Re: Perl & borland 5.5 C/C++ Compiler

In a nutshell you need to compile your code with the same compiler that compiled perl. If you are using Active State Perl the compiler is cl.exe which is part of MSVC++. See A Practical Guide to Compiling C based Modules under ActiveState using Microsoft C++ for some hints.

It works fine for me using the setup described and cl.exe:


# Have a look at the options perl was built with (we don't need all of
+ them!)......

C:\>perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts -e ldopts
  -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"D:\Perl\lib\COR
+E"  -machine:x86  D:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl56.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\oldnam
+e
s.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\kernel32.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\user32.lib D:\Per
+l\lib\CORE\gdi32.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\winspool.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\c
+o
mdlg32.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\advapi32.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\shell32.lib 
+D:\Perl\lib\CORE\ole32.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\oleaut32.lib D:\Perl\lib\
+C
ORE\netapi32.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\uuid.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\wsock32.li
+b D:\Perl\lib\CORE\mpr.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\winmm.lib D:\Perl\lib\COR
+E
\version.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\odbc32.lib D:\Perl\lib\CORE\odbccp32.lib
+ D:\Perl\lib\CORE\msvcrt.lib
 -nologo -O1 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DE
+S_FCRYPT  -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_R
+E
ADFIX  -I"D:\Perl\lib\CORE"


# here is the code

C:\>type interp.c
#include <EXTERN.h>     /* from the Perl distribution     */
#include <perl.h>       /* from the Perl distribution     */

static PerlInterpreter *my_perl;  /* The Perl interpreter */

int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
{
    my_perl = perl_alloc();
    perl_construct(my_perl);
    perl_parse(my_perl, NULL, argc, argv, (char **)NULL);
    perl_run(my_perl);
    perl_destruct(my_perl);
    perl_free(my_perl);
}


# Here are the flags that I passed to make it compile

# Essentially we pass all the same -D defines that perl was built with
+ plus
# the include dir to find the perl headers and the perl56.lib binary w
+hich is 
# what where the real functions defined in the headers are found and w
+hat we 
# will be linking against........

C:\>cl.exe  -nologo  -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -
+DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT  -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_
+MSVCRT_READFIX  -I"D:\Perl\lib\CORE"  D:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl56.lib -o 
+interp.exe interp.c

interp.c


# no messages, no errors, so let's test it......


C:\>interp.exe
print "Hello World! It will work if you try hard enough.....\n";
^D
Hello World! It will work if you try hard enough.....

C:\>


# the bare minimum I needed to get a compile is this

C:\>cl.exe -DWIN32 -I"D:\Perl\lib\CORE" D:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl56.lib -o
+ interp.exe interp.c

Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Standard Compiler Version 13.00.9466 for 80
+x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2001. All rights reserved.

interp.c
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 7.00.9466
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

/out:interp.exe
/out:interp.exe
D:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl56.lib
interp.obj

C:\>interp.exe
print "japh!\n";
^D
japh!

C:\>
[download]

cheers

tachyon

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Re^2: Perl & borland 5.5 C/C++ Compiler by blm (Hermit) on Aug 24, 2004 at 12:03 UTC
With all due respect the question was not related to cl.exe or using Microsoft Visual Studio tools it was about compiling an exe with a perl interpreter embedded with the Borland C++ Free Command Line tools. It may work with cl.exe but not all of us have access to Visual Studio. In order to help I went and downloaded Perl 5.8.5 stable.tar.gz and compiled it with the Borland C++ Free Command Line tools with the help of the documentation in README.win32. That was mostly ok except the reliance on rcl.exe was not mentioned in README.win32 as far as I can tell. This tool can be obtained in the MS Platform SDK and seems to be in Visual Studio.NET and Microsoft VB 6 (98) When I went to compile the authors code I still had problems. Even making sure that I checked the build options with `C:\>perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts -e ldopts -tWD -L"c:\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\borland\bcc55\lib" -Gn C:\perl\lib\ +CORE\perl5 8.lib C:\borland\bcc55\lib\import32.lib C:\borland\bcc55\lib\cw32mti.l +ib -O2 -D_RTLDLL -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -D_MT -D__USELOCALES__ -D_WIN +32_WINNT=0 x0410 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -I"C:\perl\lib\CORE +" C:\>` [download] Now the -Gn option gives an error so I removed that but I get the following still when I compile C:\>bcc32 -tWD -Ic:\perl\lib\core -L"c:\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\borland +\bcc55\lib " C:\perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib C:\borland\bcc55\lib\import32.lib C:\bo +rland\bcc5 5\lib\cw32mti.lib perl_inc.c Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland perl_inc.c: Error E2303 c:\perl\lib\core\win32.h 312: Type name expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\win32.h 411: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 105: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 106: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 108: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 110: ) expected Error E2141 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 111: Declaration syntax error Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 112: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 214: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 227: ) expected Error E2303 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 339: Type name expected Error E2303 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 342: Type name expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 345: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 354: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 358: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 365: ) expected Error E2293 c:\perl\lib\core\perlio.h 370: ) expected Error E2303 c:\perl\lib\core\win32iop.h 73: Type name expected Error E2303 c:\perl\lib\core\win32iop.h 74: Type name expected Error E2303 c:\perl\lib\core\win32iop.h 77: Type name expected Error E2303 c:\perl\lib\core\win32iop.h 133: Type name expected Error E2238 c:\perl\lib\core\perl.h 1775: Multiple declaration for 'AV +' Warning W8017 c:\perl\lib\core\dosish.h 142: Redefinition of 'Stat' is + not identical Error E2257 c:\perl\lib\core\perl.h 2074: , expected Error E2257 c:\perl\lib\core\perl.h 2075: , expected Error E2257 c:\perl\lib\core\perl.h 2076: , expected Error E2228 c:\perl\lib\core\perl.h 2076: Too many error or warning me +ssages * 26 errors in Compile * [download] Now I am tired but I cursory look into 'c:\perl\lib\core\win32.h' didn't reveal anything blatantly erroneous but I could be wrong. I also know that the authors code should work because you have tested it with Visual Studio and I tested it on FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE with perl 5.8.3. So maybe there is breakage in building with Borland bcc32.exe? I beleive bcc32.exe is a compiler that "is supported" for building perl. You will note however that the errors that I get are very similar if not the same as what Nalina was getting	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Perl & borland 5.5 C/C++ Compiler by tachyon (Chancellor) on Aug 24, 2004 at 12:31 UTC
Actually my suggestion to use cl.exe is possibly valid, but simply based on the fact that IMHO it works better so I use it. With cl.exe come the header and library files you need to link apps under windows. These are of course the M$ versions. When you get BCC you get Borlands take on these files, which IME have issues. Windows has issues period, but you get less using the M$ native compiler, headers and libs. However if you had read my post properly you would have noted that the minimum flags case includes -DWIN32 which you fail to do......if I leave it out it chokes as we will be trying to compile non win32 code (well skipping the kludges - or whatever). The errors are slightly different but I suggest it might work if you add that define. Read more... (3 kB)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl & borland 5.5 C/C++ Compiler by blm (Hermit) on Aug 24, 2004 at 13:09 UTC
I DID read your post Thanks :-) now I know -DWIN32 is important `C:\>bcc32 -tWD -DWIN32 -I"c:\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\borland\bcc55\lib" + C:\perl\ lib\CORE\perl58.lib C:\borland\bcc55\lib\import32.lib C:\borland\bcc55 +\lib\cw32m ti.lib perl_inc.c Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland perl_inc.c: Warning W8070 perl_inc.c 14: Function should return a value in functio +n main Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland C:\>` [download] But you didnt say anywhere in your post that this was a problem you just added it silently ;-) `# Essentially we pass all the same -D defines that perl was built with + plus # the include dir to find the perl headers and the perl56.lib binary w +hich is # what where the real functions defined in the headers are found and w +hat we # will be linking against........` [download] And this is what I did. There is no -DWIN32 in: `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts -e ldopts` Which is what everyone was saying Nalina use. I personally dont think that it is possible for everyone to use cl.exe ps Please stop down voting me now. I was only trying to help. There was no malice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Perl & borland 5.5 C/C++ Compiler by tachyon (Chancellor) on Aug 24, 2004 at 13:22 UTC
Re^6: Perl & borland 5.5 C/C++ Compiler by blm (Hermit) on Aug 24, 2004 at 13:34 UTC


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