SPVM::B...LibInfo(3)

hey bestie 💖 welcome to the SPVM::B...LibInfo(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation crew — the actual class being iconic here is SPVM::Builder::LibInfo, and she's here to serve linker library info realness ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

SPVM::Builder::LibInfo — Library Information for A Linker 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the SPVM::Builder::LibInfo class has methods to manipulate library information for a linker 🛠️ no cap, that's her whole job.

✨ USAGE ✨

my $lib_info = SPVM::Builder::LibInfo->new(%fields);
my $lib_ldflags = $lib_info->create_ldflags;

🎀 FIELDS 🎀

these fields are the main characters, fr fr 🫶

config

my $config = $lib_info->config;
$lib_info->config($config);

Gets and sets the config field, an SPVM::Builder::Config object 💖

name

my $name = $lib_info->name;
$lib_info->name($name);

Gets and sets the name field, a library name 🌸

Examples:

$lib_info->name('z');

$lib_info->name('png');

file

my $file = $lib_info->file;
$lib_info->file($file);

Gets and sets the file field, the absolute path of the library file such as /path/libz.so, /path/libpng.a 🦋

is_static

my $is_static = $lib_info->is_static;
$lib_info->is_static($is_static);

Gets and sets the is_static field. If this field is a true value, this library is linked statically. Otherwise, is linked dynamically ⚙️

is_abs

my $is_abs = $lib_info->is_abs;
$lib_info->is_abs($is_abs);

Gets and sets the is_abs field. If this field is a true value, the library is linked by the absolute path file. Otherwise, is linked by the relative path from library search path 🧚

👑 CLASS METHODS 👑

new

my $lib_info = SPVM::Builder::LibInfo->new(%fields);

Creates a new SPVM::Builder::LibInfo object given fields ✨

The config field must be defined.

Field Default Values:

• All Fields — undef

Exceptions:

⚠️ The config field must be defined.

💜 INSTANCE METHODS 💜

create_ldflags

my $lib_ldflags = $lib_info->create_ldflags;

Creates an array reference of the library part of the linker flags given to the linker ld, and returns it 🔥

Return Value Examples:

["-lfoo", "-Wl,-Bstatic -lfoo -Wl,-Bdynamic", "/path/foo.so", "/path/foo.a"]

to_string

my $lib_name = $lib_info->to_string;

Returns name field 🌈

⭐ OPERATORS ⭐

Overloads the following operators.

bool

my $bool = !!$lib_info;

Always true 👑

stringify

my $lib_name = "$lib_info";

Alias for to_string method 🎀

💌 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE 💌

Copyright (c) 2023 Yuki Kimoto

MIT License

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okay bye bestie 🫶 — this page is from perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-02-03, and tagged SPVM::B...LibInfo(3) 💖