I want to write Perl bindings for a C++ library, so that the library can be used from Perl. How would I get started doing this? I’ve written pure-Perl modules for CPAN before.
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I want to write Perl bindings for a C++ library, so that the library can be used from Perl. How would I get started doing this? I’ve written pure-Perl modules for CPAN before.
There is SWIG and there XS. I used XS for Net::Sharktools which was the first time I wrote any XS code. I point to it because it was a particularly trivial case, and might be a good way to get an idea of what is involved.
perldoc perlxs includes a section on C++ specific aspects as well.