Hi all,
Here's a sharing session on my successful experience on the a/m, with
lots of excellent support from Sisyphus (thanks dude!).
Problem statement:
Writing a C/C++ extension can be difficult and laborious. Fortunately
inline.pm helps to automate much of the work, and keep us developer
dudes focused on the coding. Developers should read up on the fairly
extensive inline documentation for the reference and tutorial.
Once the libraries are compiled, the C/C++ codes should not be needed
during implementation/ distribution. This short article describes the
Lazy Man's Way of doing just that. Note that the recommended method is
documented in inline-faq. In the following paragraph there are minor
references to inline-faq, so be sure to have the documentation ready.
The Solution:
1. Read up on Question 3 on the FAQ. Following steps 1+2+3.
2. Within the 'use Inline' config hash, add the following parameter:
CLEAN_AFTER_BUILD => 0
This is an important line.
3. Write a simple piece of code that will cause the module to be
compiled using inline.
4. Expect a subdirectory called _Inline/, with a huge bunch of
subdirectories under it.
5. Follow _Inline/build/ until you see the auto/ subdirectory. Copy this
directory and everything under it to your installation of Perl,
typically at
C:/Perl/Site/Lib/. There should be an existing auto/ already.
6. Now you need to point your original Perl module to the compiled
library. Take out the 'use Inline' line. Add the following lines instead:
require DynaLoader;
our @ISA = qw (DynaLoader);
bootstrap <package name>;
That's it! Have fun!
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