Embed Perl in Perl

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

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Re: Embed Perl in Perl by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 15, 2011 at 18:27 UTC
Is there any XS binding to the PerlInterpreter API? Better yet, there's a core module for doing that? `use threads; ## Run code in a seperate interpreter async { ...; };` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Embed Perl in Perl by goibhniu (Hermit) on Mar 16, 2011 at 14:18 UTC
Perlembed documentation does have a bullet called "Use Perl from Perl" in the preamble listing do, eval, require and use. Should we suggest to the perldoc owners (I don't know how this is maintained) that they add threads' async function to the list? #my sig used to say 'I humbly seek wisdom. '. Now it says: use strict; use warnings; I humbly seek wisdom.	[reply]
Re^3: Embed Perl in Perl by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 16, 2011 at 16:50 UTC
You could try sending p5p a doc patch to that effect, but I wouldn't hazard a guess as to their acceptance. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re: Embed Perl in Perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 15, 2011 at 17:54 UTC
The code in XS files is C code, so if you want to create a Perl interpreter from a Perl interpreter, go right on ahead and do it. Or are you really asking if you can use the Perl API from XS code? Most definitely yes.	[reply]
Re: Embed Perl in Perl by ambrus (Abbot) on Mar 15, 2011 at 20:21 UTC
There's a proof of concept module that does this. It's called Perl.	[reply]
Re^2: Embed Perl in Perl by jeteve (Pilgrim) on Mar 16, 2011 at 16:06 UTC
Definitely what I need, but it seems this have stopped compiling for a while. Sounds that I will have to go through perlapi :) -- Jerome Eteve	[reply]
Re: Embed Perl in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 15, 2011 at 17:55 UTC
Embedding Perl in Perl? Sounds like a job for `eval`...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Embed Perl in Perl by jeteve (Pilgrim) on Mar 15, 2011 at 18:02 UTC
My problem is that eval operates in the same memory space as the current Perl interpreter instance. Maybe there's a way around this? It doesn't sound sane to me though. -- Jerome Eteve	[reply]
Re^3: Embed Perl in Perl by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 15, 2011 at 18:41 UTC
We have to go deeper . . .</ObInception> The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]
Re: Embed Perl in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 15, 2011 at 22:48 UTC
Safe::World?	[reply]
Re^2: Embed Perl in Perl by jeteve (Pilgrim) on Mar 16, 2011 at 15:47 UTC
Does what I need in theory, but doesn't work with Perl > 5.8 :( I gave a go at Safe, but I couldn't manage to make it load dynamic modules. -- Jerome Eteve	[reply]