| Subject: | Compilation errors under win32 ~ a solution |
This failed to compile on Win32, as per my report at
http://testers.cpan.org/search?request=dist&dist=JavaScript#0.52+MSWin32+4.0+MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
I have contacted the author with the folling email, but I haven't heard
from him, or seen an updated version released to cpan, so here is the
email I sent him (the bug-fix is ridiculously simple)
In JavaScript.xs, I just switched the order of the includes like so.
#include <jsapi.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include "EXTERN.h"
#include "perl.h"
#include "XSUB.h"
This fixes all the errors, but there are still warnings (but the tests all
pass,
see cpan-test'ers report for the errors and warnings, as until
you upload a new version, the report will have to read FAIL)
Also, in JavaScript.pod, in the first example you use q!! ad delimeters,
but this fails cause you say call 'strange("JavaScript.pm rox!", 10);'
the ! causes a compile error. Anyone remotely experienced with perl could
figure this out, but there are way too many cluess folks out there so it helps
to fix this. Just use "balanced" delimiters, like q[] or q(), or even q{}
Also, in the Makefile.PL, you don't set the AUTHOR attribute but just leave
the default h2xs one. If i were you i'd set that ;)
If you want to check out a win32 version of JavaScript, I have a PPM
package available at my repository,
http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm
Thanks.