A common challenge in calling C functions from any language other than C or C++ is dealing with constants. In C these are usually implemented using #define pre-processor directives which are lost by the time the code is linked into a dynamic library. (In fact it is lost before the source is even compiled, since it is a pre-processor directive). For example, the libarchive library provides these constants in its header file for dealing…
If you've heard of FFI::Platypus you probably know that you can use it to easily write Perl bindings for existing system libraries:
use FFI::CheckLib /var/www/users/graham_ollis/index.htmlPlatypus is getting an update. It’s not backward compatible, so you have to opt-in when you create the platypus instance. That makes it backward compatible for all the old code you may or may not have written. Please spread the word.
…A while back I introduced the alienfile recipe system and we wrote a simple alienfile that provides in a CPAN context the tool xz and the library liblzma. I also went over how to test it with App::af. The week after that I showed how to integrate that alienfile into a fully functioning ="https://metacpan…
Last week I introduced xz and the library liblzma. I also showed how to test it using App::af. Today we are going to take that alienfile and integrate it into a fully functional Alien distribution.
The main motiviation for ="https://metacpan.org/pod/alienfile…
Perl programmer with an interest in Alien and FFI technologies. Primary developer of FFI::Platypus and Alien::Build.
