> Dan Muey wrote: > > > > On Dec 1, 2003, at 6:22 AM, Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote: [..] > > > > Instead Can I just embed this perl code in my c > program I will be > > > > happy if someone can give some links to examples > > > on the net > > > > > > <http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlembed.html> > > > > That is very very sexxy! I was reading the part at: > > > http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlembed.h> tml#Adding-a-Perl-interp > > reter-to-your-C-program > > > > Which will let you run perl code/file containing perl code > supplied as > > an argument. Very cool. > > > > What I was wondering about was how to execute some perl > code *inside* > > the c program instead of takign it via ARGV. I think eval_pv and > > eval_sv have somethgin to do with it but I'm a bit cloudy there. > > HI Dan, > > This is probably where you want to focus more, then, because > it is [probably] critical. Just taking a sorta wild guess > here, I'm going to guess that these are casts to numerical > and string types. Certainly that distinction underlies the > biggest difference between Perl and C. Where Perl abstracts > the difference between number and string, C strictly enforces > type differences. Strings are seen as arrays. Anytime you > are passing information between perl and C, you have to keep > this distinction in mind. So if my stab in the dark is on > the mark, these two functions you cite should be interfaces > to that type-specific syntax and declaration protocol.. > Don't know the details, as I haven't ventured into that > territory, but these may be worthwhile leads to follow up.
Very good leads for sure! Details Details, I hope old Rube will be proud! > > Joseph > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
