On 06/10/02 14:35 +1000, Ken Williams wrote: > > On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 02:50 PM, Brian Ingerson wrote: > > There are a few rules when making Inline modules: > > > > - One Inline block per module. > > - NAME must be the same as the module package. > > - If you really want two objects you must put them in separate > > modules with separate packages. Don't try to get tricky here and > > use a second module with the same package name. That won't work. > > - To bundle two or more Inline-based modules in the same CPAN > > distribution each one must have its own Makefile.PL. This means > > you must use subdirectories. Don't worry, it's easy. And it > > works great. > > I'll chime in here with my usual wish that the subdirectories & > separate Makefile.PLs not be necessary in this case. Just to > keep it on your radar screen. ;-)
It is definitely on my radar. But it's not so easy to figure out exactly how this would work. I suppose I put Inline make rules in the Makefile for each additional module in the lib tree. But how do I know which modules are pure Perl, and which ones are extension modules? It's all a little too DWIMmy for my tastes. Inline allows you not to think too hard about details. But in the case of CPAN distribution, I'd like the authors to have at least a baseline level of clue. Cheers, Brian PS Suggestions welcome. Patches, more so.
