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NAME

Module::Build::XSUtil - A Module::Build class for building XS modules

SYNOPSIS

Use in your Build.PL

use strict;
my $builder = Module::Build::XSUtil->new(
dist_name => 'Your-XS-Module',
license => 'perl',
dist_author => 'Your Name <yourname@example.com>',
dist_version_from => 'lib/Your/XS/Module',
generate_ppport_h => 'lib/Your/XS/ppport.h',
generate_xshelper_h => 'lib/Your/XS/xshelper.h',
needs_compiler_c99 => 1,
);
$builder->create_build_script();

Use in custom builder module.

use strict;
sub new {
my ($class, %args) = @_;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new(
%args,
generate_ppport_h => 'lib/Your/XS/ppport.h',
generate_xshelper_h => 'lib/Your/XS/xshelper.h',
needs_compiler_c99 => 1,
);
return $self;
}
1;

DESCRIPTION

Module::Build::XSUtil is subclass of Module::Build for support building XS modules.

This is a list of a new parameters in the Module::Build::new method:

needs_compiler_c99

This option checks C99 compiler's availability. If it's not available, Build.PL exits by 0.

needs_compiler_cpp

This option checks C++ compiler's availability. If it's not available, Build.PL exits by 0.

In addition, append 'extra_compiler_flags' and 'extra_linker_flags' for C++.

generate_ppport_h

Genereate ppport.h by Devel::PPPort.

generate_xshelper_h

Genereate xshelper.h which is a helper header file to include EXTERN.h, perl.h, XSUB.h and ppport.h, and defines some portability stuff which are not supported by ppport.h.

It is porting from Module::Install::XSUtil.

cc_warnings

Enable compiler warnings flag. It is enable by default.

-g options

If invoke Build.PL with '-g' option, It will build with debug options.

SEE ALSO

Module::Install::XSUtil

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Hideaki Ohno.

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

AUTHOR

Hideaki Ohno <hide.o.j55 {at} gmail.com>