ExtUtil...Compiler(3)

✨ ExtUtil...Compiler(3) ✨

okay bestie, this is the User Contributed Perl Documentation page titled ExtUtil...Compiler(3) — and yes, the module it's actually about is ExtUtils::HasCompiler. It's giving "can your system actually build this?" energy, and we're here for it. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ExtUtils::HasCompiler — check for the presence of a compiler.

🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 0.025

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

use ExtUtils::HasCompiler 'can_compile_extension';
if (can_compile_extension()) {
  ...
}
else {
  ...
}

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

This module tries to check if the current system is capable of compiling, linking and loading an XS module. Literally the vibe check for your compiler setup. 🔥

🚨 Notice: this is an early release, interface stability isn't guaranteed yet.

👑 FUNCTIONS 👑

💖 can_compile_loadable_object(%opts) 💖

This checks if the system can compile, link and load a perl loadable object. It may take the following options:

• quiet — do not output the executed compilation commands.
• config — an ExtUtils::Config (compatible) object for configuration.
• skip_load — this causes can_compile_loadable_object to not try to load the generated object. This defaults to true on a cross-compiling perl.

🧚 can_compile_static_library(%opts) 🧚

This checks if the system can compile and link a perl static library. It does not check it it can compile a new perl with it. It may take the following options:

• quiet — do not output the executed compilation commands.
• config — an ExtUtils::Config (compatible) object for configuration.

🍓 can_compile_extension(%opts) 🍓

This will call either can_compile_loadable_object, or can_compile_static_library, depending on which is the default on your configuration. In addition to the arguments listed above, it can take one more optional argument:

• linktype — this will force the linktype to be either static or dynamic. Dynamic compilation on a static perl won't work, but static libraries can be viable on a dynamic perl.

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com>

⭐ COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ⭐

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Leon Timmermans.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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