perlapi - How to get compilation errors SV

gszczesz has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Anyone know how to get compilation errors in Perl code snippets when embedding perl code in C?? The SV ERRSV doesn't seem to contain compilation errors after I ran eval_pv...

eg, in C++:

SV* result = eval_pv( code.c_str(), TRUE); 
if( SvTRUE(ERRSV) )
{
    // Print out errors
}
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The ERRSV doesn't seem to output compilation errors in the code string.... I'm using perl5.8.9. Perl 5.10.0 had problems with ERRSV always being NULL. Greg

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Re: perlapi - How to get compilation errors SV by almut (Canon) on Apr 10, 2009 at 22:05 UTC
Maybe you could try `eval_sv` instead, which (in contrast to `eval_pv`) allows the `G_KEEPERR` flag to be specified (you wouldn't get your SV `result`, though...). Something like this (untested): `eval_sv(newSVpv(code.c_str(), 0), G_KEEPERR);` [download] See also this thread and G_KEEPERR.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: perlapi - How to get compilation errors SV by gszczesz (Novice) on Apr 11, 2009 at 03:03 UTC
That did the trick. Forever in your debt. Greg	[reply]