The following patch makes the tests pass, but please be cautioned that my XS-foo is *very* limited. The CvXSUB CvROOT stuff is stolen directly from dump.c of the 5.8.0 source, specifically the Perl_dump_sub routine at line 70.

Let me re-iterate. I'm no expert here. This just worked for me.
--- CCC.xs~ 2003-05-23 13:58:57.000000000 -0400 +++ CCC.xs 2003-05-23 13:58:46.000000000 -0400 @@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ #include "perl.h" #include "XSUB.h" - void inspect( char* name ) { - if( get_cv( name, (I32)0 ) != NULL ) { - printf( " &%s is defined\n", name ); + GV *glob = CvGV(get_cv( name, (I32)0 )); + if ( (CvXSUB(GvCV(glob))) || CvROOT(GvCV(glob)) ) { + printf( " &%s has code\n", name ); { dSP ; PUSHMARK(SP) ; call_pv( name, G_DISCARD | G_NOARGS ); } + } + else { + printf( " &%s is undefined\n", name ); } }
-- dug

In reply to Re: How to check for subroutine existence from within XS code by dug
in thread How to check for subroutine existence from within XS code by philou

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