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On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 07:18:05PM +0200, Tassilo von Parseval wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 10:35:36AM +0000 vishnu@pobox.com (via RT) wrote: > > The generated code is wrapped with: > > > > #ifdef SPECIAL_CONST > > return SPECIAL_CONST; > > #else > > return PERL_constant_NOTDEF; > > #endif > > > > This totally breaks with enums. If there some way to use this > > cool code generator with enums? I'm glad you like it. > This is basically what I asked about in bugreport #21887. I am currently > patching h2xs to make it understand enums. Once I fully understand how > the different command-line switches of h2xs play together I can submit I'm not sure if it's clear from Tassilo's message, but in the followups to the initial bug report I explained how you could manually generate perl code to instruct ExtUtils::Constant to generate code that works with enums. See http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=21887 > the patch. It will then include a new switch -e/--omit-enums with which > h2xs can be told to fall back to the old behaviour of ignoring enums. > The additional switches haven't yet been discussed here but that will be > done (or will not, if no one objects) when the patch is ready. However, I didn't have the courage or stamina to get h2xs to do it automatically, so when he pulls this off, it will be impressive and very useful. Nicholas ClarkThread Previous