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ExtUtils::Constant::Base(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide ExtUtils::Constant::Base(3pm)
NAME
ExtUtils::Constant::Base - base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
SYNOPSIS
require ExtUtils::Constant::Base;
@ISA = 'ExtUtils::Constant::Base';
DESCRIPTION
ExtUtils::Constant::Base provides a base implementation of methods to generate C code to
give fast constant value lookup by named string. Currently it's mostly used
ExtUtils::Constant::XS, which generates the lookup code for the constant() subroutine
found in many XS modules.
USAGE
ExtUtils::Constant::Base exports no subroutines. The following methods are available
header
A method returning a scalar containing definitions needed, typically for a C header
file.
memEQ_clause args_hashref
A method to return a suitable C "if" statement to check whether name is equal to the C
variable "name". If checked_at is defined, then it is used to avoid "memEQ" for short
names, or to generate a comment to highlight the position of the character in the
"switch" statement.
If i<checked_at> is a reference to a scalar, then instead it gives the characters pre-
checked at the beginning, (and the number of chars by which the C variable name has
been advanced. These need to be chopped from the front of name).
dump_names arg_hashref, ITEM...
An internal function to generate the embedded perl code that will regenerate the
constant subroutines. default_type, types and ITEMs are the same as for C_constant.
indent is treated as number of spaces to indent by. If "declare_types" is true a
$types is always declared in the perl code generated, if defined and false never
declared, and if undefined $types is only declared if the values in types as passed in
cannot be inferred from default_types and the ITEMs.
assign arg_hashref, VALUE...
A method to return a suitable assignment clause. If type is aggregate (eg PVN expects
both pointer and length) then there should be multiple VALUEs for the components. pre
and post if defined give snippets of C code to proceed and follow the assignment. pre
will be at the start of a block, so variables may be defined in it.
return_clause arg_hashref, ITEM
A method to return a suitable "#ifdef" clause. ITEM is a hashref (as passed to
"C_constant" and "match_clause". indent is the number of spaces to indent, defaulting
to 6.
switch_clause arg_hashref, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM...
An internal method to generate a suitable "switch" clause, called by "C_constant"
ITEMs are in the hash ref format as given in the description of "C_constant", and must
all have the names of the same length, given by NAMELEN. ITEMHASH is a reference to a
hash, keyed by name, values being the hashrefs in the ITEM list. (No parameters are
modified, and there can be keys in the ITEMHASH that are not in the list of ITEMs
without causing problems - the hash is passed in to save generating it afresh for each
call).
params WHAT
An "internal" method, subject to change, currently called to allow an overriding class
to cache information that will then be passed into all the "*param*" calls. (Yes,
having to read the source to make sense of this is considered a known bug). WHAT is be
a hashref of types the constant function will return. In ExtUtils::Constant::XS this
method is used to returns a hashref keyed IV NV PV SV to show which combination of
pointers will be needed in the C argument list generated by
C_constant_other_params_definition and C_constant_other_params
dogfood arg_hashref, ITEM...
An internal function to generate the embedded perl code that will regenerate the
constant subroutines. Parameters are the same as for C_constant.
Currently the base class does nothing and returns an empty string.
normalise_items args, default_type, seen_types, seen_items, ITEM...
Convert the items to a normalised form. For 8 bit and Unicode values converts the item
to an array of 1 or 2 items, both 8 bit and UTF-8 encoded.
C_constant arg_hashref, ITEM...
A function that returns a list of C subroutine definitions that return the value and
type of constants when passed the name by the XS wrapper. ITEM... gives a list of
constant names. Each can either be a string, which is taken as a C macro name, or a
reference to a hash with the following keys
name The name of the constant, as seen by the perl code.
type The type of the constant (IV, NV etc)
value A C expression for the value of the constant, or a list of C expressions if
the type is aggregate. This defaults to the name if not given.
macro The C pre-processor macro to use in the "#ifdef". This defaults to the name,
and is mainly used if value is an "enum". If a reference an array is passed
then the first element is used in place of the "#ifdef" line, and the second
element in place of the "#endif". This allows pre-processor constructions such
as
#if defined (foo)
#if !defined (bar)
...
#endif
#endif
to be used to determine if a constant is to be defined.
A "macro" 1 signals that the constant is always defined, so the "#if"/"#endif"
test is omitted.
default Default value to use (instead of "croak"ing with "your vendor has not
defined...") to return if the macro isn't defined. Specify a reference to an
array with type followed by value(s).
pre C code to use before the assignment of the value of the constant. This allows
you to use temporary variables to extract a value from part of a "struct" and
return this as value. This C code is places at the start of a block, so you
can declare variables in it.
post C code to place between the assignment of value (to a temporary) and the
return from the function. This allows you to clear up anything in pre. Rarely
needed.
def_pre
def_post
Equivalents of pre and post for the default value.
utf8 Generated internally. Is zero or undefined if name is 7 bit ASCII, "no" if the
name is 8 bit (and so should only match if SvUTF8() is false), "yes" if the
name is utf8 encoded.
The internals automatically clone any name with characters 128-255 but none
256+ (ie one that could be either in bytes or utf8) into a second entry which
is utf8 encoded.
weight Optional sorting weight for names, to determine the order of linear testing
when multiple names fall in the same case of a switch clause. Higher comes
earlier, undefined defaults to zero.
In the argument hashref, package is the name of the package, and is only used in
comments inside the generated C code. subname defaults to "constant" if undefined.
default_type is the type returned by "ITEM"s that don't specify their type. It
defaults to the value of "default_type()". types should be given either as a comma
separated list of types that the C subroutine subname will generate or as a reference
to a hash. default_type will be added to the list if not present, as will any types
given in the list of ITEMs. The resultant list should be the same list of types that
"XS_constant" is given. [Otherwise "XS_constant" and "C_constant" may differ in the
number of parameters to the constant function. indent is currently unused and ignored.
In future it may be used to pass in information used to change the C indentation style
used.] The best way to maintain consistency is to pass in a hash reference and let
this function update it.
breakout governs when child functions of subname are generated. If there are breakout
or more ITEMs with the same length of name, then the code to switch between them is
placed into a function named subname_len, for example "constant_5" for names 5
characters long. The default breakout is 3. A single "ITEM" is always inlined.
BUGS
Not everything is documented yet.
Probably others.
AUTHOR
Nicholas Clark <nick AT ccl4.org> based on the code in "h2xs" by Larry Wall and others
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