view release on metacpan or  search on metacpan

ppport.h  view on Meta::CPAN

  --nochanges                 don't suggest changes
  --nofilter                  don't filter input files

  --strip                     strip all script and doc functionality from
                              ppport.h

  --list-provided             list provided API
  --list-unsupported          list unsupported API
  --api-info=name             show Perl API portability information

=head1 COMPATIBILITY

This version of F<ppport.h> is designed to support operation with Perl
installations back to 5.003, and has been tested up to 5.11.5.

=head1 OPTIONS

=head2 --help

Display a brief usage summary.

=head2 --version

Display the version of F<ppport.h>.

=head2 --patch=I<file>

If this option is given, a single patch file will be created if
any changes are suggested. This requires a working diff program
to be installed on your system.

=head2 --copy=I<suffix>

If this option is given, a copy of each file will be saved with
the given suffix that contains the suggested changes. This does
not require any external programs. Note that this does not
automagially add a dot between the original filename and the
suffix. If you want the dot, you have to include it in the option
argument.

If neither C<--patch> or C<--copy> are given, the default is to
simply print the diffs for each file. This requires either
C<Text::Diff> or a C<diff> program to be installed.

=head2 --diff=I<program>

Manually set the diff program and options to use. The default
is to use C<Text::Diff>, when installed, and output unified
context diffs.

=head2 --compat-version=I<version>

Tell F<ppport.h> to check for compatibility with the given
Perl version. The default is to check for compatibility with Perl
version 5.003. You can use this option to reduce the output
of F<ppport.h> if you intend to be backward compatible only
down to a certain Perl version.

=head2 --cplusplus

Usually, F<ppport.h> will detect C++ style comments and
replace them with C style comments for portability reasons.
Using this option instructs F<ppport.h> to leave C++
comments untouched.

=head2 --quiet

Be quiet. Don't print anything except fatal errors.

=head2 --nodiag

Don't output any diagnostic messages. Only portability
alerts will be printed.

=head2 --nohints

Don't output any hints. Hints often contain useful portability
notes. Warnings will still be displayed.

=head2 --nochanges

Don't suggest any changes. Only give diagnostic output and hints
unless these are also deactivated.

=head2 --nofilter

Don't filter the list of input files. By default, files not looking
like source code (i.e. not *.xs, *.c, *.cc, *.cpp or *.h) are skipped.

=head2 --strip

Strip all script and documentation functionality from F<ppport.h>.
This reduces the size of F<ppport.h> dramatically and may be useful
if you want to include F<ppport.h> in smaller modules without
increasing their distribution size too much.

The stripped F<ppport.h> will have a C<--unstrip> option that allows
you to undo the stripping, but only if an appropriate C<Devel::PPPort>
module is installed.

=head2 --list-provided

Lists the API elements for which compatibility is provided by
F<ppport.h>. Also lists if it must be explicitly requested,
if it has dependencies, and if there are hints or warnings for it.

=head2 --list-unsupported

Lists the API elements that are known not to be supported by
F<ppport.h> and below which version of Perl they probably
won't be available or work.

=head2 --api-info=I<name>

Show portability information for API elements matching I<name>.
If I<name> is surrounded by slashes, it is interpreted as a regular
expression.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

In order for a Perl extension (XS) module to be as portable as possible
across differing versions of Perl itself, certain steps need to be taken.

ppport.h  view on Meta::CPAN

  $file{needs_inc_ppport} = keys %{$file{uses}};

  if ($file{needs_inc_ppport}) {
    my $pp = '';

    for $func (sort keys %{$file{needs}}) {
      my $type = $file{needs}{$func};
      next if $type eq 'extern';
      my $suffix = $type eq 'global' ? '_GLOBAL' : '';
      unless (exists $file{"needed_$type"}{$func}) {
        if ($type eq 'global') {
          diag("Files [@{$global{needs}{$func}}] need $func, adding global request");
        }
        else {
          diag("File needs $func, adding static request");
        }
        $pp .= "#define NEED_$func$suffix\n";
      }
    }

    if ($pp && ($c =~ s/^(?=$HS*#$HS*define$HS+NEED_\w+)/$pp/m)) {
      $pp = '';
      $file{changes}++;
    }

    unless ($file{has_inc_ppport}) {
      diag("Needs to include '$ppport'");
      $pp .= qq(#include "$ppport"\n)
    }

    if ($pp) {
      $file{changes} += ($c =~ s/^($HS*#$HS*define$HS+NEED_\w+.*?)^/$1$pp/ms)
                     || ($c =~ s/^(?=$HS*#$HS*include.*\Q$ppport\E)/$pp/m)
                     || ($c =~ s/^($HS*#$HS*include.*XSUB.*\s*?)^/$1$pp/m)
                     || ($c =~ s/^/$pp/);
    }
  }
  else {
    if ($file{has_inc_ppport}) {
      diag("No need to include '$ppport'");
      $file{changes} += ($c =~ s/^$HS*?#$HS*include.*\Q$ppport\E.*?$LF//m);
    }
  }

  # put back in our C comments
  my $ix;
  my $cppc = 0;
  my @ccom = @{$file{ccom}};
  for $ix (0 .. $#ccom) {
    if (!$opt{cplusplus} && $ccom[$ix] =~ s!^//!!) {
      $cppc++;
      $file{changes} += $c =~ s/$rccs$ix$rcce/$ccs$ccom[$ix] $cce/;
    }
    else {
      $c =~ s/$rccs$ix$rcce/$ccom[$ix]/;
    }
  }

  if ($cppc) {
    my $s = $cppc != 1 ? 's' : '';
    warning("Uses $cppc C++ style comment$s, which is not portable");
  }

  my $s = $warnings != 1 ? 's' : '';
  my $warn = $warnings ? " ($warnings warning$s)" : '';
  info("Analysis completed$warn");

  if ($file{changes}) {
    if (exists $opt{copy}) {
      my $newfile = "$filename$opt{copy}";
      if (-e $newfile) {
        error("'$newfile' already exists, refusing to write copy of '$filename'");
      }
      else {
        local *F;
        if (open F, ">$newfile") {
          info("Writing copy of '$filename' with changes to '$newfile'");
          print F $c;
          close F;
        }
        else {
          error("Cannot open '$newfile' for writing: $!");
        }
      }
    }
    elsif (exists $opt{patch} || $opt{changes}) {
      if (exists $opt{patch}) {
        unless ($patch_opened) {
          if (open PATCH, ">$opt{patch}") {
            $patch_opened = 1;
          }
          else {
            error("Cannot open '$opt{patch}' for writing: $!");
            delete $opt{patch};
            $opt{changes} = 1;
            goto fallback;
          }
        }
        mydiff(\*PATCH, $filename, $c);
      }
      else {
fallback:
        info("Suggested changes:");
        mydiff(\*STDOUT, $filename, $c);
      }
    }
    else {
      my $s = $file{changes} == 1 ? '' : 's';
      info("$file{changes} potentially required change$s detected");
    }
  }
  else {
    info("Looks good");
  }
}

close PATCH if $patch_opened;

exit 0;