Contents

Chapter 8

Programming Perl in C 

............................................. 175

Why C? 

.................................................................................................................... 175

The Perl C API 

.................................................................................................. 176

References 

........................................................................................................... 204

Summary 

................................................................................................................. 204

Chapter 9

Writing C Modules with XS 

................................... 205

A Real World Example 

..................................................................................... 205

Getting Started with XS 

.............................................................................. 206

XSUB Techniques 

................................................................................................ 216

XS Interface Design and Construction 

.................................................. 220

Learning More about XS 

................................................................................. 235

Summary 

................................................................................................................. 236

Chapter 10 Writing C Modules with Inline::C 

................. 237

Inline::C Walkthrough 

................................................................................... 237

Getting Up Close and Personal 

................................................................. 239

Getting Started with Inline::C 

............................................................... 240

Inline::C Techniques 

..................................................................................... 244

Learning More about Inline::C 

................................................................. 251

Summary 

................................................................................................................. 251

Chapter 11 CGI Application Modules for CPAN 

................. 253

Introduction to CGI::Application 

........................................................... 253

Advanced CGI::Application 

.......................................................................... 263

CGI::Application and CPAN 

.......................................................................... 269

Summary 

................................................................................................................. 271

Index

............................................................................................................... 273

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