calling C/C++ function from perl

[perl1user]

calling C/C++ function from perl

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Hi,
how do I call a compiled C/C++ function from perl ?
Let say I have a C/C++ function:

*char func(char *ptr, int len) {
    ...
return str;}

Now i wonna call it from perl

[Salem]

http://clusty.com/search?query=calling+c+from+perl&sourceid=Mozilla-search

[Comatose]

Basically, you need a specially module. http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/Inline-0.44/C/C.pod. This will let you put C++ code INLINE, that is, into the Perl file. This still doesn't let you call the C function stored in another file (from what I can tell).

[perl1user]

Basically, you need a specially module. http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/Inline-0.44/C/C.pod. This will let you put C++ code INLINE, that is, into the Perl file. This still doesn't let you call the C function stored in another file (from what I can tell).

thanx
I'll try it out and see