The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Convert::Binary::C
DSLIP: adhOp
description: Binary Data Conversion using C Types
userid: MHX (Marcus Holland-Moritz)
chapterid: 17 (Archiving_and_Compression)
communities:
similar:
C::Include
rationale:
There's already a root namespace 'Convert', which is obviously the
best for a module that deals with data conversion. 'Binary' is
because the module converts between binary data and Perl data
structures. 'C' is because C data type definitions are used to
describe the conversion. The module name was suggested by Mark
Overmeer, and a lot of people (including myself) liked it a lot
better than the name I chose initially.
The module includes a preprocessor, scanner & parser that extract
all information about enum's, struct's, union's and typedef's from C
source code and allows to use this information primarily to pack and
unpack data through an (hopefully) easy to use OO interface. The
module is (almost) completely written in XS and builds on all
platforms that I've been able to test it on (these include Win32,
Cygwin, Linux and HP-UX).
The module should be in the module list because there's currently
only one similar module available (C::Include) which lacks a lot of
the functionality provided by Convert::Binary::C.
If you want to have a look at the manpage, a recent online version
is available at:
http://www-stud.fh-fulda.de/~fd9099/download/Convert-Binary-C.html
enteredby: MHX (Marcus Holland-Moritz)
enteredon: Wed May 1 15:45:59 2002 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Convert::Binary::
::C adhOp Binary Data Conversion using C Types MHX
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