Thought this might be of interest to some people.
Neil.
>
>SPUG,
>
>Thought you guys should be the first to know. I just uploaded Inline
>version 0.30 to the CPAN. (Give it a few hours to get processed.) 0.30
>is a very major release. (See below)
>
>I also posted the first edition of Inline::CPR (C Perl Run). This is the
>thing I talked about at the SPUG meeting where you put a hashbang
>(#!/usr/bin/cpr) at the top of your C code, and then just run it.
>
>Sometime tonight, Neil Watkiss will also release Inline::Python (very
>cool, I'm sad to admit :-) and Inline::CPP.
>
>In addition, I am officially announcing [EMAIL PROTECTED] , the new Inline
>mailing list. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to join.
>
>Cheers, Brian
>
>Here is the README notes:
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>FEATURES:
>
>Inline version 0.30 is a major upgrade from previous verions. It
>includes:
>
>+ Integrated support for typemap files in C.
> + All the recognized types now come *only* from typemaps.
> + The default types come from the default typemap installed with core
>Perl.
> + Typemaps are used to modify the Parse::RecDescent grammar for
>parsing C.
> + This means you can easily use your existing typemaps.
>+ Language support completely separated from base Inline code.
> + Beta supoort for C (Inline::C, included)
> + Alpha support for C++ (Inline::CPP, available separately)
> + Alpha support for Python (Inline::Python, available separately)
> + Support for 'embedding' Perl in C with my new programming language,
>CPR.
> (Inline::CPR, available separately) This one may warp your mind :^)
> + Simple API for adding your own language support.
> + Write your own Inline::Foo
> + Write your own implementation of Inline::C, or just modify
> Inline::C::grammar.
> + Support for interpreted languages in addition to compiled ones.
>+ Autodetection of new Inline language modules.
>+ Much easier and more powerful configuration syntax.
> + More XS and MakeMaker features exposed for configuration (for C and
>C++).
>+ Flexible new syntax for specifying source code.
> + Use DATA section for AutoLoader, Inline, and POD simultaneously.
>+ Support for using Inline 'with' other modules.
> + "use Inline with 'Event';" lets Event.pm pass config info to
>Inline.pm.
> + Event.pm 0.80 has built in support for Inline.pm 0.30 and higher.
> + Write Event callbacks in C with extreme ease.
>+ More documentation
> + perldoc Inline
> + perldoc Inline-Support
> + perldoc Inline-API
> + perldoc Inline::C
> + perldoc Inline::C-Cookbook
>+ Better error messages and easier debugging.
>+ Mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Other features of Inline.pm include:
>
>= Automatically compiles your source code and caches the shared object.
>= Automatically DynaLoads the shared object and binds it to Perl.
>= Recompiles only when the C code changes.
>= Changing the Perl code will not cause a recompile of the C code.
>= Support for writing extension modules, suitable for distributing to
>the CPAN.
>= Support for generating and binding Inline subs at run time. <bind()>
>= Works on all Unix and MS Windows configurations.
>
>--
>perl -le 'use Inline C=>q{SV*JAxH(char*x){return newSVpvf
>("Just Another %s Hacker",x);}};print JAxH+Perl'
>
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Neil C. Ford
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