Re: Is there any way to use C header files in perl program?

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:19:22 +0530, Dharshana Eswaran wrote:

Hello All,

I need to use a C header file in Perl program in Unix.

Is it possible to use the header files from perl in any way? I do not want
to use any modules for the same.

I do not want to enable the perl program to call a routine in C library
through XS. I just want to use the values rather than any code.

If you were talking about just #define, I'd say

http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/Include-1.02a/Include.pm

But:

For example, Consider "headerfile.h":

struct sample {
int x;
};

Then in my C program I might do the following:
printf("The size of a headerfile is %d\n",sizeof(headerfile));
Can i do the same in Perl?

I am having a hard time picturing what you might use this for in Perl.
You might look at h2ph, which comes with perl. I also suggest reading
http://xrl.us/uzcs (Link to www.amazon.com).

--
Peter Scott
http://www.perlmedic.com/
http://www.perldebugged.com/

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