ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants


ExtUtils-Constant documentation Contained in the ExtUtils-Constant distribution.

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NAME

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ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants

SYNOPSIS

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    use ExtUtils::Constant qw (WriteConstants);
    WriteConstants(
        NAME => 'Foo',
        NAMES => [qw(FOO BAR BAZ)],
    );
    # Generates wrapper code to make the values of the constants FOO BAR BAZ
    #  available to perl

DESCRIPTION

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ExtUtils::Constant facilitates generating C and XS wrapper code to allow perl modules to AUTOLOAD constants defined in C library header files. It is principally used by the h2xs utility, on which this code is based. It doesn't contain the routines to scan header files to extract these constants.

USAGE

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Generally one only needs to call the WriteConstants function, and then

    #include "const-c.inc"

in the C section of Foo.xs

    INCLUDE: const-xs.inc

in the XS section of Foo.xs.

For greater flexibility use constant_types(), C_constant and XS_constant, with which WriteConstants is implemented.

Currently this module understands the following types. h2xs may only know a subset. The sizes of the numeric types are chosen by the Configure script at compile time.

IV

signed integer, at least 32 bits.

UV

unsigned integer, the same size as IV

NV

floating point type, probably double, possibly long double

PV

NUL terminated string, length will be determined with strlen

PVN

A fixed length thing, given as a [pointer, length] pair. If you know the length of a string at compile time you may use this instead of PV

SV

A mortal SV.

YES

Truth. (PL_sv_yes) The value is not needed (and ignored).

NO

Defined Falsehood. (PL_sv_no) The value is not needed (and ignored).

UNDEF

undef. The value of the macro is not needed.

FUNCTIONS

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constant_types

A function returning a single scalar with #define definitions for the constants used internally between the generated C and XS functions.

XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, XS_SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME

A function to generate the XS code to implement the perl subroutine PACKAGE::constant used by PACKAGE::AUTOLOAD to load constants. This XS code is a wrapper around a C subroutine usually generated by C_constant, and usually named constant.

TYPES should be given either as a comma separated list of types that the C subroutine constant will generate or as a reference to a hash. It should be the same list of types as C_constant was given. [Otherwise XS_constant and C_constant may have different ideas about the number of parameters passed to the C function constant]

You can call the perl visible subroutine something other than constant if you give the parameter XS_SUBNAME. The C subroutine it calls defaults to the name of the perl visible subroutine, unless you give the parameter C_SUBNAME.

autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER

A function to generate the AUTOLOAD subroutine for the module PACKAGE VERSION is the perl version the code should be backwards compatible with. It defaults to the version of perl running the subroutine. If AUTOLOADER is true, the AUTOLOAD subroutine falls back on AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD for all names that the constant() routine doesn't recognise.

WriteMakefileSnippet

WriteMakefileSnippet ATTRIBUTE => VALUE [, ...]

A function to generate perl code for Makefile.PL that will regenerate the constant subroutines. Parameters are named as passed to WriteConstants, with the addition of INDENT to specify the number of leading spaces (default 2).

Currently only INDENT, NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE, NAMES, C_FILE and XS_FILE are recognised.

WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE => VALUE [, ...]

Writes a file of C code and a file of XS code which you should #include and INCLUDE in the C and XS sections respectively of your module's XS code. You probably want to do this in your Makefile.PL, so that you can easily edit the list of constants without touching the rest of your module. The attributes supported are

NAME

Name of the module. This must be specified

DEFAULT_TYPE

The default type for the constants. If not specified IV is assumed.

BREAKOUT_AT

The names of the constants are grouped by length. Generate child subroutines for each group with this number or more names in.

NAMES

An array of constants' names, either scalars containing names, or hashrefs as detailed in "C_constant".

PROXYSUBS

If true, uses proxy subs. See ExtUtils::Constant::ProxySubs.

C_FH

A filehandle to write the C code to. If not given, then C_FILE is opened for writing.

C_FILE

The name of the file to write containing the C code. The default is const-c.inc. The - in the name ensures that the file can't be mistaken for anything related to a legitimate perl package name, and not naming the file .c avoids having to override Makefile.PL's .xs to .c rules.

XS_FH

A filehandle to write the XS code to. If not given, then XS_FILE is opened for writing.

XS_FILE

The name of the file to write containing the XS code. The default is const-xs.inc.

XS_SUBNAME

The perl visible name of the XS subroutine generated which will return the constants. The default is constant.

C_SUBNAME

The name of the C subroutine generated which will return the constants. The default is XS_SUBNAME. Child subroutines have _ and the name length appended, so constants with 10 character names would be in constant_10 with the default XS_SUBNAME.

AUTHOR

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Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> based on the code in h2xs by Larry Wall and others


ExtUtils-Constant documentation Contained in the ExtUtils-Constant distribution.
package ExtUtils::Constant;
use vars qw (@ISA $VERSION @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
$VERSION = 0.23;

if ($] >= 5.006) {
  eval "use warnings; 1" or die $@;
}
use strict;
use Carp qw(croak cluck);

use Exporter;
use ExtUtils::Constant::Utils qw(C_stringify);
use ExtUtils::Constant::XS qw(%XS_Constant %XS_TypeSet);

@ISA = 'Exporter';

%EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ qw(
	XS_constant constant_types return_clause memEQ_clause C_stringify
	C_constant autoload WriteConstants WriteMakefileSnippet
) ] );

@EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } );

sub constant_types {
  ExtUtils::Constant::XS->header();
}

sub memEQ_clause {
  cluck "ExtUtils::Constant::memEQ_clause is deprecated";
  ExtUtils::Constant::XS->memEQ_clause({name=>$_[0], checked_at=>$_[1],
					indent=>$_[2]});
}

sub return_clause ($$) {
  cluck "ExtUtils::Constant::return_clause is deprecated";
  my $indent = shift;
  ExtUtils::Constant::XS->return_clause({indent=>$indent}, @_);
}

sub switch_clause {
  cluck "ExtUtils::Constant::switch_clause is deprecated";
  my $indent = shift;
  my $comment = shift;
  ExtUtils::Constant::XS->switch_clause({indent=>$indent, comment=>$comment},
					@_);
}

sub C_constant {
  my ($package, $subname, $default_type, $what, $indent, $breakout, @items)
    = @_;
  ExtUtils::Constant::XS->C_constant({package => $package, subname => $subname,
				      default_type => $default_type,
				      types => $what, indent => $indent,
				      breakout => $breakout}, @items);
}

sub XS_constant {
  my $package = shift;
  my $what = shift;
  my $XS_subname = shift;
  my $C_subname = shift;
  $XS_subname ||= 'constant';
  $C_subname ||= $XS_subname;

  if (!ref $what) {
    # Convert line of the form IV,UV,NV to hash
    $what = {map {$_ => 1} split /,\s*/, ($what)};
  }
  my $params = ExtUtils::Constant::XS->params ($what);
  my $type;

  my $xs = <<"EOT";
void
$XS_subname(sv)
    PREINIT:
#ifdef dXSTARG
	dXSTARG; /* Faster if we have it.  */
#else
	dTARGET;
#endif
	STRLEN		len;
        int		type;
EOT

  if ($params->{IV}) {
    $xs .= "	IV		iv;\n";
  } else {
    $xs .= "	/* IV\t\tiv;\tUncomment this if you need to return IVs */\n";
  }
  if ($params->{NV}) {
    $xs .= "	NV		nv;\n";
  } else {
    $xs .= "	/* NV\t\tnv;\tUncomment this if you need to return NVs */\n";
  }
  if ($params->{PV}) {
    $xs .= "	const char	*pv;\n";
  } else {
    $xs .=
      "	/* const char\t*pv;\tUncomment this if you need to return PVs */\n";
  }

  $xs .= << 'EOT';
    INPUT:
	SV *		sv;
        const char *	s = SvPV(sv, len);
EOT
  if ($params->{''}) {
  $xs .= << 'EOT';
    INPUT:
	int		utf8 = SvUTF8(sv);
EOT
  }
  $xs .= << 'EOT';
    PPCODE:
EOT

  if ($params->{IV} xor $params->{NV}) {
    $xs .= << "EOT";
        /* Change this to $C_subname(aTHX_ s, len, &iv, &nv);
           if you need to return both NVs and IVs */
EOT
  }
  $xs .= "	type = $C_subname(aTHX_ s, len";
  $xs .= ', utf8' if $params->{''};
  $xs .= ', &iv' if $params->{IV};
  $xs .= ', &nv' if $params->{NV};
  $xs .= ', &pv' if $params->{PV};
  $xs .= ', &sv' if $params->{SV};
  $xs .= ");\n";

  # If anyone is insane enough to suggest a package name containing %
  my $package_sprintf_safe = $package;
  $package_sprintf_safe =~ s/%/%%/g;

  $xs .= << "EOT";
      /* Return 1 or 2 items. First is error message, or undef if no error.
           Second, if present, is found value */
        switch (type) {
        case PERL_constant_NOTFOUND:
          sv =
	    sv_2mortal(newSVpvf("%s is not a valid $package_sprintf_safe macro", s));
          PUSHs(sv);
          break;
        case PERL_constant_NOTDEF:
          sv = sv_2mortal(newSVpvf(
	    "Your vendor has not defined $package_sprintf_safe macro %s, used",
				   s));
          PUSHs(sv);
          break;
EOT

  foreach $type (sort keys %XS_Constant) {
    # '' marks utf8 flag needed.
    next if $type eq '';
    $xs .= "\t/* Uncomment this if you need to return ${type}s\n"
      unless $what->{$type};
    $xs .= "        case PERL_constant_IS$type:\n";
    if (length $XS_Constant{$type}) {
      $xs .= << "EOT";
          EXTEND(SP, 1);
          PUSHs(&PL_sv_undef);
          $XS_Constant{$type};
EOT
    } else {
      # Do nothing. return (), which will be correctly interpreted as
      # (undef, undef)
    }
    $xs .= "          break;\n";
    unless ($what->{$type}) {
      chop $xs; # Yes, another need for chop not chomp.
      $xs .= " */\n";
    }
  }
  $xs .= << "EOT";
        default:
          sv = sv_2mortal(newSVpvf(
	    "Unexpected return type %d while processing $package_sprintf_safe macro %s, used",
               type, s));
          PUSHs(sv);
        }
EOT

  return $xs;
}


# ' # Grr. syntax highlighters that don't grok pod.

sub autoload {
  my ($module, $compat_version, $autoloader) = @_;
  $compat_version ||= $];
  croak "Can't maintain compatibility back as far as version $compat_version"
    if $compat_version < 5;
  my $func = "sub AUTOLOAD {\n"
  . "    # This AUTOLOAD is used to 'autoload' constants from the constant()\n"
  . "    # XS function.";
  $func .= "  If a constant is not found then control is passed\n"
  . "    # to the AUTOLOAD in AutoLoader." if $autoloader;


  $func .= "\n\n"
  . "    my \$constname;\n";
  $func .=
    "    our \$AUTOLOAD;\n"  if ($compat_version >= 5.006);

  $func .= <<"EOT";
    (\$constname = \$AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
    croak "&${module}::constant not defined" if \$constname eq 'constant';
    my (\$error, \$val) = constant(\$constname);
EOT

  if ($autoloader) {
    $func .= <<'EOT';
    if ($error) {
	if ($error =~  /is not a valid/) {
	    $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD;
	    goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD;
	} else {
	    croak $error;
	}
    }
EOT
  } else {
    $func .=
      "    if (\$error) { croak \$error; }\n";
  }

  $func .= <<'END';
    {
	no strict 'refs';
	# Fixed between 5.005_53 and 5.005_61
#XXX	if ($] >= 5.00561) {
#XXX	    *$AUTOLOAD = sub () { $val };
#XXX	}
#XXX	else {
	    *$AUTOLOAD = sub { $val };
#XXX	}
    }
    goto &$AUTOLOAD;
}

END

  return $func;
}


sub WriteMakefileSnippet {
  my %args = @_;
  my $indent = $args{INDENT} || 2;

  my $result = <<"EOT";
ExtUtils::Constant::WriteConstants(
                                   NAME         => '$args{NAME}',
                                   NAMES        => \\\@names,
                                   DEFAULT_TYPE => '$args{DEFAULT_TYPE}',
EOT
  foreach (qw (C_FILE XS_FILE)) {
    next unless exists $args{$_};
    $result .= sprintf "                                   %-12s => '%s',\n",
      $_, $args{$_};
  }
  $result .= <<'EOT';
                                );
EOT

  $result =~ s/^/' 'x$indent/gem;
  return ExtUtils::Constant::XS->dump_names({default_type=>$args{DEFAULT_TYPE},
					     indent=>$indent,},
					    @{$args{NAMES}})
    . $result;
}

sub WriteConstants {
  my %ARGS =
    ( # defaults
     C_FILE =>       'const-c.inc',
     XS_FILE =>      'const-xs.inc',
     XS_SUBNAME =>   'constant',
     DEFAULT_TYPE => 'IV',
     @_);

  $ARGS{C_SUBNAME} ||= $ARGS{XS_SUBNAME}; # No-one sane will have C_SUBNAME eq '0'

  croak "Module name not specified" unless length $ARGS{NAME};

  # Do this before creating (empty) files, in case it fails:
  require ExtUtils::Constant::ProxySubs if $ARGS{PROXYSUBS};

  my $c_fh = $ARGS{C_FH};
  if (!$c_fh) {
      if ($] <= 5.008) {
	  # We need these little games, rather than doing things
	  # unconditionally, because we're used in core Makefile.PLs before
	  # IO is available (needed by filehandle), but also we want to work on
	  # older perls where undefined scalars do not automatically turn into
	  # anonymous file handles.
	  require FileHandle;
	  $c_fh = FileHandle->new();
      }
      open $c_fh, ">$ARGS{C_FILE}" or die "Can't open $ARGS{C_FILE}: $!";
  }

  my $xs_fh = $ARGS{XS_FH};
  if (!$xs_fh) {
      if ($] <= 5.008) {
	  require FileHandle;
	  $xs_fh = FileHandle->new();
      }
      open $xs_fh, ">$ARGS{XS_FILE}" or die "Can't open $ARGS{XS_FILE}: $!";
  }

  # As this subroutine is intended to make code that isn't edited, there's no
  # need for the user to specify any types that aren't found in the list of
  # names.
  
  if ($ARGS{PROXYSUBS}) {
      $ARGS{C_FH} = $c_fh;
      $ARGS{XS_FH} = $xs_fh;
      ExtUtils::Constant::ProxySubs->WriteConstants(%ARGS);
  } else {
      my $types = {};

      print $c_fh constant_types(); # macro defs
      print $c_fh "\n";

      # indent is still undef. Until anyone implements indent style rules with
      # it.
      foreach (ExtUtils::Constant::XS->C_constant({package => $ARGS{NAME},
						   subname => $ARGS{C_SUBNAME},
						   default_type =>
						       $ARGS{DEFAULT_TYPE},
						       types => $types,
						       breakout =>
						       $ARGS{BREAKOUT_AT}},
						  @{$ARGS{NAMES}})) {
	  print $c_fh $_, "\n"; # C constant subs
      }
      print $xs_fh XS_constant ($ARGS{NAME}, $types, $ARGS{XS_SUBNAME},
				$ARGS{C_SUBNAME});
  }

  close $c_fh or warn "Error closing $ARGS{C_FILE}: $!" unless $ARGS{C_FH};
  close $xs_fh or warn "Error closing $ARGS{XS_FILE}: $!" unless $ARGS{XS_FH};
}

1;
__END__