in reply to Re^3: perl interpreter must be named my_perl?
in thread perl interpreter must be named my_perl?

No, that's all wrong. The THX macros don't care about the name of the "top-level" variable.

aTHX should only be used in a function which either has pTHX in its parameter list or in which dTHX; is used. In a MULTIPLICITY build, aTHX will only access the parameter var named my_perl created by pTHX or the local var named my_perl created by dTHX. In other words, it only accesses the my_perl variable the THX macros create themselves.

In a non-MULTIPLICITY build, those macros are all undefined. They don't mention my_perl at all.

So either way, they don't care about the name of the name of the "top-level" variable.

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Re^5: perl interpreter must be named my_perl?
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2023 at 05:33 UTC

    In a non-MULTIPLICITY build, those macros are all undefined. They don't mention my_perl

    But MULTIPLICITY is the de facto default build option, Am I right?
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      Just to be clear, I said the global my_perl isn't used by the THX macros with or without MUTLIPLICITY.

      As for MULTIPLICITY being the default? No. It's is off by default.

      MULTIPLICITY is what allows a process to have multiple interpreters. A build with thread support requires MULTIPLICITY since each thread has its own interpreter. So MULTIPLICITY is automatically defined when a building Perl with thread support.

      A build without thread support usually won't use MULTIPLICITY. If the OP's program only needs one interpreter, they should use a build of Perl that was built without MULTIPLICITY (for a performance boost).

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      I would avoid words like "de facto, default" and just do my own checks:

      linux perlbrew:

      perl -V | grep -i multi
      usemultiplicity=undef

      [download]

      linux system perl:

          usemultiplicity=define
Compile-time options:
    ...
    MULTIPLICITY

      [download]

      I liked Multiplicity - what the heck is it?

      bw, bliako

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