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ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type(3perl)

NAME

ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type - Entry in the TYPEMAP section of a typemap

SYNOPSIS

  use ExtUtils::Typemaps;
  ...
  my $type = $typemap->get_type_map('char*');
  my $input = $typemap->get_input_map($type->xstype);

DESCRIPTION

Refer to ExtUtils::Typemaps for details. Object associates "ctype" with "xstype", which is the index into the in- and output mapping tables.

METHODS

new

Requires "xstype" and "ctype" parameters.

Optionally takes "prototype" parameter. Note however that the method to get/set the value is called "proto" rather than <prototype>.

proto

Returns or sets the prototype.

xstype

Returns the name of the XS type that this C type is associated to.

ctype

Returns the name of the C type as it was set on construction.

tidy_ctype

Returns the canonicalized name of the C type.

SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::Typemaps

AUTHOR

Steffen Mueller "<smueller@cpan.org">

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Steffen Mueller

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

2025-08-24 perl v5.42.0