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ExtUtils::Constant::Utils (3)

Name

ExtUtils::Constant::Utils - helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant

Synopsis

use ExtUtils::Constant::Utils qw (C_stringify);
$C_code = C_stringify $stuff;

Description

Perl Programmers Reference Guide
                                                  ExtUtils::Constant::Utils(3)



NAME
       ExtUtils::Constant::Utils - helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant

SYNOPSIS
           use ExtUtils::Constant::Utils qw (C_stringify);
           $C_code = C_stringify $stuff;

DESCRIPTION
       ExtUtils::Constant::Utils packages up utility subroutines used by
       ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Constant::Base and derived classes. All
       its functions are explicitly exportable.

USAGE
       C_stringify NAME
           A function which returns a 7 bit ASCII correctly \ escaped version
           of the string passed suitable for C's "" or ''. It will die if
           passed Unicode characters.

       perl_stringify NAME
           A function which returns a 7 bit ASCII correctly \ escaped version
           of the string passed suitable for a perl "" string.

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



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | runtime/perl-532      |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through volatile |
       +---------------+-----------------------+

NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.32.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.perl.org/.



perl v5.32.0                      2020-06-14
                                                  ExtUtils::Constant::Utils(3)