# Same but treat SV* etc as "opaque" types
h2xs -o '^[S]V \*$' -M '^av_' -xAn perl2 perl.h,proto.h
+=head2 Extension based on F<.h> and F<.c> files
+
+Suppose that you have some C files implementing some functionality,
+and the corresponding header files. How to create an extension which
+makes this functionality accessable in Perl? The example below
+assumes that the header files are F<interface_simple.h> and
+I<interface_hairy.h>, and you want the perl module be named as
+C<Ext::Ension>. If you need some preprocessor directives and/or
+linking with external libraries, see the flags C<-F>, C<-L> and C<-l>
+in L<"OPTIONS">.
+
+=over
+
+=item Find the directory name
+
+Start with a dummy run of h2xs:
+
+ h2xs -Afn Ext::Ension
+
+The only purpose of this step is to create the needed directories, and
+let you know the names of these directories. From the output you can
+see that the directory for the extension is F<Ext/Ension>.
+
+=item Copy C files
+
+Copy your header files and C files to this directory F<Ext/Ension>.
+
+=item Create the extension
+
+Run h2xs, overwriting older autogenerated files:
+
+ h2xs -Oxan Ext::Ension interface_simple.h interface_hairy.h
+
+h2xs looks for header files I<after> changing to the extension
+directory, so it will find your header files OK.
+
+=item Archive and test
+
+As usual, run
+
+ cd Ext/Ension
+ perl Makefile.PL
+ make dist
+ make
+ make test
+
+=item Hints
+
+It is important to do C<make dist> as early as possible. This way you
+can easily merge(1) your changes to autogenerated files if you decide
+to edit your C<.h> files and rerun h2xs.
+
+Do not forget to edit the documentation in the generated F<.pm> file.
+
+Consider the autogenerated files as skeletons only, you may invent
+better interfaces than what h2xs could guess.
+
+Consider this section as a guideline only, some other options of h2xs
+may better suit your needs.
+
+=back
+
=head1 ENVIRONMENT
No environment variables are used.
push @list, $item->[2];
}
}
- my $methods = (join '(...)>, C<', @list), '(...)';
-
- return <<"EOF";
-
-=head2 Object and class methods for C<$name>/C<$ptrname>
-
-The principal Perl representation of a C object of type C<$name> is an
-object of class C<$ptrname> which is a reference to an integer
-representation of a C pointer. To create such an object, one may use
-a combination
-
- my $buffer = $name->new();
- my $obj = $buf->_to_ptr();
-
-This exersizes the following two methods, and an additional class
-C<$name>, the internal representation of which is a reference to a
-packed string with the C structure. Keep in mind that $buffer should
-better survive longer than $obj.
-
-=over
-
-=item C<\$object_of_type_$name->_to_ptr()>
-
-Converts an object of type C<$name> to an object of type C<$ptrname>.
-
-=item C<$name->new()>
-
-Creates an empty object of type C<$name>. The corresponding packed
-string is zeroed out.
-
-=item C<$methods>
-
-return the current value of the corresponding element if called
-without additional arguments. Set the element to the supplied value
-(and return the new value) if called with an additional argument.
-
-Applicable to objects of type C<$ptrname>.
-
-=back
+ my $methods = (join '(...)>, C<', @list) . '(...)';
+ my $pod = <<"EOF";
+#
+#=head2 Object and class methods for C<$name>/C<$ptrname>
+#
+#The principal Perl representation of a C object of type C<$name> is an
+#object of class C<$ptrname> which is a reference to an integer
+#representation of a C pointer. To create such an object, one may use
+#a combination
+#
+# my \$buffer = $name->new();
+# my \$obj = \$buffer->_to_ptr();
+#
+#This exersizes the following two methods, and an additional class
+#C<$name>, the internal representation of which is a reference to a
+#packed string with the C structure. Keep in mind that \$buffer should
+#better survive longer than \$obj.
+#
+#=over
+#
+#=item C<\$object_of_type_$name-E<gt>_to_ptr()>
+#
+#Converts an object of type C<$name> to an object of type C<$ptrname>.
+#
+#=item C<$name-E<gt>new()>
+#
+#Creates an empty object of type C<$name>. The corresponding packed
+#string is zeroed out.
+#
+#=item C<$methods>
+#
+#return the current value of the corresponding element if called
+#without additional arguments. Set the element to the supplied value
+#(and return the new value) if called with an additional argument.
+#
+#Applicable to objects of type C<$ptrname>.
+#
+#=back
+#
EOF
+ $pod =~ s/^\#//gm;
+ return $pod;
}
# Should be called before any actual call to normalize_type().
END
if (!$opt_X) { # print C stuff, unless XS is disabled
$opt_F = '' unless defined $opt_F;
+ my $I = (((glob '*.h') || (glob '*.hh')) ? '-I.' : '');
+ my $Ihelp = ($I ? '-I. ' : '');
+ my $Icomment = ($I ? '' : <<EOC);
+ # Insert -I. if you add *.h files later:
+EOC
+
print PL <<END;
'LIBS' => ['$extralibs'], # e.g., '-lm'
'DEFINE' => '$opt_F', # e.g., '-DHAVE_SOMETHING'
- 'INC' => '', # e.g., '-I/usr/include/other'
+$Icomment 'INC' => '$I', # e.g., '$Ihelp-I/usr/include/other'
+END
+
+ my $C = grep $_ ne "$modfname.c", (glob '*.c'), (glob '*.cc'), (glob '*.C');
+ my $Cpre = ($C ? '' : '# ');
+ my $Ccomment = ($C ? '' : <<EOC);
+ # Un-comment this if you add C files to link with later:
+EOC
+
+ print PL <<END;
+$Ccomment $Cpre\'OBJECT' => '\$(O_FILES)', # link all the C files too
END
}
print PL ");\n";
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