Re: Re: Writing XS frontends to C++ libraries.

I'm still confused as to why there should be an ambiguity about this section of the XS file:

void
MySettings::set(const string &key, const string &value)
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When the error produced by the code shows that we have what looks like a matching method:

MyModule.c:64: no matching function for call to `Mysettings::set (cons
+t string *, const string *)'
/usr/local/include/mysettings.h:66: candidates are: void Mysettings::s
+et(const string &, const string &)
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Does XS not distinguish well between pointers and references?

MySet does have a typemap entry, of type O_OBJECT. I'll admit my understanding of typemaps is basic; this is just taken from the combining C++ and Perl link above.

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XS and C++: keep it simple and use pointers by blssu (Pilgrim) on Sep 11, 2002 at 20:52 UTC
The code you posted should look like this: `void MySettings::set(key, value) string * key string * value` [download] You're right about the problems with references. Don't try to use '&' in the XS prototype -- it definitely does not mean the same as C++. Also remember that in XS a const object is different from non-const, so you need two typemap definitions if you want to handle const objects. In general, you should use non-const pointers to interface C++ with perl -- eventually perl is going to stuff your object into an int, so it can't be bigger than a pointer. Pointers are conceptually easier to store, and const is going to be casted away anyways. Do your typemaps all use pointers? If you want to interface perl with methods that take const or reference arguments, the easiest way is to write the XS prototype with non-const pointers and then call the method yourself in the CODE: section. Here's how you'd call `MySettings::set(const string &key, const string &value)` from XS: `void MySettings::set(key, value) string * key string * value CODE: THIS->set(key, value);` [download] Try `perldoc perlxs` for more on XS. If you stick to non-const pointers you'll be able to follow most of the examples designed for C.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: XS and C++: keep it simple and use pointers by kilinrax (Deacon) on Sep 11, 2002 at 22:50 UTC
Thanks, that's helped a lot :) Unfortunately, however, some of the methods return objects, rather than pointers to objects; or take arguments in the same way - so still give errors as above. Currently I have lines like these for each object in my typemap: `MySettings O_OBJECT MYSettings * O_OBJECT` [download] Which, looking at it, seems very wrong. IIrc, O_OBJECT is for pointers to objects, not objects. Is there an equivalent to O_OBJECT for objects themselves, or will this require a specialised typemap?	[reply] [d/l]


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