#ifdef _WIN32 # define WIN32 #endif
There's a gazillion of already pre-defined macros which help to identify the platform and other features. There's a sourceforge project dedicated to listing all those macros at <http://predef.sourceforge.net/>.
I had wondered whether such pre-defined symbols existed but was unable to find any reference to ones related to the OS. I'll bookmark that page.
How do I do that ? Is it something that gets addressed by the XS code ? Or is it something that needs to be addressed by makemaker ?
This is also an option. I use this technique in one of my modules. I figure out the machine's byteorder and then do a
WriteMakefile ( ... DEFINE => "-D$BYTEORDER", );
I had tested that with: DEFINE => "WIN32",
It works considerably better if I: DEFINE => "-DWIN32", :-)
Thanks Tassilo. That pretty much answers the questions I asked (and also the questions that had yet to be asked :-)
Cheers, Rob
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