[perl #40381] h2xs enum bug in ExtUtils::Constant::WriteConstants

On Wed Sep 20 14:54:01 2006, aaron.dancygier@pipelinefinancial.com wrote:
> This is a bug report for perl from
> aaron.dancygier@pipelinefinancial.com,
> 
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.8.
> 
> 
> When using h2xs to convert enums there is a macro test failure in
> 
> const-c.inc. It seems to be treating enums as if they were #define
> macros.
> 
> I found a blog about this that describes the problems and includes the
> 
> appropriate workarounds (hacks)
> 
> http://blogs.sun.com/akolb/entry/pitfals_of_the_perl_xs
> 
> 

Following that link, I eventually got a 404 error.

Aaron, do you think you could post more detail about this problem?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

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• [perl #40381] h2xs enum bug in ExtUtils::Constant::WriteConstants by James E Keenan via RT
• Re: [perl #40381] h2xs enum bug in ExtUtils::Constant::WriteConstants by Aristotle Pagaltzis