source: trunk/essentials/dev-lang/perl/lib/ExtUtils/Constant/Utils.pm

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1package ExtUtils::Constant::Utils;
2
3use strict;
4use vars qw($VERSION @EXPORT_OK @ISA $is_perl56);
5use Carp;
6
7@ISA = 'Exporter';
8@EXPORT_OK = qw(C_stringify perl_stringify);
9$VERSION = '0.01';
10
11$is_perl56 = ($] < 5.007 && $] > 5.005_50);
12
13=head1 NAME
14
15ExtUtils::Constant::Utils - helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant
16
17=head1 SYNOPSIS
18
19 use ExtUtils::Constant::Utils qw (C_stringify);
20 $C_code = C_stringify $stuff;
21
22=head1 DESCRIPTION
23
24ExtUtils::Constant::Utils packages up utility subroutines used by
25ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Constant::Base and derived classes. All its
26functions are explicitly exportable.
27
28=head1 USAGE
29
30=over 4
31
32=item C_stringify NAME
33
34A function which returns a 7 bit ASCII correctly \ escaped version of the
35string passed suitable for C's "" or ''. It will die if passed Unicode
36characters.
37
38=cut
39
40# Hopefully make a happy C identifier.
41sub C_stringify {
42 local $_ = shift;
43 return unless defined $_;
44 # grr 5.6.1
45 confess "Wide character in '$_' intended as a C identifier"
46 if tr/\0-\377// != length;
47 # grr 5.6.1 moreso because its regexps will break on data that happens to
48 # be utf8, which includes my 8 bit test cases.
49 $_ = pack 'C*', unpack 'U*', $_ . pack 'U*' if $is_perl56;
50 s/\\/\\\\/g;
51 s/([\"\'])/\\$1/g; # Grr. fix perl mode.
52 s/\n/\\n/g; # Ensure newlines don't end up in octal
53 s/\r/\\r/g;
54 s/\t/\\t/g;