use Inline 'C';
main(123);
__END__
__C__
int main(int argc)
{
return 0;
}
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use Inline 'C';
main(123, 'string');
__END__
__C__
int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
return 0;
}
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This works fine: ...

Interesting.  It doesn't work here (on Linux, though), independently of whether I declare/pass arguments to main or not:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Inline 'C';
main();
__END__
__C__
int main()
{
  printf("foo\n");
  return 0;
}
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$ ./826910.pl
Segmentation fault
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My guess would be that this is because main is special (the entry point of an executable).  If you rename the XS routine to something else like main2, however, it prints "foo" as expected.

My guess would be that this is because main is special (the entry point of an executable).

Yes - I was a little surprised that the 'main' name didn't cause problems on Windows. Of course, I haven't tested it out extensively but there's certainly no problem for me (on Win32) with the code you just posted.

I've only just now given it a run on linux. Won't build for me - I get all sorts of bizarre errors that don't even warrant thinking about. (Naming the function "main2" works fine.)

Cheers,
Rob