in reply to Re: XS from XS?
in thread XS from XS?

Does this help? ExtUtils::Depends

No, not exactly. Actually, not even slightly. That requires that in order to make use of the module, that it be available at install/compile time. That pretty much belies the reasoning for having dynamic linking.

What I'm pursuing is a cross-platform way of expressing these two operations:

  1. Is there an (unqualified) .dll/so/.other of this name accessible?
  2. If so, does it export these entrypoints?
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