On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 01:20:12PM +1000, Sisyphus wrote:
> The problem is this piece of code in ExtUtils::ParseXS:
>
> #################################
> /* prototype to pass -Wmissing-prototypes */
> STATIC void
> S_croak_xs_usage(pTHX_ const CV *const cv, const char *const params);
>
> STATIC void
> S_croak_xs_usage(pTHX_ const CV *const cv, const char *const params)
> {
> .................
> ################################
>
> That code gets copied verbatim into PerlNatives.c but, according to the
> MinGW port of gcc-3.4.5, it contains the above syntax errors. It seems that
> 'STATIC void' is a syntax error - which can be fixed by removing the
> 'STATIC' in both places in ParseXS.pm. But I haven't yet found a solution
> to the syntax errors in "S_croak_xs_usage(pTHX_ const CV *const cv, const
> char *const params)". (These are the "syntax error before "const"" errors.)
>
> Anyone here know what's needed ?
perl.h:#define STATIC static
Likewise, pTHX_ is defined in perl's headers.
The errors are consistent with not including (at least) perl.h
Or the *right* perl.h
Does this code compile cleanly on other systems?
Nicholas Clark
