This module implements several helper methods used in implementing XS.
It takes one optional argument "config", which should be an "ExtUtils::Config" compatible object. If your
$planner has a "config" delegate, that will be used as default value.
DELEGATESparse_xs($source,$destination,%options)
This will parse the XS file $source and write the resulting C file to $destination.
• mkdir
If set this will mkdir the base of the target before running the parse.
• dependencies
This lists additional dependencies that will be added to the target.
• typemap
The name of the typemap file. Defaults to "typemap" if that file exists.
• hiertype
Allow hierarchical types (with double colons) such as used in C++.
c_file_for_xs($filename,$dir=dirname($filename))
This returns the path to the C file for a certain XS file.
module_for_xs($filename)
This returns the module corresponding to a specific XS files.
extension_filename($module_name)
This will return the path for the loadable object of an extension for $module.