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- <H1>SWIG Perl Examples</H1>
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- The following examples illustrate the use of SWIG with Perl.
- <ul>
- <li><a href="simple/index.html">simple</a>. A minimal example showing how SWIG can
- be used to wrap a C function and a global variable.
- <li><a href="constants/index.html">constants</a>. This shows how preprocessor macros and
- certain C declarations are turned into constants.
- <li><a href="variables/index.html">variables</a>. This example shows how to access C global variables from Perl.
- <li><a href="value/index.html">value</a>. How to pass and return structures by value.
- <li><a href="class/index.html">class</a>. How to wrap a simple C++ class.
- <li><a href="reference/index.html">reference</a>. C++ references.
- <li><a href="pointer/index.html">pointer</a>. Simple pointer handling.
- <li><a href="funcptr/index.html">funcptr</a>. Pointers to functions.
- </ul>
- <h2>Compilation Issues</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>To create a Perl extension, SWIG is run with the following options:
- <blockquote>
- <pre>
- % swig -perl5 interface.i
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- </blockquote>
- <li>The compilation of examples is done using the file <tt>Example/Makefile</tt>. This
- makefile performs a manual module compilation which is platform specific. Typically,
- the steps look like this (Linux):
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- <pre>
- % swig -perl5 interface.i
- % gcc -fpic -c -Dbool=char -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/CORE interface_wrap.c
- % gcc -shared interface_wrap.o $(OBJS) -o interface.so
- % perl
- use interface;
- ...
- </pre>
- </blockquote>
- <li>The politically "correct" way to compile a Perl extension module is to use MakeMaker
- and related tools (especially if you are considering third-party distribution). Consult
- a book such as Advanced Perl Programming for details.
- </ul>
- <h2>Compatibility</h2>
- The examples have been extensively tested on the following platforms:
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- <ul>
- <li>Linux
- <li>Solaris
- </ul>
- Please see the <a href="../../Doc/Manual/Windows.html">Windows</a> page in the main manual for information on using the examples on Windows. <p>
- <p>
- Due to wide variations in the Perl C API and differences between versions such as the ActivePerl release for Windows,
- the code generated by SWIG is extremely messy.
- If the code doesn't compile or work with your version of Perl, please let us know by
- contacting us on the <a href="http://www.swig.org/mail.html">mailing lists</a>.
- Better yet, send us a patch.
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