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ExtUtils::ParseXS(3)                 User Contributed Perl Documentation                ExtUtils::ParseXS(3)



NAME
       ExtUtils::ParseXS - converts Perl XS code into C code

SYNOPSIS
         use ExtUtils::ParseXS qw(process_file);

         process_file( filename => 'foo.xs' );

         process_file( filename => 'foo.xs',
                       output => 'bar.c',
                       'C++' => 1,
                       typemap => 'path/to/typemap',
                       hiertype => 1,
                       except => 1,
                       prototypes => 1,
                       versioncheck => 1,
                       linenumbers => 1,
                       optimize => 1,
                       prototypes => 1,
                     );
       =head1 DESCRIPTION

       "ExtUtils::ParseXS" will compile XS code into C code by embedding the constructs necessary to let C
       functions manipulate Perl values and creates the glue necessary to let Perl access those functions.
       The compiler uses typemaps to determine how to map C function parameters and variables to Perl
       values.

       The compiler will search for typemap files called typemap.  It will use the following search path to
       find default typemaps, with the rightmost typemap taking precedence.

               ../../../typemap:../../typemap:../typemap:typemap

EXPORT
       None by default.  "process_file()" may be exported upon request.

FUNCTIONS
       process_xs()
           This function processes an XS file and sends output to a C file.  Named parameters control how
           the processing is done.  The following parameters are accepted:

           C++ Adds "extern "C"" to the C code.  Default is false.

           hiertype
               Retains "::" in type names so that C++ hierachical types can be mapped.  Default is false.

           except
               Adds exception handling stubs to the C code.  Default is false.

           typemap
               Indicates that a user-supplied typemap should take precedence over the default typemaps.  A
               single typemap may be specified as a string, or multiple typemaps can be specified in an
               array reference, with the last typemap having the highest precedence.

           prototypes
               Generates prototype code for all xsubs.  Default is false.

           versioncheck
               Makes sure at run time that the object file (derived from the ".xs" file) and the ".pm" files
               have the same version number.  Default is true.

           linenumbers
               Adds "#line" directives to the C output so error messages will look like they came from the
               original XS file.  Default is true.

           optimize
               Enables certain optimizations.  The only optimization that is currently affected is the use
               of targets by the output C code (see perlguts).  Not optimizing may significantly slow down
               the generated code, but this is the way xsubpp of 5.005 and earlier operated.  Default is to
               optimize.

           inout
               Enable recognition of "IN", "OUT_LIST" and "INOUT_LIST" declarations.  Default is true.

           argtypes
               Enable recognition of ANSI-like descriptions of function signature.  Default is true.

           s   I have no clue what this does.  Strips function prefixes?

       errors()
           This function returns the number of [a certain kind of] errors encountered during processing of
           the XS file.

AUTHOR
       Based on xsubpp code, written by Larry Wall.

       Maintained by Ken Williams, <ken@mathforum.org>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2002-2003 Ken Williams.  All rights reserved.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.

       Based on the ExtUtils::xsubpp code by Larry Wall and the Perl 5 Porters, which was released under the
       same license terms.

SEE ALSO
       perl, ExtUtils::xsubpp, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, perlxs, perlxstut.



perl v5.8.8                                      2007-01-29                             ExtUtils::ParseXS(3)