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• perlxstut ? (Score:2)

  by rafael (2125)

  Have you read the perlxstut manpage, new in 5.8.0 ? Is it clearer than the older docs ?
  • Re:perlxstut ? (Score:1)

    by ethan (3163)

    Err, no. In fact I haven't read that! I made myself acquainted with XS using the perlxstut from 5.6.1. I didn't know there was a new one.
    
    It seems to have one more example. Incidentally it's one dealing with filehandles which is what I will need very soon. That's certainly an improvement!
    
    But the Typemap section is still too thin. It still does not mention the special symbols $var, $arg and $type. I'd love to be able to say perldoc perltypemap and get a concise description of what a typemap file is really f
    • Re:perlxstut ? (Score:2)

      by rafael (2125)

      I must've been confused at some point. Perlxstut has only some minor improvements in 5.8.0. That tired brain... (BTW. you know that patches are welcome. A perltypemap man page would be interesting. ;-)
      • Re:perlxstut ? (Score:1)

        by ethan (3163)

        (BTW. you know that patches are welcome. A perltypemap man page would be interesting. ;-)
        
        It was only yesterday that I had my first succesful use of a typemap (which was actually copied from Dean Roehrich). A little too thin yet for supplying documentation. ;-)
        
        But I am not at all lazy when it comes to Perl and I'll be the first one to write such a beast if I feel ready. I expect to gain some familiarity with all that soon. Also, when looking at the typemaps available I see a slightly different subset of m
      • Re:perlxstut ? (Score:1)

        by nicholas (3034)

        BTW. you know that patches are welcome.

        Richard Clamp is working on an XS tutorial. The current draft is available here [unixbeard.net]. I believe patches to it are welcome.