Nicholas Clark wrote on 2009-08-28:
> win32/dl_win32.xs dates from 1997.
>
> [Also, why is dl_win32.xs there, rather than in ext/DynaLoader?]
Not sure. It gets copied into ext/DynaLoader during the build:
$(DYNALOADER).c: $(MINIPERL) $(EXTDIR)\DynaLoader\dl_win32.xs
$(CONFIGPM)
if not exist $(AUTODIR) mkdir $(AUTODIR)
cd $(EXTDIR)\$(*B)
..\$(MINIPERL) -I..\..\lib $(*B)_pm.PL
..\$(MINIPERL) -I..\..\lib XSLoader_pm.PL
cd ..\..\win32
$(XCOPY) $(EXTDIR)\$(*B)\$(*B).pm $(LIBDIR)\$(NULL)
$(XCOPY) $(EXTDIR)\$(*B)\XSLoader.pm $(LIBDIR)\$(NULL)
cd $(EXTDIR)\$(*B)
$(XSUBPP) dl_win32.xs > $(*B).c
cd ..\..\win32
$(EXTDIR)\DynaLoader\dl_win32.xs: dl_win32.xs
copy dl_win32.xs $(EXTDIR)\DynaLoader\dl_win32.xs
I don't know why we don't just have the dl_win32.xs file in
ext/DynaLoader to start with, and remove it from win32/
I think that would be worth doing unless anyone knows why it needs to be
under win32/
(And likewise for dl_netware.xs.)
