Subject: RE: Building PERL modules [Was: Re: Any resolution to win32.h pro blem?]
From: Neil Lunn <[email-masked]>
To: "'Charles S. Wilson'" <[email-masked]>, "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Jim Hall <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:21:28 +1000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles S. Wilson [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 8:03 AM
> To: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
> Cc: Jim Hall; [email-masked]
> Subject: Building PERL modules [Was: Re: Any resolution to win32.h
> problem?]
> And, FWIW, "win32.h" is a file within the perl source dist and should
> only be used for native windows builds of perl, not for cygwin. It is
> NOT a part of the "normal" windows API.
> 
> --Chuck

And as "win32.h" is only pulled in where WIN32 is a defined symbol the
stanard follows on all
 XS code for "Win32'ish" modules for perl.

#ifdef __CYGWIN__
#  undef WIN32		/* don't use this with Cygwin and Perl */
#endif

Neil

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