hello!
for a blackbox tester that uses linux shared libraries i want to use perlxs. the problem is that it seems that perlxs assumes that one knows the way a certain function works (as it will be described in the CODE: fragment of an .xs file). the problem is, when using blackbox-testing i just know the input, and a the category (int, float, string, etc + lt, eq, gt, etc, e.g.), so i can not provide any CODE:-lines beforehand.
is there a way to still make use of perlxs? i get my header-info from a .xml-file that describes what input to a certain function is expected.
so, for example if i have a "hello"-function in my hello_lib.so library that will print out "hello world" n times, my .xml-file says "func: hello, arg: int", which will reflect in the .xs file as "void hello(i) \n int i". but it seems if i don't provide a CODE:-line like "printf (...)" i always get a "symbol lookup error: ..../myhello.so: undefined symbol: hello". any hints? TIA

In reply to perlxs + blackbox testing by nostromo

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