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ExtUtils-CppGuess-0.15
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/ ExtUtils::CppGuess

NAME

ExtUtils::CppGuess - guess C++ compiler and flags

SYNOPSIS

With Extutils::MakeMaker:

use ExtUtils::CppGuess;

my $guess = ExtUtils::CppGuess->new;

WriteMakefile
  ( # MakeMaker args,
    $guess->makemaker_options,
    );

With Module::Build:

my $guess = ExtUtils::CppGuess->new;

my $build = Module::Build->new
  ( # Module::Build arguments
    $guess->module_build_options,
    );
$build->create_build_script;

DESCRIPTION

ExtUtils::CppGuess attempts to guess the system's C++ compiler that is compatible with the C compiler that your perl was built with.

It can generate the necessary options to the Module::Build constructor or to ExtUtils::MakeMaker's WriteMakefile function.

METHODS

new

Creates a new ExtUtils::CppGuess object. Takes the path to the C compiler as the cc argument, but falls back to the value of $Config{cc}, which should be what you want anyway.

You can specify extra_compiler_flags and extra_linker_flags (as strings) which will be merged in with the auto-detected ones.

module_build_options

Returns the correct options to the constructor of Module::Build. These are:

extra_compiler_flags
extra_linker_flags
config => { cc => ... }, # as of 0.15

Please note the above may have problems on Perl <= 5.8 with ExtUtils::CBuilder <= 0.280230 due to a Perl RE issue.

makemaker_options

Returns the correct options to the WriteMakefile function of ExtUtils::MakeMaker. These are:

CCFLAGS
dynamic_lib => { OTHERLDFLAGS => ... }
CC # as of 0.15

If you specify the extra compiler or linker flags in the constructor, they'll be merged into CCFLAGS or OTHERLDFLAGS respectively.

is_gcc

Returns true if the detected compiler is in the gcc family.

is_msvc

Returns true if the detected compiler is in the MS VC family.

is_clang

Returns true if the detected compiler is in the Clang family.

add_extra_compiler_flags

Takes a string as argument that is added to the string of extra compiler flags.

add_extra_linker_flags

Takes a string as argument that is added to the string of extra linker flags.

compiler_command

Returns the string that can be passed to system to execute the compiler. Will include the flags returned as the Module::Build extra_compiler_flags.

Added in 0.13.

linker_flags

The same as returned as the Module::Build extra_linker_flags.

Added in 0.13.

iostream_fname

Returns the filename to #include to get iostream capability.

This can be used a bit creatively to be portable in one's XS files, as the tests for this module need to be:

# in Makefile.PL:
$guess->add_extra_compiler_flags(
  '-DINCLUDE_DOT=' .
  ($guess->iostream_fname =~ /\./ ? 1 : 0)
);

// in your .xs file:
#if INCLUDE_DOT
#include <string.h>
#else
#include <string>
#endif

Added in 0.15.

cpp_flavor_defs

Returns the text for a header that #defines __INLINE_CPP_STANDARD_HEADERS and __INLINE_CPP_NAMESPACE_STD if the standard headers and namespace are available. This is determined by trying to compile C++ with #define <iostream> - if it succeeds, the symbols will be defined, else commented.

Added in 0.15.

AUTHOR

Mattia Barbon <mbarbon@cpan.org>

Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org>

Tobias Leich <froggs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2010, 2011 by Mattia Barbon.

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