{ package Node; use strict; use warnings; use Inline C => <<'__EOI__'; typedef struct { // ... } Node; Node* new_node() { Node* node; warn("new_node\n"); // DEBUG Newx(node, 1, Node); // node->... = ...; return node; } void DESTROY(Node* node) { warn("DESTROY\n"); // DEBUG Safefree(node); } __EOI__ } { use strict; use warnings; my $x = Node::new_node(); }