.gif" /></a></div>Here is a simple picture explaining the status of SDL Perl on windows. I am hoping this changes. I know that <a href="http://use.perl.org/%7EAlias/journal/39476">Alias</a> is interested in this too. <br /><br />Here are steps needed to solve this:<br /><ol><li>Find out exactly what gcc flags are needed to make this work with strawberry's toolchain</li><li>Get the deps <a href="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/kthakore/SDL_perl/sdlperl-deps.tar.bz2">here</a>. Put the deps in C:/strawberry/c.</li><li> Try to make a Module::Build script work for win32 and win64 (There are differences apparently) </li><li>Try and emulate this in our current build system ( <a href="http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/blob/22a6ead04e0d03fda8060d73c6f66cac2c49eae6/make/lib/SDL/Build.pm">make/lib/Build.pm</a>, and <a href="http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/blob/22a6ead04e0d03fda8060d73c6f66cac2c49eae6/make/lib/SDL/Build/MSWin32.pm">make/lib/Build/Win32.pm</a> )</li><li>Give me a shout on <a href="http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=SDL_Perl">RT</a> or <a href="mailto:mailto:sdl-devel@perl.org">sdl-devel@perl.org</a> ( even if you just make it to 3.)</li><li> Enjoy SDL and lots of ++ from Alias, CSJewell and SDL_perl devs. <br /></li></ol><sarcasm> There easy as pie </sarcasm><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102167581424744259-2619755134262449430?l=yapgh.blogspot.com'/></div></div></div>
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+<div style="text-align: right;"><i>“Do or do not... there is no try.”</i><br />
+</div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>--yoda </i><br />
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+</div><h1>The design before</h1><br />
+The bindings before were all in <a href="http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/blob/master/src/SDL.xs">one huge XS file</a>. This was then exported into the SDL module. This means that the XS file has to handle with macros if any component (e.x SDL_Mixer) is not compiled. Moreover having ever binding in one XS file prevents use to treat C structs as object with only one point of free and malloc. This would be BEGIN and DESTROY in Perl. Also the monolithic design introduces a lot of bugs because we have to use free and malloc all over the place. Lastly SDL monolithic design has the constructor for all structs in both Perl and in XS. <br />
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+<h1>The design we are aiming for</h1>Simple <a href="http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/blob/master/src/Rect.xs">one XS</a> per Module. This would also simplify the Build code.<br />
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+<h2>First Step </h2><br />
+We have began with SDL Rect. It is in github master branch now. We are in the progress of making it back compatible. Originally SDL::Rect took named variables as parameters for new(). Now since the constructor <a href="http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/blob/master/src/Rect.xs#L16">is in XS</a> we have only unnamed parameters. <br />
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+<h3>Before</h3><br />
+SDL::Rect->new( -x => 0, -y => 0, -width => 0, -height => 0);<br />
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+<h3>After</h3><br />
+SDL::Rect->new(0, 0, 0, 0);<br />
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+Ideally we would like both ways of constructing Rect.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102167581424744259-6151839795039915111?l=yapgh.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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