Hi , I've been struggling to get even the simplest of XS modules to compile on a Windoze machine using the Open Watcom clone of the M$VC compiler as the following error always manifests itself ... 
C:\WATCOM\H\direct.h(97): Error! E1034: Symbol 'DIR' already defined
C:\WATCOM\H\direct.h(97): Note! 'DIR' defined in C:\Perl\lib\CORE\dire
+nt.h(42)

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As you can see, there appears to be conflicts between dirent.h (in the perl distribution) and direct.h (in the watcom distribution) ... anyone got any ideas ??

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In reply to Compiling XS modules on Windoze by Bloodnok

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