> -----Original Message----- > From: Sisyphus
> Afaik a function declared as void would not return. it won't return a value, but it still has to go back to the caller. > Anyway, if it's that simple to do in C then it's also very > simple to achieve in perl, using Inline::C. thats interesting, and would be useful for large C programs but i've already compiled the C into a standalone executable, and can call the .EXE as a system call from perl. i mean yeah, it works, but what i want to do is avoid C altogether. for aesthetic purposes. its basically one line of C code: "outp(<IOPort>,<byte>)", and certainly not worth the module overhead can't perl do this? Rob > > > > But you'll need a compiler for that to work - preferably > MSVC++ 6.0 if you're running ActiveState perl, though the > free command line version of > MSVC++ 7.1 (.NET 2003 .... or whatever it is) that's available from > Microsoft will probably serve just as well. > > With ActiveState perl, a third alternative is to install > nmake or dmake, and the MinGW (gcc) compiler, along with > ExtUtils::FakeConfig. (All of those are freely available.) > > Cheers, > Rob > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
