javonet-ruby-sdk 2.4.9 → 2.4.11

data/lib/javonet-ruby-sdk/Binaries/Perl/MacOs/X64/deps/lib/perl5/darwin-thread-multi-2level/FFI/Platypus.pm

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-package FFI::Platypus;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use 5.008004;
-use Carp qw( croak );
-use FFI::Platypus::Function;
-use FFI::Platypus::Type;
-
-# ABSTRACT: Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
-our $VERSION = '2.09'; # VERSION
-
-# Platypus-Man,
-# Platypus-Man,
-# Does Whatever A Platypus Can
-# Is Mildly Venomous
-# Hangs Out In Rivers By Caves
-# Look Out!
-# Here Comes The Platypus-Man
-
-# From the original FFI::Platypus prototype:
-#  Kinda like gluing a duckbill to an adorable mammal
-
-
-our @CARP_NOT = qw( FFI::Platypus::Declare FFI::Platypus::Record );
-
-require XSLoader;
-XSLoader::load(
-  'FFI::Platypus', $FFI::Platypus::VERSION || 0
-);
-
-
-sub new
-{
-  my($class, %args) = @_;
-  my @lib;
-  if(exists $args{lib})
-  {
-    if(!ref($args{lib}))
-    {
-      push @lib, $args{lib};
-    }
-    elsif(ref($args{lib}) eq 'ARRAY')
-    {
-      push @lib, @{$args{lib}};
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      croak "lib argument must be a scalar or array reference";
-    }
-  }
-
-  my $api          = $args{api} || 0;
-  my $experimental = $args{experimental} || 0;
-
-  if($experimental == 1)
-  {
-    Carp::croak("Please do not use the experimental version of api = 1, instead require FFI::Platypus 1.00 or better");
-  }
-  elsif($experimental == 2)
-  {
-    Carp::croak("Please do not use the experimental version of api = 2, instead require FFI::Platypus 2.00 or better");
-  }
-
-  if(defined $api && $api > 2 && $experimental != $api)
-  {
-    Carp::cluck("Enabling development API version $api prior to FFI::Platypus $api.00");
-  }
-
-  my $tp;
-
-  if($api == 0)
-  {
-    $tp = 'Version0';
-  }
-  elsif($api == 1)
-  {
-    $tp = 'Version1';
-  }
-  elsif($api == 2)
-  {
-    $tp = 'Version2';
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    Carp::croak("API version $api not (yet) implemented");
-  }
-
-  require "FFI/Platypus/TypeParser/$tp.pm";
-  $tp = "FFI::Platypus::TypeParser::$tp";
-
-  my $self = bless {
-    lib              => \@lib,
-    lang             => '',
-    handles          => {},
-    abi              => -1,
-    api              => $api,
-    tp               => $tp->new,
-    fini             => [],
-    ignore_not_found => defined $args{ignore_not_found} ? $args{ignore_not_found} : 0,
-  }, $class;
-
-  $self->lang($args{lang} || 'C');
-
-  $self;
-}
-
-sub _lang_class ($)
-{
-  my($lang) = @_;
-  my $class = $lang =~ m/^=(.*)$/ ? $1 : "FFI::Platypus::Lang::$lang";
-  unless($class->can('native_type_map'))
-  {
-    my $pm = "$class.pm";
-    $pm =~ s/::/\//g;
-    require $pm;
-  }
-  croak "$class does not provide native_type_map method"
-    unless $class->can("native_type_map");
-  $class;
-}
-
-
-sub lib
-{
-  my($self, @new) = @_;
-
-  if(@new)
-  {
-    push @{ $self->{lib} }, map { ref $_ eq 'CODE' ? $_->() : $_ } @new;
-    delete $self->{mangler};
-  }
-
-  @{ $self->{lib} };
-}
-
-
-sub ignore_not_found
-{
-  my($self, $value) = @_;
-
-  if(defined $value)
-  {
-    $self->{ignore_not_found} = $value;
-  }
-
-  $self->{ignore_not_found};
-}
-
-
-sub lang
-{
-  my($self, $value) = @_;
-
-  if(defined $value && $value ne $self->{lang})
-  {
-    $self->{lang} = $value;
-    my $class = _lang_class($self->{lang});
-    $self->abi($class->abi) if $class->can('abi');
-
-    {
-      my %type_map;
-      my $map = $class->native_type_map(
-        $self->{api} > 0
-          ? (api => $self->{api})
-          : ()
-      );
-      foreach my $key (keys %$map)
-      {
-        my $value = $map->{$key};
-        next unless $self->{tp}->have_type($value);
-        $type_map{$key} = $value;
-      }
-      $type_map{$_} = $_ for grep { $self->{tp}->have_type($_) }
-        qw( void sint8 uint8 sint16 uint16 sint32 uint32 sint64 uint64 float double string opaque
-            longdouble complex_float complex_double );
-      $type_map{pointer} = 'opaque' if $self->{tp}->isa('FFI::Platypus::TypeParser::Version0');
-      $self->{tp}->type_map(\%type_map);
-    }
-
-    $class->load_custom_types($self) if $class->can('load_custom_types');
-  }
-
-  $self->{lang};
-}
-
-
-sub api { shift->{api} }
-
-
-sub type
-{
-  my($self, $name, $alias) = @_;
-  croak "usage: \$ffi->type(name => alias) (alias is optional)" unless defined $self && defined $name;
-
-  $self->{tp}->check_alias($alias) if defined $alias;
-  my $type = $self->{tp}->parse($name);
-  $self->{tp}->set_alias($alias, $type) if defined $alias;
-
-  $self;
-}
-
-
-sub custom_type
-{
-  my($self, $alias, $cb) = @_;
-
-  my $argument_count = $cb->{argument_count} || 1;
-
-  croak "argument_count must be >= 1"
-    unless $argument_count >= 1;
-
-  croak "Usage: \$ffi->custom_type(\$alias, { ... })"
-    unless defined $alias && ref($cb) eq 'HASH';
-
-  croak "must define at least one of native_to_perl, perl_to_native, or perl_to_native_post"
-    unless defined $cb->{native_to_perl} || defined $cb->{perl_to_native} || defined $cb->{perl_to_native_post};
-
-  $self->{tp}->check_alias($alias);
-
-  my $type = $self->{tp}->create_type_custom(
-    $cb->{native_type},
-    $cb->{perl_to_native},
-    $cb->{native_to_perl},
-    $cb->{perl_to_native_post},
-    $argument_count,
-  );
-
-  $self->{tp}->set_alias($alias, $type);
-
-  $self;
-}
-
-
-sub load_custom_type
-{
-  my($self, $name, $alias, @type_args) = @_;
-
-  croak "usage: \$ffi->load_custom_type(\$name, \$alias, ...)"
-    unless defined $name && defined $alias;
-
-  $name = "FFI::Platypus::Type$name" if $name =~ /^::/;
-  $name = "FFI::Platypus::Type::$name" unless $name =~ /::/;
-
-  unless($name->can("ffi_custom_type_api_1"))
-  {
-    my $pm = "$name.pm";
-    $pm =~ s/::/\//g;
-    eval { require $pm };
-    warn $@ if $@;
-  }
-
-  unless($name->can("ffi_custom_type_api_1"))
-  {
-    croak "$name does not appear to conform to the custom type API";
-  }
-
-  my $cb = $name->ffi_custom_type_api_1($self, @type_args);
-  $self->custom_type($alias => $cb);
-
-  $self;
-}
-
-
-sub types
-{
-  my($self) = @_;
-  $self = $self->new unless ref $self && eval { $self->isa('FFI::Platypus') };
-  sort $self->{tp}->list_types;
-}
-
-
-sub type_meta
-{
-  my($self, $name) = @_;
-  $self = $self->new unless ref $self && eval { $self->isa('FFI::Platypus') };
-  $self->{tp}->parse($name)->meta;
-}
-
-
-sub mangler
-{
-  my($self, $sub) = @_;
-  $self->{mangler} = $self->{mymangler} = $sub;
-}
-
-
-sub function
-{
-  my $wrapper;
-  $wrapper = pop if ref $_[-1] eq 'CODE';
-
-  croak "usage \$ffi->function( \$name, \\\@arguments, [\\\@var_args], [\$return_type])" unless @_ >= 3 && @_ <= 6;
-
-  my $self = shift;
-  my $name = shift;
-  my $fixed_args = shift;
-  my $var_args;
-  $var_args = shift if defined $_[0] && ref($_[0]) eq 'ARRAY';
-  my $ret = shift;
-  $ret = 'void' unless defined $ret;
-
-  # special case: treat a single void argument type as an empty list of
-  # arguments, a la olde timey C compilers.
-  if( (!defined $var_args) && @$fixed_args == 1 && $fixed_args->[0] eq 'void' )
-  {
-    $fixed_args = [];
-  }
-
-  my $fixed_arg_count = defined $var_args ? scalar(@$fixed_args) : -1;
-
-  my @args = map { $self->{tp}->parse($_) || croak "unknown type: $_" } @$fixed_args;
-  if($var_args)
-  {
-    push @args, map {
-      my $type = $self->{tp}->parse($_);
-      # https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-Platypus/issues/323
-      $type->type_code == 67 ? $self->{tp}->parse('double') : $type
-    } @$var_args;
-  }
-
-  $ret = $self->{tp}->parse($ret) || croak "unknown type: $ret";
-  my $address = $name =~ /^-?[0-9]+$/ ? $name : $self->find_symbol($name);
-  croak "unable to find $name" unless defined $address || $self->ignore_not_found;
-  return unless defined $address;
-  $address = @args > 0 ? _cast1() : _cast0() if $address == 0;
-  my $function = FFI::Platypus::Function::Function->new($self, $address, $self->{abi}, $fixed_arg_count, $ret, @args);
-  $wrapper
-    ? FFI::Platypus::Function::Wrapper->new($function, $wrapper)
-    : $function;
-}
-
-sub _function_meta
-{
-  # NOTE: may be upgraded to a documented function one day,
-  # but shouldn't be used externally as we will rename it
-  # if that happens.
-  my($self, $name, $meta, $args, $ret) = @_;
-  $args = ['opaque','int',@$args];
-  $self->function(
-    $name, $args, $ret, sub {
-      my $xsub = shift;
-      $xsub->($meta, scalar(@_), @_);
-    },
-  );
-}
-
-
-sub attach
-{
-  my $wrapper;
-  $wrapper = pop if ref $_[-1] eq 'CODE';
-
-  my $self = shift;
-  my $name = shift;
-  my $args = shift;
-  my $varargs;
-  $varargs = shift if defined $_[0] && ref($_[0]) eq 'ARRAY';
-  my $ret = shift;
-  my $proto = shift;
-
-  $ret = 'void' unless defined $ret;
-
-  my($c_name, $perl_name) = ref($name) ? @$name : ($name, $name);
-
-  croak "you tried to provide a perl name that looks like an address"
-    if $perl_name =~ /^-?[0-9]+$/;
-
-  my $function = $varargs
-    ? $self->function($c_name, $args, $varargs, $ret, $wrapper)
-    : $self->function($c_name, $args, $ret, $wrapper);
-
-  if(defined $function)
-  {
-    $function->attach($perl_name, $proto);
-  }
-
-  $self;
-}
-
-
-sub closure
-{
-  my($self, $coderef) = @_;
-  return undef unless defined $coderef;
-  croak "not a coderef" unless ref $coderef eq 'CODE';
-  require FFI::Platypus::Closure;
-  FFI::Platypus::Closure->new($coderef);
-}
-
-
-sub cast
-{
-  $_[0]->function(0 => [$_[1]] => $_[2])->call($_[3]);
-}
-
-
-sub attach_cast
-{
-  my($self, $name, $type1, $type2, $wrapper) = @_;
-  my $caller = caller;
-  $name = join '::', $caller, $name unless $name =~ /::/;
-  if(defined $wrapper && ref($wrapper) eq 'CODE')
-  {
-    $self->attach([0 => $name] => [$type1] => $type2 => '$', $wrapper);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    $self->attach([0 => $name] => [$type1] => $type2 => '$');
-  }
-  $self;
-}
-
-
-sub sizeof
-{
-  my($self,$name) = @_;
-  ref $self
-    ? $self->{tp}->parse($name)->sizeof
-    : $self->new->sizeof($name);
-}
-
-
-sub alignof
-{
-  my($self, $name) = @_;
-  ref $self
-    ? $self->{tp}->parse($name)->alignof
-    : $self->new->alignof($name);
-}
-
-
-sub kindof
-{
-  my($self, $name) = @_;
-  ref $self
-    ? $self->{tp}->parse($name)->kindof
-    : $self->new->kindof($name);
-}
-
-
-sub countof
-{
-  my($self, $name) = @_;
-  ref $self
-    ? $self->{tp}->parse($name)->countof
-    : $self->new->countof($name);
-}
-
-
-sub def
-{
-  my $self = shift;
-  my $package = shift || caller;
-  my $type = shift;
-  if(@_)
-  {
-    $self->type($type);
-    $self->{def}->{$package}->{$type} = shift;
-  }
-  $self->{def}->{$package}->{$type};
-}
-
-
-sub unitof
-{
-  my($self, $name) = @_;
-  ref $self
-    ? $self->{tp}->parse($name)->unitof
-    : $self->new->unitof($name);
-}
-
-
-sub find_lib
-{
-  my $self = shift;
-  require FFI::CheckLib;
-  $self->lib(FFI::CheckLib::find_lib(@_));
-  $self;
-}
-
-
-sub find_symbol
-{
-  my($self, $name) = @_;
-
-  $self->{mangler} ||= $self->{mymangler};
-
-  unless(defined $self->{mangler})
-  {
-    my $class = _lang_class($self->{lang});
-    if($class->can('mangler'))
-    {
-      $self->{mangler} = $class->mangler($self->lib);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      $self->{mangler} = sub { $_[0] };
-    }
-  }
-
-  foreach my $path (@{ $self->{lib} })
-  {
-    my $handle = do { no warnings; $self->{handles}->{$path||0} } || FFI::Platypus::DL::dlopen($path, FFI::Platypus::DL::RTLD_PLATYPUS_DEFAULT());
-    unless($handle)
-    {
-      warn "warning: error loading $path: ", FFI::Platypus::DL::dlerror()
-        if $self->{api} > 0 || $ENV{FFI_PLATYPUS_DLERROR};
-      next;
-    }
-    my $address = FFI::Platypus::DL::dlsym($handle, $self->{mangler}->($name));
-    if($address)
-    {
-      $self->{handles}->{$path||0} = $handle;
-      return $address;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      FFI::Platypus::DL::dlclose($handle) unless $self->{handles}->{$path||0};
-    }
-  }
-  return;
-}
-
-
-sub bundle
-{
-  croak "bundle method only available with api => 1 or better" if $_[0]->{api} < 1;
-  require FFI::Platypus::Bundle;
-  goto &_bundle;
-}
-
-
-sub package
-{
-  croak "package method only available with api => 0" if $_[0]->{api} > 0;
-  require FFI::Platypus::Legacy;
-  goto &_package;
-}
-
-
-sub abis
-{
-  require FFI::Platypus::ShareConfig;
-  FFI::Platypus::ShareConfig->get("abi");
-}
-
-
-sub abi
-{
-  my($self, $newabi) = @_;
-  unless($newabi =~ /^[0-9]+$/)
-  {
-    unless(defined $self->abis->{$newabi})
-    {
-      croak "no such ABI: $newabi";
-    }
-    $newabi = $self->abis->{$newabi};
-  }
-
-  unless(FFI::Platypus::ABI::verify($newabi))
-  {
-    croak "no such ABI: $newabi";
-  }
-
-  $self->{abi} = $newabi;
-  $self->{tp}->abi($newabi);
-
-  $self;
-}
-
-sub DESTROY
-{
-  my($self) = @_;
-  foreach my $fini (@{ $self->{fini} })
-  {
-    $fini->($self);
-  }
-  foreach my $handle (values %{ $self->{handles} })
-  {
-    next unless $handle;
-    FFI::Platypus::DL::dlclose($handle);
-  }
-  delete $self->{handles};
-}
-
-1;
-
-__END__
-
-=pod
-
-=encoding UTF-8
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-FFI::Platypus - Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
-
-=head1 VERSION
-
-version 2.09
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- # for all new code you should use api => 2
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => undef, # search libc
- );
- 
- # call dynamically
- $ffi->function( puts => ['string'] => 'int' )->call("hello world");
- 
- # attach as a xsub and call (much faster)
- $ffi->attach( puts => ['string'] => 'int' );
- puts("hello world");
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-Platypus is a library for creating interfaces to machine code libraries
-written in languages like C, L<C++|FFI::Platypus::Lang::CPP>,
-L<Go|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Go>,
-L<Fortran|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Fortran>,
-L<Rust|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Rust>,
-L<Pascal|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Pascal>. Essentially anything that gets
-compiled into machine code.  This implementation uses L<libffi|https://sourceware.org/libffi/> to
-accomplish this task.  L<libffi|https://sourceware.org/libffi/> is battle tested by a number of other
-scripting and virtual machine languages, such as Python and Ruby to
-serve a similar role.  There are a number of reasons why you might want
-to write an extension with Platypus instead of XS:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item FFI / Platypus does not require messing with the guts of Perl
-
-XS is less of an API and more of the guts of perl splayed out to do
-whatever you want.  That may at times be very powerful, but it can also
-be a frustrating exercise in hair pulling.
-
-=item FFI / Platypus is portable
-
-Lots of languages have FFI interfaces, and it is subjectively easier to
-port an extension written in FFI in Perl or another language to FFI in
-another language or Perl.  One goal of the Platypus Project is to reduce
-common interface specifications to a common format like JSON that could
-be shared between different languages.
-
-=item FFI / Platypus could be a bridge to Raku
-
-One of those "other" languages could be Raku and Raku already has an
-FFI interface I am told.
-
-=item FFI / Platypus can be reimplemented
-
-In a bright future with multiple implementations of Perl 5, each
-interpreter will have its own implementation of Platypus, allowing
-extensions to be written once and used on multiple platforms, in much
-the same way that Ruby-FFI extensions can be use in Ruby, JRuby and
-Rubinius.
-
-=item FFI / Platypus is pure perl (sorta)
-
-One Platypus script or module works on any platform where the libraries
-it uses are available.  That means you can deploy your Platypus script
-in a shared filesystem where they may be run on different platforms.  It
-also means that Platypus modules do not need to be installed in the
-platform specific Perl library path.
-
-=item FFI / Platypus is not C or C++ centric
-
-XS is implemented primarily as a bunch of C macros, which requires at
-least some understanding of C, the C pre-processor, and some C++ caveats
-(since on some platforms Perl is compiled and linked with a C++
-compiler). Platypus on the other hand could be used to call other
-compiled languages, like L<Fortran|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Fortran>,
-L<Go|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Go>,
-L<Rust|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Rust>,
-L<Pascal|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Pascal>, L<C++|FFI::Platypus::Lang::CPP>,
-or even L<assembly|FFI::Platypus::Lang::ASM>, allowing you to focus
-on your strengths.
-
-=item FFI / Platypus does not require a parser
-
-L<Inline> isolates the extension developer from XS to some extent, but
-it also requires a parser.  The various L<Inline> language bindings are
-a great technical achievement, but I think writing a parser for every
-language that you want to interface with is a bit of an anti-pattern.
-
-=back
-
-This document consists of an API reference, a set of examples, some
-support and development (for contributors) information.  If you are new
-to Platypus or FFI, you may want to skip down to the
-L<EXAMPLES|/EXAMPLES> to get a taste of what you can do with Platypus.
-
-Platypus has extensive documentation of types at L<FFI::Platypus::Type>
-and its custom types API at L<FFI::Platypus::API>.
-
-You are B<strongly> encouraged to use API level 2 for all new code.
-There are a number of improvements and design fixes that you get
-for free.  You should even consider updating existing modules to
-use API level 2 where feasible.  How do I do that you might ask?
-Simply pass in the API level to the platypus constructor.
-
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2 );
-
-The Platypus documentation has already been updated to assume API
-level 1.
-
-=for stopwords ØMQ
-
-=head1 CONSTRUCTORS
-
-=head2 new
-
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2, %options);
-
-Create a new instance of L<FFI::Platypus>.
-
-Any types defined with this instance will be valid for this instance
-only, so you do not need to worry about stepping on the toes of other
-CPAN FFI / Platypus Authors.
-
-Any functions found will be out of the list of libraries specified with
-the L<lib|/lib> attribute.
-
-=head3 options
-
-=over 4
-
-=item api
-
-[version 0.91]
-
-Sets the API level.  The recommended value for all new code is C<2>.
-The Platypus documentation assumes API level C<2> except for a few
-places that specifically document older versions.  You should
-only use a lower value for a legacy code base that cannot be migrated to
-a newer API level. Legal values are:
-
-=over
-
-=item C<0>
-
-Original API level.  See L<FFI::Platypus::TypeParser::Version0> for details
-on the differences.
-
-=item C<1>
-
-Enable version 1 API type parser which allows pass-by-value records
-and type decoration on basic types.
-
-=item C<2>
-
-Enable version 2 API.
-The Platypus documentation assumes this api level is set.
-
-API version 2 is identical to version 1, except:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Pointer functions that return C<NULL> will return C<undef> instead of empty list
-
-This fixes a long standing design bug in Platypus.
-
-=item Array references may be passed to pointer argument types
-
-This replicates the behavior of array argument types with no size.  So the types C<sint8*> and C<sint8[]>
-behave identically when an array reference is passed in.  They differ in that, as before, you can
-pass a scalar reference into type C<sint8*>.
-
-=item The fixed string type can be specified without pointer modifier
-
-That is you can use C<string(10)> instead of C<string(10)*> as you were previously able to
-in API 0.
-
-=back
-
-=back
-
-=item lib
-
-Either a pathname (string) or a list of pathnames (array ref of strings)
-to pre-populate the L<lib|/lib> attribute.  Use C<[undef]> to search the
-current process for symbols.
-
-0.48
-
-C<undef> (without the array reference) can be used to search the current
-process for symbols.
-
-=item ignore_not_found
-
-[version 0.15]
-
-Set the L<ignore_not_found|/ignore_not_found> attribute.
-
-=item lang
-
-[version 0.18]
-
-Set the L<lang|/lang> attribute.
-
-=back
-
-=head1 ATTRIBUTES
-
-=head2 lib
-
- $ffi->lib($path1, $path2, ...);
- my @paths = $ffi->lib;
-
-The list of libraries to search for symbols in.
-
-The most portable and reliable way to find dynamic libraries is by using
-L<FFI::CheckLib>, like this:
-
- use FFI::CheckLib 0.06;
- $ffi->lib(find_lib_or_die lib => 'archive');
-   # finds libarchive.so on Linux
-   #       libarchive.bundle on OS X
-   #       libarchive.dll (or archive.dll) on Windows
-   #       cygarchive-13.dll on Cygwin
-   #       ...
-   # and will die if it isn't found
-
-L<FFI::CheckLib> has a number of options, such as checking for specific
-symbols, etc.  You should consult the documentation for that module.
-
-As a special case, if you add C<undef> as a "library" to be searched,
-Platypus will also search the current process for symbols. This is
-mostly useful for finding functions in the standard C library, without
-having to know the name of the standard c library for your platform (as
-it turns out it is different just about everywhere!).
-
-You may also use the L</find_lib> method as a shortcut:
-
- $ffi->find_lib( lib => 'archive' );
-
-=head2 ignore_not_found
-
-[version 0.15]
-
- $ffi->ignore_not_found(1);
- my $ignore_not_found = $ffi->ignore_not_found;
-
-Normally the L<attach|/attach> and L<function|/function> methods will
-throw an exception if it cannot find the name of the function you
-provide it.  This will change the behavior such that
-L<function|/function> will return C<undef> when the function is not
-found and L<attach|/attach> will ignore functions that are not found.
-This is useful when you are writing bindings to a library and have many
-optional functions and you do not wish to wrap every call to
-L<function|/function> or L<attach|/attach> in an C<eval>.
-
-=head2 lang
-
-[version 0.18]
-
- $ffi->lang($language);
-
-Specifies the foreign language that you will be interfacing with. The
-default is C.  The foreign language specified with this attribute
-changes the default native types (for example, if you specify
-L<Rust|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Rust>, you will get C<i32> as an alias for
-C<sint32> instead of C<int> as you do with L<C|FFI::Platypus::Lang::C>).
-
-If the foreign language plugin supports it, this will also enable
-Platypus to find symbols using the demangled names (for example, if you
-specify L<CPP|FFI::Platypus::Lang::CPP> for C++ you can use method names
-like C<Foo::get_bar()> with L</attach> or L</function>.
-
-=head2 api
-
-[version 1.11]
-
- my $level = $ffi->api;
-
-Returns the API level of the Platypus instance.
-
-=head1 METHODS
-
-=head2 type
-
- $ffi->type($typename);
- $ffi->type($typename => $alias);
-
-Define a type.  The first argument is the native or C name of the type.
-The second argument (optional) is an alias name that you can use to
-refer to this new type.  See L<FFI::Platypus::Type> for legal type
-definitions.
-
-Examples:
-
- $ffi->type('sint32');            # only checks to see that sint32 is a valid type
- $ffi->type('sint32' => 'myint'); # creates an alias myint for sint32
- $ffi->type('bogus');             # dies with appropriate diagnostic
-
-=head2 custom_type
-
- $ffi->custom_type($alias => {
-   native_type         => $native_type,
-   native_to_perl      => $coderef,
-   perl_to_native      => $coderef,
-   perl_to_native_post => $coderef,
- });
-
-Define a custom type.  See L<FFI::Platypus::Type#Custom-Types> for details.
-
-=head2 load_custom_type
-
- $ffi->load_custom_type($name => $alias, @type_args);
-
-Load the custom type defined in the module I<$name>, and make an alias
-I<$alias>. If the custom type requires any arguments, they may be passed
-in as I<@type_args>. See L<FFI::Platypus::Type#Custom-Types> for
-details.
-
-If I<$name> contains C<::> then it will be assumed to be a fully
-qualified package name. If not, then C<FFI::Platypus::Type::> will be
-prepended to it.
-
-=head2 types
-
- my @types = $ffi->types;
- my @types = FFI::Platypus->types;
-
-Returns the list of types that FFI knows about.  This will include the
-native C<libffi> types (example: C<sint32>, C<opaque> and C<double>) and
-the normal C types (example: C<unsigned int>, C<uint32_t>), any types
-that you have defined using the L<type|/type> method, and custom types.
-
-The list of types that Platypus knows about varies somewhat from
-platform to platform, L<FFI::Platypus::Type> includes a list of the core
-types that you can always count on having access to.
-
-It can also be called as a class method, in which case, no user defined
-or custom types will be included in the list.
-
-=head2 type_meta
-
- my $meta = $ffi->type_meta($type_name);
- my $meta = FFI::Platypus->type_meta($type_name);
-
-Returns a hash reference with the meta information for the given type.
-
-It can also be called as a class method, in which case, you won't be
-able to get meta data on user defined types.
-
-The format of the meta data is implementation dependent and subject to
-change.  It may be useful for display or debugging.
-
-Examples:
-
- my $meta = $ffi->type_meta('int');        # standard int type
- my $meta = $ffi->type_meta('int[64]');    # array of 64 ints
- $ffi->type('int[128]' => 'myintarray');
- my $meta = $ffi->type_meta('myintarray'); # array of 128 ints
-
-=head2 mangler
-
- $ffi->mangler(\&mangler);
-
-Specify a customer mangler to be used for symbol lookup.  This is usually useful
-when you are writing bindings for a library where all of the functions have the
-same prefix.  Example:
-
- $ffi->mangler(sub {
-   my($symbol) = @_;
-   return "foo_$symbol";
- });
- 
- $ffi->function( get_bar => [] => 'int' );  # attaches foo_get_bar
- 
- my $f = $ffi->function( set_baz => ['int'] => 'void' );
- $f->call(22); # calls foo_set_baz
-
-=head2 function
-
- my $function = $ffi->function($name => \@argument_types => $return_type);
- my $function = $ffi->function($address => \@argument_types => $return_type);
- my $function = $ffi->function($name => \@argument_types => $return_type, \&wrapper);
- my $function = $ffi->function($address => \@argument_types => $return_type, \&wrapper);
-
-Returns an object that is similar to a code reference in that it can be
-called like one.
-
-Caveat: many situations require a real code reference, so at the price
-of a performance penalty you can get one like this:
-
- my $function = $ffi->function(...);
- my $coderef = sub { $function->(@_) };
-
-It may be better, and faster to create a real Perl function using the
-L<attach|/attach> method.
-
-In addition to looking up a function by name you can provide the address
-of the symbol yourself:
-
- my $address = $ffi->find_symbol('my_function');
- my $function = $ffi->function($address => ...);
-
-Under the covers, L<function|/function> uses L<find_symbol|/find_symbol>
-when you provide it with a name, but it is useful to keep this in mind
-as there are alternative ways of obtaining a functions address.
-Example: a C function could return the address of another C function
-that you might want to call.
-
-[version 0.76]
-
-If the last argument is a code reference, then it will be used as a
-wrapper around the function when called.  The first argument to the wrapper
-will be the inner function, or if it is later attached an xsub.  This can be
-used if you need to verify/modify input/output data.
-
-Examples:
-
- my $function = $ffi->function('my_function_name', ['int', 'string'] => 'string');
- my $return_string = $function->(1, "hi there");
-
-[version 0.91]
-
- my $function = $ffi->function( $name => \@fixed_argument_types => \@var_argument_types => $return_type);
- my $function = $ffi->function( $name => \@fixed_argument_types => \@var_argument_types => $return_type, \&wrapper);
- my $function = $ffi->function( $name => \@fixed_argument_types => \@var_argument_types);
- my $function = $ffi->function( $name => \@fixed_argument_types => \@var_argument_types => \&wrapper);
-
-Version 0.91 and later allows you to creat functions for c variadic functions
-(such as printf, scanf, etc) which can take a variable number of arguments.
-The first set of arguments are the fixed set, the second set are the variable
-arguments to bind with.  The variable argument types must be specified in order
-to create a function object, so if you need to call variadic function with
-different set of arguments then you will need to create a new function object
-each time:
-
- # int printf(const char *fmt, ...);
- $ffi->function( printf => ['string'] => ['int'] => 'int' )
-     ->call("print integer %d\n", 42);
- $ffi->function( printf => ['string'] => ['string'] => 'int' )
-     ->call("print string %s\n", 'platypus');
-
-Some older versions of libffi and possibly some platforms may not support
-variadic functions.  If you try to create a one, then an exception will be
-thrown.
-
-[version 1.26]
-
-If the return type is omitted then C<void> will be the assumed return type.
-
-=head2 attach
-
- $ffi->attach($name => \@argument_types => $return_type);
- $ffi->attach([$c_name => $perl_name] => \@argument_types => $return_type);
- $ffi->attach([$address => $perl_name] => \@argument_types => $return_type);
- $ffi->attach($name => \@argument_types => $return_type, \&wrapper);
- $ffi->attach([$c_name => $perl_name] => \@argument_types => $return_type, \&wrapper);
- $ffi->attach([$address => $perl_name] => \@argument_types => $return_type, \&wrapper);
-
-Find and attach a C function as a real live Perl xsub.  The advantage of
-attaching a function over using the L<function|/function> method is that
-it is much much much faster since no object resolution needs to be done.
-The disadvantage is that it locks the function and the L<FFI::Platypus>
-instance into memory permanently, since there is no way to deallocate an
-xsub.
-
-If just one I<$name> is given, then the function will be attached in
-Perl with the same name as it has in C.  The second form allows you to
-give the Perl function a different name.  You can also provide an
-address (the third form), just like with the L<function|/function>
-method.
-
-Examples:
-
- $ffi->attach('my_function_name', ['int', 'string'] => 'string');
- $ffi->attach(['my_c_function_name' => 'my_perl_function_name'], ['int', 'string'] => 'string');
- my $string1 = my_function_name($int);
- my $string2 = my_perl_function_name($int);
-
-[version 0.20]
-
-If the last argument is a code reference, then it will be used as a
-wrapper around the attached xsub.  The first argument to the wrapper
-will be the inner xsub.  This can be used if you need to verify/modify
-input/output data.
-
-Examples:
-
- $ffi->attach('my_function', ['int', 'string'] => 'string', sub {
-   my($my_function_xsub, $integer, $string) = @_;
-   $integer++;
-   $string .= " and another thing";
-   my $return_string = $my_function_xsub->($integer, $string);
-   $return_string =~ s/Belgium//; # HHGG remove profanity
-   $return_string;
- });
-
-[version 0.91]
-
- $ffi->attach($name => \@fixed_argument_types => \@var_argument_types, $return_type);
- $ffi->attach($name => \@fixed_argument_types => \@var_argument_types, $return_type, \&wrapper);
-
-As of version 0.91 you can attach a variadic functions, if it is supported
-by the platform / libffi that you are using.  For details see the C<function>
-documentation.  If not supported by the implementation then an exception
-will be thrown.
-
-=head2 closure
-
- my $closure = $ffi->closure($coderef);
- my $closure = FFI::Platypus->closure($coderef);
-
-Prepares a code reference so that it can be used as a FFI closure (a
-Perl subroutine that can be called from C code).  For details on
-closures, see L<FFI::Platypus::Type#Closures> and L<FFI::Platypus::Closure>.
-
-=head2 cast
-
- my $converted_value = $ffi->cast($original_type, $converted_type, $original_value);
-
-The C<cast> function converts an existing I<$original_value> of type
-I<$original_type> into one of type I<$converted_type>.  Not all types
-are supported, so care must be taken.  For example, to get the address
-of a string, you can do this:
-
- my $address = $ffi->cast('string' => 'opaque', $string_value);
-
-Something that won't work is trying to cast an array to anything:
-
- my $address = $ffi->cast('int[10]' => 'opaque', \@list);  # WRONG
-
-=head2 attach_cast
-
- $ffi->attach_cast("cast_name", $original_type, $converted_type);
- $ffi->attach_cast("cast_name", $original_type, $converted_type, \&wrapper);
- my $converted_value = cast_name($original_value);
-
-This function attaches a cast as a permanent xsub.  This will make it
-faster and may be useful if you are calling a particular cast a lot.
-
-[version 1.26]
-
-A wrapper may be added as the last argument to C<attach_cast> and works
-just like the wrapper for C<attach> and C<function> methods.
-
-=head2 sizeof
-
- my $size = $ffi->sizeof($type);
- my $size = FFI::Platypus->sizeof($type);
-
-Returns the total size of the given type in bytes.  For example to get
-the size of an integer:
-
- my $intsize = $ffi->sizeof('int');   # usually 4
- my $longsize = $ffi->sizeof('long'); # usually 4 or 8 depending on platform
-
-You can also get the size of arrays
-
- my $intarraysize = $ffi->sizeof('int[64]');  # usually 4*64
- my $intarraysize = $ffi->sizeof('long[64]'); # usually 4*64 or 8*64
-                                              # depending on platform
-
-Keep in mind that "pointer" types will always be the pointer / word size
-for the platform that you are using.  This includes strings, opaque and
-pointers to other types.
-
-This function is not very fast, so you might want to save this value as
-a constant, particularly if you need the size in a loop with many
-iterations.
-
-=head2 alignof
-
-[version 0.21]
-
- my $align = $ffi->alignof($type);
-
-Returns the alignment of the given type in bytes.
-
-=head2 kindof
-
-[version 1.24]
-
- my $kind = $ffi->kindof($type);
-
-Returns the kind of a type.  This is a string with a value of one of
-
-=over 4
-
-=item C<void>
-
-=item C<scalar>
-
-=item C<string>
-
-=item C<closure>
-
-=item C<record>
-
-=item C<record-value>
-
-=item C<pointer>
-
-=item C<array>
-
-=item C<object>
-
-=back
-
-=head2 countof
-
-[version 1.24]
-
- my $count = $ffi->countof($type);
-
-For array types returns the number of elements in the array (returns 0 for variable length array).
-For the C<void> type returns 0.  Returns 1 for all other types.
-
-=head2 def
-
-[version 1.24]
-
- $ffi->def($package, $type, $value);
- my $value = $ff->def($package, $type);
-
-This method allows you to store data for types.  If the C<$package> is not provided, then the
-caller's package will be used.  C<$type> must be a legal Platypus type for the L<FFI::Platypus>
-instance.
-
-=head2 unitof
-
-[version 1.24]
-
- my $unittype = $ffi->unitof($type);
-
-For array and pointer types, returns the basic type without the array or pointer part.
-In other words, for C<sin16[]> or C<sint16*> it will return C<sint16>.
-
-=head2 find_lib
-
-[version 0.20]
-
- $ffi->find_lib( lib => $libname );
-
-This is just a shortcut for calling L<FFI::CheckLib#find_lib> and
-updating the L</lib> attribute appropriately.  Care should be taken
-though, as this method simply passes its arguments to
-L<FFI::CheckLib#find_lib>, so if your module or script is depending on a
-specific feature in L<FFI::CheckLib> then make sure that you update your
-prerequisites appropriately.
-
-=head2 find_symbol
-
- my $address = $ffi->find_symbol($name);
-
-Return the address of the given symbol (usually function).
-
-=head2 bundle
-
-[version 0.96 api = 1+]
-
- $ffi->bundle($package, \@args);
- $ffi->bundle(\@args);
- $ffi->bundle($package);
- $ffi->bundle;
-
-This is an interface for bundling compiled code with your
-distribution intended to eventually replace the C<package> method documented
-above.  See L<FFI::Platypus::Bundle> for details on how this works.
-
-=head2 package
-
-[version 0.15 api = 0]
-
- $ffi->package($package, $file); # usually __PACKAGE__ and __FILE__ can be used
- $ffi->package;                  # autodetect
-
-B<Note>: This method is officially discouraged in favor of C<bundle>
-described above.
-
-If you use L<FFI::Build> (or the older deprecated L<Module::Build::FFI>
-to bundle C code with your distribution, you can use this method to tell
-the L<FFI::Platypus> instance to look for symbols that came with the
-dynamic library that was built when your distribution was installed.
-
-=head2 abis
-
- my $href = $ffi->abis;
- my $href = FFI::Platypus->abis;
-
-Get the legal ABIs supported by your platform and underlying
-implementation.  What is supported can vary a lot by CPU and by
-platform, or even between 32 and 64 bit on the same CPU and platform.
-They keys are the "ABI" names, also known as "calling conventions".  The
-values are integers used internally by the implementation to represent
-those ABIs.
-
-=head2 abi
-
- $ffi->abi($name);
-
-Set the ABI or calling convention for use in subsequent calls to
-L</function> or L</attach>.  May be either a string name or integer
-value from the L</abis> method above.
-
-=head1 EXAMPLES
-
-Here are some examples.  These examples are provided in full with the
-Platypus distribution in the "examples" directory.  There are also some
-more examples in L<FFI::Platypus::Type> that are related to types.
-
-=head2 Passing and Returning Integers
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- int add(int a, int b) {
-   return a+b;
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::CheckLib qw( find_lib_or_die );
- use File::Basename qw( dirname );
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2, lib => './add.so' );
- $ffi->attach( add => ['int', 'int'] => 'int' );
- 
- print add(1,2), "\n";  # prints 3
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o add.so add.c
- $ perl add.pl
- 3
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-Basic types like integers and floating points are the easiest to pass
-across the FFI boundary.  Because they are values that are passed on
-the stack (or through registers) you don't need to worry about memory
-allocations or ownership.
-
-Here we are building our own C dynamic library using the native C
-compiler on a Unix like platform.  The exact incantation that you
-will use to do this would unfortunately depend on your platform and
-C compiler.
-
-By default, Platypus uses the
-L<Platypus C language plugin|FFI::Platypus::Lang::C>, which gives you
-easy access to many of the basic types used by C APIs.  (for example
-C<int>, C<unsigned long>, C<double>, C<size_t> and others).
-
-If you are working with another language like
-L<Fortran|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Fortran/"Passing and Returning Integers">,
-L<Go|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Go/"Passing and Returning Integers">,
-L<Rust|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Rust/"Passing and Returning Integers"> or
-L<Zig|FFI::Platypus::Lang::Zig/"Passing and Returning Integers">,
-you will find similar examples where you can use the Platypus language
-plugin for that language and use the native types.
-
-=head2 String Arguments (with puts)
-
-=head3 C API
-
-L<cppreference - puts|https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/io/puts>
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2, lib => undef );
- $ffi->attach( puts => ['string'] => 'int' );
- 
- puts("hello world");
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl puts.pl
- hello world
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-Passing strings into a C function as an argument is also pretty easy
-using Platypus.  Just use the C<string> type, which is equivalent to
-the C <char *> or C<const char *> types.
-
-In this example we are using the C Standard Library's C<puts> function,
-so we don't need to build our own C code.  We do still need to tell
-Platypus where to look for the C<puts> symbol though, which is why
-we set C<lib> to C<undef>.  This is a special value which tells
-Platypus to search the Perl runtime executable itself (including any
-dynamic libraries) for symbols.  That helpfully includes the C Standard
-Library.
-
-=head2 Returning Strings
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- #include <string.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- 
- const char *
- string_reverse(const char *input)
- {
-   static char *output = NULL;
-   int i, len;
- 
-   if(output != NULL)
-     free(output);
- 
-   if(input == NULL)
-     return NULL;
- 
-   len = strlen(input);
-   output = malloc(len+1);
- 
-   for(i=0; input[i]; i++)
-     output[len-i-1] = input[i];
-   output[len] = '\0';
- 
-   return output;
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => './string_reverse.so',
- );
- 
- $ffi->attach( string_reverse => ['string'] => 'string' );
- 
- print string_reverse("\nHello world");
- 
- string_reverse(undef);
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o string_reverse.so string_reverse.c
- $ perl string_reverse.pl
- dlrow olleH
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-The C code here takes an input ASCII string and reverses it, returning
-the result.  Note that it retains ownership of the string, the caller
-is expected to use it before the next call to C<reverse_string>, or
-copy it.
-
-The Perl code simply declares the return value as C<string> and is very
-simple.  This does bring up an inconsistency though, strings passed in
-to a function as arguments are passed by reference, whereas the return
-value is copied!  This is usually what you want because C APIs usually
-follow this pattern where you are expected to make your own copy of
-the string.
-
-At the end of the program we call C<reverse_string> with C<undef>, which
-gets translated to C as C<NULL>.  This allows it to free the output buffer
-so that the memory will not leak.
-
-=head2 Returning and Freeing Strings with Embedded NULLs
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- #include <string.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- 
- char *
- string_crypt(const char *input, int len, const char *key)
- {
-   char *output;
-   int i, n;
- 
-   if(input == NULL)
-     return NULL;
- 
-   output = malloc(len+1);
-   output[len] = '\0';
- 
-   for(i=0, n=0; i<len; i++, n++) {
-     if(key[n] == '\0')
-       n = 0;
-     output[i] = input[i] ^ key[n];
-   }
- 
-   return output;
- }
- 
- void
- string_crypt_free(char *output)
- {
-   if(output != NULL)
-     free(output);
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::Platypus::Buffer qw( buffer_to_scalar );
- use YAML ();
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => './xor_cipher.so',
- );
- 
- $ffi->attach( string_crypt_free => ['opaque'] );
- 
- $ffi->attach( string_crypt => ['string','int','string'] => 'opaque' => sub{
-   my($xsub, $input, $key) = @_;
-   my $ptr = $xsub->($input, length($input), $key);
-   my $output = buffer_to_scalar $ptr, length($input);
-   string_crypt_free($ptr);
-   return $output;
- });
- 
- my $orig = "hello world";
- my $key  = "foobar";
- 
- print YAML::Dump($orig);
- my $encrypted = string_crypt($orig, $key);
- print YAML::Dump($encrypted);
- my $decrypted = string_crypt($encrypted, $key);
- print YAML::Dump($decrypted);
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o xor_cipher.so xor_cipher.c
- $ perl xor_cipher.pl
- --- hello world
- --- "\x0e\n\x03\x0e\x0eR\x11\0\x1d\x0e\x05"
- --- hello world
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-The C code here also returns a string, but it has some different expectations,
-so we can't just use the C<string> type like we did in the previous example
-and copy the string.
-
-This C code implements a simple XOR cipher.  Given an input string and a key
-it returns an encrypted or decrypted output string where the characters are
-XORd with the key.  There are some challenges here though.  First the input
-and output strings can have embedded C<NULL>s in them.  For the string passed
-in, we can provide the length of the input string.  For the output, the
-C<string> type expects a C<NULL> terminated string, so we can't use that.  So
-instead we get a pointer to the output using the C<opaque> type.  Because we
-know that the output string is the same length as the input string we can
-convert the pointer to a regular Perl string using the C<buffer_to_scalar>
-function.  (For more details about working with buffers and strings see
-L<FFI::Platypus::Buffer>).
-
-Next, the C code here does not keep the pointer to the output string, as in
-the previous example.  We are expected to call C<string_encrypt_free> when
-we are done.  Since we are getting the pointer back from the C code instead
-of copying the string that is easy to do.
-
-Finally, we are using a wrapper to hide a lot of this complexity from our
-caller.  The last argument to the C<attach> call is a code reference which will
-wrap around the C function, which is passed in as the first argument of
-the wrapper.  This is a good practice when writing modules, to hide the
-complexity of C.
-
-=head2 Pointers
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- void
- swap(int *a, int *b)
- {
-   int tmp = *b;
-   *b = *a;
-   *a = tmp;
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => './swap.so',
- );
- 
- $ffi->attach( swap => ['int*','int*'] );
- 
- my $a = 1;
- my $b = 2;
- 
- print "[a,b] = [$a,$b]\n";
- 
- swap( \$a, \$b );
- 
- print "[a,b] = [$a,$b]\n";
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o swap.so swap.c
- $ perl swap.pl
- [a,b] = [1,2]
- [a,b] = [2,1]
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-Pointers are often use in C APIs to return simple values like this.  Platypus
-provides access to pointers to primitive types by appending C<*> to the
-primitive type.  Here for example we are using C<int*> to create a function
-that takes two pointers to integers and swaps their values.
-
-When calling the function from Perl we pass in a reference to a scalar.
-Strictly speaking Perl allows modifying the argument values to subroutines, so
-we could have allowed just passing in a scalar, but in the design of Platypus
-we decided that forcing the use of a reference here emphasizes that you are
-passing a reference to the variable, not just the value.
-
-Not pictured in this example, but you can also pass in C<undef> for a pointer
-value and that will be translated into C<NULL> on the C side.  You can also
-return a pointer to a primitive type from a function, again this will be
-returned to Perl as a reference to a scalar.  Platypus also supports string
-pointers (C<string*>).  (Though the C equivalent to a C<string*> is a double
-pointer to char C<char**>).
-
-=head2 Opaque Pointers (objects)
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- #include <string.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- 
- typedef struct person_t {
-   char *name;
-   unsigned int age;
- } person_t;
- 
- person_t *
- person_new(const char *name, unsigned int age) {
-   person_t *self = malloc(sizeof(person_t));
-   self->name = strdup(name);
-   self->age  = age;
- }
- 
- const char *
- person_name(person_t *self) {
-   return self->name;
- }
- 
- unsigned int
- person_age(person_t *self) {
-   return self->age;
- }
- 
- void
- person_free(person_t *self) {
-   free(self->name);
-   free(self);
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => './person.so',
- );
- 
- $ffi->type( 'opaque' => 'person_t' );
- 
- $ffi->attach( person_new =>  ['string','unsigned int'] => 'person_t'       );
- $ffi->attach( person_name => ['person_t']              => 'string'       );
- $ffi->attach( person_age =>  ['person_t']              => 'unsigned int' );
- $ffi->attach( person_free => ['person_t']                                  );
- 
- my $person = person_new( 'Roger Frooble Bits', 35 );
- 
- print "name = ", person_name($person), "\n";
- print "age  = ", person_age($person),  "\n";
- 
- person_free($person);
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o person.so person.c
- $ perl person.pl
- name = Roger Frooble Bits
- age  = 35
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-An opaque pointer is a pointer (memory address) that is pointing to I<something>
-but you do not know the structure of that something.  In C this is usually a
-C<void*>, but it could also be a pointer to a C<struct> without a defined body.
-
-This is often used to as an abstraction around objects in C.  Here in the C
-code we have a C<person_t> struct with functions to create (a constructor), free
-(a destructor) and query it (methods).
-
-The Perl code can then use the constructor, methods and destructors without having
-to understand the internals.  The C<person_t> internals can also be changed
-without having to modify the calling code.
-
-We use the Platypus L<type method|/type> to create an alias of C<opaque> called
-C<person_t>.  While this is not necessary, it does make the Perl code easier
-to understand.
-
-In later examples we will see how to hide the use of C<opaque> types further
-using the C<object> type, but for some code direct use of C<opaque> is
-appropriate.
-
-=head2 Opaque Pointers (buffers and strings)
-
-=head3 C API
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<cppreference - free|https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/memory/free>
-
-=item L<cppreference - malloc|https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/memory/malloc>
-
-=item L<cppreference - memcpy|https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memcpy>
-
-=item L<cppreference - strdup|https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/strdup>
-
-=back
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::Platypus::Memory qw( malloc free memcpy strdup );
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2 );
- my $buffer = malloc 14;
- my $ptr_string = strdup("hello there!!\n");
- 
- memcpy $buffer, $ptr_string, 15;
- 
- print $ffi->cast('opaque' => 'string', $buffer);
- 
- free $ptr_string;
- free $buffer;
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl malloc.pl
- hello there!!
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-Another useful application of the C<opaque> type is for dealing with buffers,
-and C strings that you do not immediately need to convert into Perl strings.
-This example is completely contrived, but we are using C<malloc> to create a
-buffer of 14 bytes.  We create a C string using C<strdup>, and then copy it
-into the buffer using C<memcpy>.  When we are done with the C<opaque> pointers
-we can free them using C<free> since they. (This is generally only okay when
-freeing memory that was allocated by C<malloc>, which is the case for C<strdup>).
-
-These memory tools, along with others are provided by the L<FFI::Platypus::Memory>
-module, which is worth reviewing when you need to manipulate memory from
-Perl when writing your FFI code.
-
-Just to verify that the C<memcpy> did the right thing we convert the
-buffer into a Perl string and print it out using the Platypus L<cast method|/cast>.
-
-=head2 Arrays
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- void
- array_reverse(int a[], int len) {
-   int tmp, i;
- 
-   for(i=0; i < len/2; i++) {
-     tmp = a[i];
-     a[i] = a[len-i-1];
-     a[len-i-1] = tmp;
-   }
- }
- 
- void
- array_reverse10(int a[10]) {
-   array_reverse(a, 10);
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => './array_reverse.so',
- );
- 
- $ffi->attach( array_reverse   => ['int[]','int'] );
- $ffi->attach( array_reverse10 => ['int[10]'] );
- 
- my @a = (1..10);
- array_reverse10( \@a );
- print "$_ " for @a;
- print "\n";
- 
- @a = (1..20);
- array_reverse( \@a, 20 );
- print "$_ " for @a;
- print "\n";
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o array_reverse.so array_reverse.c
- $ perl array_reverse.pl
- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
- 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-Arrays in C are passed as pointers, so the C code here reverses the array
-in place, rather than returning it.  Arrays can also be fixed or variable
-length.  If the array is variable length the length of the array must be
-provided in some way.  In this case we explicitly pass in a length.  Another
-way might be to end the array with C<0>, if you don't otherwise expect any
-C<0> to appear in your data.  For this reason, Platypus adds a zero (or
-C<NULL> in the case of pointers) element at the end of the array when passing
-it into a variable length array type, although we do not use it here.
-
-With Platypus you can declare an array type as being either fixed or variable
-length.  Because Perl stores arrays in completely differently than C, a
-temporary array is created by Platypus, passed into the C function as a pointer.
-When the function returns the array is re-read by Platypus and the Perl array
-is updated with the new values.  The temporary array is then freed.
-
-You can use any primitive type for arrays, even C<string>.  You can also
-return an array from a function.  As in our discussion about strings, when
-you return an array the value is copied, which is usually what you want.
-
-=head2 Pointers as Arrays
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- #include <stdlib.h>
- 
- int
- array_sum(const int *a) {
-   int i, sum;
-   if(a == NULL)
-     return -1;
-   for(i=0, sum=0; a[i] != 0; i++)
-     sum += a[i];
-   return sum;
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => './array_sum.so',
- );
- 
- $ffi->attach( array_sum => ['int*'] => 'int' );
- 
- print array_sum(undef), "\n";     # -1
- print array_sum([0]), "\n";       # 0
- print array_sum([1,2,3,0]), "\n"; # 6
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o array_sum.so array_sum.c
- $ perl array_sum.pl
- -1
- 0
- 6
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-Starting with the Platypus version 2 API, you can also pass an array reference
-in to a pointer argument.
-
-In C pointer and array arguments are often used somewhat interchangeably.  In
-this example we have an C<array_sum> function that takes a zero terminated
-array of integers and computes the sum.  If the pointer to the array is zero
-(C<0>) then we return C<-1> to indicate an error.
-
-This is the main advantage from Perl for using pointer argument rather than
-an array one: the array argument will not let you pass in C<undef> / C<NULL>.
-
-=head2 Sending Strings to GUI on Unix with libnotify
-
-=head3 C API
-
-L<Libnotify Reference Manual|https://developer-old.gnome.org/libnotify/unstable>
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::CheckLib;
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => find_lib_or_die(lib => 'notify'),
- );
- 
- $ffi->attach( notify_init              => ['string']                                  );
- $ffi->attach( notify_uninit            => []                                          );
- $ffi->attach( notify_notification_new  => ['string', 'string', 'string']  => 'opaque' );
- $ffi->attach( notify_notification_show => ['opaque', 'opaque']                        );
- 
- my $message = join "\n",
-   "Hello from Platypus!",
-   "Welcome to the fun",
-   "world of FFI";
- 
- notify_init('Platypus Hello');
- my $n = notify_notification_new('Platypus Hello World', $message, 'dialog-information');
- notify_notification_show($n, undef);
- notify_uninit();
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl notify.pl
-
-=for html <p>And this is what it will look like:</p>
-<div style="display: flex">
-<div style="margin: 3px; flex: 1 1 50%">
-<img alt="Test" src="/examples//notify.png">
-</div>
-</div>
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-The GNOME project provides an API to send notifications to its desktop environment.
-Nothing here is particularly new: all of the types and techniques are ones that we
-have seen before, except we are using a third party library, instead of using our
-own C code or the standard C library functions.
-
-When using a third party library you have to know the name or location of it, which
-is not typically portable, so here we use L<FFI::CheckLib>'s
-L<find_lib_or_die function|FFI::CheckLib/find_lib_or_die>.  If the library is not
-found the script will die with a useful diagnostic.  L<FFI::CheckLib> has a number
-of useful features and will integrate nicely with L<Alien::Build> based L<Alien>s.
-
-=head2 The Win32 API with MessageBoxW
-
-=head3 Win32 API
-
-L<MessageBoxW function (winuser.h)|https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-messageboxw>
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use utf8;
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api  => 2,
-   lib  => [undef],
- );
- 
- # see FFI::Platypus::Lang::Win32
- $ffi->lang('Win32');
- 
- # Send a Unicode string to the Windows API MessageBoxW function.
- use constant MB_OK                   => 0x00000000;
- use constant MB_DEFAULT_DESKTOP_ONLY => 0x00020000;
- $ffi->attach( [MessageBoxW => 'MessageBox'] => [ 'HWND', 'LPCWSTR', 'LPCWSTR', 'UINT'] => 'int' );
- MessageBox(undef, "I ❤️ Platypus", "Confession", MB_OK|MB_DEFAULT_DESKTOP_ONLY);
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl win32_messagebox.pl
-
-=for html <p>And this is what it will look like:</p>
-<div style="display: flex">
-<div style="margin: 3px; flex: 1 1 50%">
-<img alt="Test" src="/examples/win32_messagebox.png">
-</div>
-</div>
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-The API used by Microsoft Windows presents some unique
-challenges.  On 32 bit systems a different ABI is used than what
-is used by the standard C library.  It also provides a rats nest of
-type aliases.  Finally if you want to talk Unicode to any of the
-Windows API you will need to use C<UTF-16LE> instead of C<UTF-8>
-which is native to Perl.  (The Win32 API refers to these as
-C<LPWSTR> and C<LPCWSTR> types).  As much as possible the Win32
-"language" plugin attempts to handle these challenges transparently.
-For more details see L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::Win32>.
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-The libnotify library is a desktop GUI notification system for the
-GNOME Desktop environment. This script sends a notification event that
-should show up as a balloon, for me it did so in the upper right hand
-corner of my screen.
-
-=head2 Structured Data Records (by pointer or by reference)
-
-=head3 C API
-
-L<cppreference - localtime|https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/chrono/localtime>
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::C;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => [undef],
- );
- FFI::C->ffi($ffi);
- 
- package Unix::TimeStruct {
- 
-   FFI::C->struct(tm => [
-     tm_sec    => 'int',
-     tm_min    => 'int',
-     tm_hour   => 'int',
-     tm_mday   => 'int',
-     tm_mon    => 'int',
-     tm_year   => 'int',
-     tm_wday   => 'int',
-     tm_yday   => 'int',
-     tm_isdst  => 'int',
-     tm_gmtoff => 'long',
-     _tm_zone  => 'opaque',
-   ]);
- 
-   # For now 'string' is unsupported by FFI::C, but we
-   # can cast the time zone from an opaque pointer to
-   # string.
-   sub tm_zone {
-     my $self = shift;
-     $ffi->cast('opaque', 'string', $self->_tm_zone);
-   }
- 
-   # attach the C localtime function
-   $ffi->attach( localtime => ['time_t*'] => 'tm', sub {
-     my($inner, $class, $time) = @_;
-     $time = time unless defined $time;
-     $inner->(\$time);
-   });
- }
- 
- # now we can actually use our Unix::TimeStruct class
- my $time = Unix::TimeStruct->localtime;
- printf "time is %d:%d:%d %s\n",
-   $time->tm_hour,
-   $time->tm_min,
-   $time->tm_sec,
-   $time->tm_zone;
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl time_struct.pl
- time is 3:48:19 MDT
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-C and other machine code languages frequently provide interfaces that
-include structured data records (defined using the C<struct> keyword
-in C).  Some libraries will provide an API which you are expected to read
-or write before and/or after passing them along to the library.
-
-For C pointers to C<strict>, C<union>, nested C<struct> and nested
-C<union> structures, the easiest interface to use is via L<FFI::C>.
-If you are working with a C<struct> that must be passed by value
-(not pointers), then you will want to use L<FFI::Platypus::Record>
-class instead.  We will discuss an example of that next.
-
-The C C<localtime> function takes a pointer to a C struct.  We simply define
-the members of the struct using the L<FFI::C> C<struct> method.  Because
-we used the C<ffi> method to tell L<FFI::C> to use our local instance of
-L<FFI::Platypus> it registers the C<tm> type for us, and we can just start
-using it as a return type!
-
-=head2 Structured Data Records (on stack or by value)
-
-=head3 C Source
-
- #include <stdint.h>
- #include <string.h>
- 
- typedef struct color_t {
-    char    name[8];
-    uint8_t red;
-    uint8_t green;
-    uint8_t blue;
- } color_t;
- 
- color_t
- color_increase_red(color_t color, uint8_t amount)
- {
-   strcpy(color.name, "reddish");
-   color.red += amount;
-   return color;
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => './color.so'
- );
- 
- package Color {
- 
-   use FFI::Platypus::Record;
-   use overload
-     '""' => sub { shift->as_string },
-     bool => sub { 1 }, fallback => 1;
- 
-   record_layout_1($ffi,
-     'string(8)' => 'name', qw(
-     uint8     red
-     uint8     green
-     uint8     blue
-   ));
- 
-   sub as_string {
-     my($self) = @_;
-     sprintf "%s: [red:%02x green:%02x blue:%02x]",
-       $self->name, $self->red, $self->green, $self->blue;
-   }
- 
- }
- 
- $ffi->type('record(Color)' => 'color_t');
- $ffi->attach( color_increase_red => ['color_t','uint8'] => 'color_t' );
- 
- my $gray = Color->new(
-   name  => 'gray',
-   red   => 0xDC,
-   green => 0xDC,
-   blue  => 0xDC,
- );
- 
- my $slightly_red = color_increase_red($gray, 20);
- 
- print "$gray\n";
- print "$slightly_red\n";
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ cc -shared -o color.so color.c
- $ perl color.pl
- gray: [red:dc green:dc blue:dc]
- reddish: [red:f0 green:dc blue:dc]
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-In the C source of this example, we pass a C C<struct> by value by
-copying it onto the stack.  On the Perl side we create a C<Color> class
-using L<FFI::Platypus::Record>, which allows us to pass the structure
-the way the C source wants us to.
-
-Generally you should only reach for L<FFI::Platypus::Record> if you
-need to pass small records on the stack like this.  For more complicated
-(including nested) data you want to use L<FFI::C> using pointers.
-
-=head2 Avoiding Copy Using Memory Windows (with libzmq3)
-
-=head3 C API
-
-L<ØMQ/3.2.6 API Reference|http://api.zeromq.org/3-2:_start>
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use constant ZMQ_IO_THREADS  => 1;
- use constant ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS => 2;
- use constant ZMQ_REQ => 3;
- use constant ZMQ_REP => 4;
- use FFI::CheckLib qw( find_lib_or_die );
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::Platypus::Memory qw( malloc );
- use FFI::Platypus::Buffer qw( scalar_to_buffer window );
- 
- my $endpoint = "ipc://zmq-ffi-$$";
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => find_lib_or_die lib => 'zmq',
- );
- 
- $ffi->attach(zmq_version => ['int*', 'int*', 'int*'] => 'void');
- 
- my($major,$minor,$patch);
- zmq_version(\$major, \$minor, \$patch);
- print "libzmq version $major.$minor.$patch\n";
- die "this script only works with libzmq 3 or better" unless $major >= 3;
- 
- $ffi->type('opaque'       => 'zmq_context');
- $ffi->type('opaque'       => 'zmq_socket');
- $ffi->type('opaque'       => 'zmq_msg_t');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_ctx_new  => [] => 'zmq_context');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_ctx_set  => ['zmq_context', 'int', 'int'] => 'int');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_socket   => ['zmq_context', 'int'] => 'zmq_socket');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_connect  => ['opaque', 'string'] => 'int');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_bind     => ['zmq_socket', 'string'] => 'int');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_send     => ['zmq_socket', 'opaque', 'size_t', 'int'] => 'int');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_msg_init => ['zmq_msg_t'] => 'int');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_msg_recv => ['zmq_msg_t', 'zmq_socket', 'int'] => 'int');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_msg_data => ['zmq_msg_t'] => 'opaque');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_errno    => [] => 'int');
- $ffi->attach(zmq_strerror => ['int'] => 'string');
- 
- my $context = zmq_ctx_new();
- zmq_ctx_set($context, ZMQ_IO_THREADS, 1);
- 
- my $socket1 = zmq_socket($context, ZMQ_REQ);
- zmq_connect($socket1, $endpoint);
- 
- my $socket2 = zmq_socket($context, ZMQ_REP);
- zmq_bind($socket2, $endpoint);
- 
- { # send
-   our $sent_message = "hello there";
-   my($pointer, $size) = scalar_to_buffer $sent_message;
-   my $r = zmq_send($socket1, $pointer, $size, 0);
-   die zmq_strerror(zmq_errno()) if $r == -1;
- }
- 
- { # recv
-   my $msg_ptr  = malloc 100;
-   zmq_msg_init($msg_ptr);
-   my $size     = zmq_msg_recv($msg_ptr, $socket2, 0);
-   die zmq_strerror(zmq_errno()) if $size == -1;
-   my $data_ptr = zmq_msg_data($msg_ptr);
-   window(my $recv_message, $data_ptr, $size);
-   print "recv_message = $recv_message\n";
- }
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl zmq3.pl
- libzmq version 4.3.4
- recv_message = hello there
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-ØMQ is a high-performance asynchronous messaging library. There are a
-few things to note here.
-
-Firstly, sometimes there may be multiple versions of a library in the
-wild and you may need to verify that the library on a system meets your
-needs (alternatively you could support multiple versions and configure
-your bindings dynamically).  Here we use C<zmq_version> to ask libzmq
-which version it is.
-
-C<zmq_version> returns the version number via three integer pointer
-arguments, so we use the pointer to integer type: C<int *>.  In order to
-pass pointer types, we pass a reference. In this case it is a reference
-to an undefined value, because zmq_version will write into the pointers
-the output values, but you can also pass in references to integers,
-floating point values and opaque pointer types.  When the function
-returns the C<$major> variable (and the others) has been updated and we
-can use it to verify that it supports the API that we require.
-
-Finally we attach the necessary functions, send and receive a message.
-When we receive we use the L<FFI::Platypus::Buffer> function C<window>
-instead of C<buffer_to_scalar>.  They have a similar effect in that
-the provide a scalar from a region of memory, but C<window> doesn't
-have to copy any data, so it is cheaper to call.  The only downside
-is that a windowed scalar like this is read-only.
-
-=head2 libarchive
-
-=head3 C Documentation
-
-L<https://www.libarchive.org/>
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::CheckLib qw( find_lib_or_die );
- 
- # This example uses FreeBSD's libarchive to list the contents of any
- # archive format that it suppors.  We've also filled out a part of
- # the ArchiveWrite class that could be used for writing archive formats
- # supported by libarchive
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => find_lib_or_die(lib => 'archive'),
- );
- $ffi->type('object(Archive)'      => 'archive_t');
- $ffi->type('object(ArchiveRead)'  => 'archive_read_t');
- $ffi->type('object(ArchiveWrite)' => 'archive_write_t');
- $ffi->type('object(ArchiveEntry)' => 'archive_entry_t');
- 
- package Archive {
-   # base class is "abstract" having no constructor or destructor
- 
-   $ffi->mangler(sub {
-     my($name) = @_;
-     "archive_$name";
-   });
-   $ffi->attach( error_string => ['archive_t'] => 'string' );
- }
- 
- package ArchiveRead {
-   our @ISA = qw( Archive );
- 
-   $ffi->mangler(sub {
-     my($name) = @_;
-     "archive_read_$name";
-   });
- 
-   $ffi->attach( new                   => ['string']                        => 'archive_read_t' );
-   $ffi->attach( [ free => 'DESTROY' ] => ['archive_t']                                         );
-   $ffi->attach( support_filter_all    => ['archive_t']                     => 'int'            );
-   $ffi->attach( support_format_all    => ['archive_t']                     => 'int'            );
-   $ffi->attach( open_filename         => ['archive_t','string','size_t']   => 'int'            );
-   $ffi->attach( next_header2          => ['archive_t', 'archive_entry_t' ] => 'int'            );
-   $ffi->attach( data_skip             => ['archive_t']                     => 'int'            );
-   # ... define additional read methods
- }
- 
- package ArchiveWrite {
- 
-   our @ISA = qw( Archive );
- 
-   $ffi->mangler(sub {
-     my($name) = @_;
-     "archive_write_$name";
-   });
- 
-   $ffi->attach( new                   => ['string'] => 'archive_write_t' );
-   $ffi->attach( [ free => 'DESTROY' ] => ['archive_write_t'] );
-   # ... define additional write methods
- }
- 
- package ArchiveEntry {
- 
-   $ffi->mangler(sub {
-     my($name) = @_;
-     "archive_entry_$name";
-   });
- 
-   $ffi->attach( new => ['string']     => 'archive_entry_t' );
-   $ffi->attach( [ free => 'DESTROY' ] => ['archive_entry_t'] );
-   $ffi->attach( pathname              => ['archive_entry_t'] => 'string' );
-   # ... define additional entry methods
- }
- 
- use constant ARCHIVE_OK => 0;
- 
- # this is a Perl version of the C code here:
- # https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/wiki/Examples#List_contents_of_Archive_stored_in_File
- 
- my $archive_filename = shift @ARGV;
- unless(defined $archive_filename)
- {
-   print "usage: $0 archive.tar\n";
-   exit;
- }
- 
- my $archive = ArchiveRead->new;
- $archive->support_filter_all;
- $archive->support_format_all;
- 
- my $r = $archive->open_filename($archive_filename, 1024);
- die "error opening $archive_filename: ", $archive->error_string
-   unless $r == ARCHIVE_OK;
- 
- my $entry = ArchiveEntry->new;
- 
- while($archive->next_header2($entry) == ARCHIVE_OK)
- {
-   print $entry->pathname, "\n";
-   $archive->data_skip;
- }
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl archive_object.pl archive.tar
- archive.pl
- archive_object.pl
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-libarchive is the implementation of C<tar> for FreeBSD provided as a
-library and available on a number of platforms.
-
-One interesting thing about libarchive is that it provides a kind of
-object oriented interface via opaque pointers.  This example creates an
-abstract class C<Archive>, and concrete classes C<ArchiveWrite>,
-C<ArchiveRead> and C<ArchiveEntry>.  The concrete classes can even be
-inherited from and extended just like any Perl classes because of the
-way the custom types are implemented.  We use Platypus's C<object>
-type for this implementation, which is a wrapper around an C<opaque>
-(can also be an integer) type that is blessed into a particular class.
-
-Another advanced feature of this example is that we define a mangler
-to modify the symbol resolution for each class.  This means we can do
-this when we define a method for Archive:
-
- $ffi->attach( support_filter_all => ['archive_t'] => 'int' );
-
-Rather than this:
-
- $ffi->attach(
-   [ archive_read_support_filter_all => 'support_read_filter_all' ] =>
-   ['archive_t'] => 'int' );
- );
-
-As nice as C<libarchive> is, note that we have to shoehorn then
-C<archive_free> function name into the Perl convention of using
-C<DESTROY> as the destructor.  We can easily do that for just this
-one function with:
-
- $ffi->attach( [ free => 'DESTROY' ] => ['archive_t'] );
-
-The C<libarchive> is a large library with hundreds of methods.
-For comprehensive FFI bindings for C<libarchive> see L<Archive::Libarchive>.
-
-=head2 unix open
-
-=head3 C API
-
-L<Input-output system calls in C|https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/input-output-system-calls-c-create-open-close-read-write/>
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- {
-   package FD;
- 
-   use constant O_RDONLY => 0;
-   use constant O_WRONLY => 1;
-   use constant O_RDWR   => 2;
- 
-   use constant IN  => bless \do { my $in=0  }, __PACKAGE__;
-   use constant OUT => bless \do { my $out=1 }, __PACKAGE__;
-   use constant ERR => bless \do { my $err=2 }, __PACKAGE__;
- 
-   my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2, lib => [undef]);
- 
-   $ffi->type('object(FD,int)' => 'fd');
- 
-   $ffi->attach( [ 'open' => 'new' ] => [ 'string', 'int', 'mode_t' ] => 'fd' => sub {
-     my($xsub, $class, $fn, @rest) = @_;
-     my $fd = $xsub->($fn, @rest);
-     die "error opening $fn $!" if $$fd == -1;
-     $fd;
-   });
- 
-   $ffi->attach( write => ['fd', 'string', 'size_t' ] => 'ssize_t' );
-   $ffi->attach( read  => ['fd', 'string', 'size_t' ] => 'ssize_t' );
-   $ffi->attach( close => ['fd'] => 'int' );
- }
- 
- my $fd = FD->new("file_handle.txt", FD::O_RDONLY);
- 
- my $buffer = "\0" x 10;
- 
- while(my $br = $fd->read($buffer, 10))
- {
-   FD::OUT->write($buffer, $br);
- }
- 
- $fd->close;
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl file_handle.pl
- Hello World
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-The Unix file system calls use an integer handle for each open file.
-We can use the same C<object> type that we used for libarchive above,
-except we let platypus know that the underlying type is C<int> instead
-of C<opaque> (the latter being the default for the C<object> type).
-Mainly just for demonstration since Perl has much better IO libraries,
-but now we have an OO interface to the Unix IO functions.
-
-=head2 Varadic Functions (with libcurl)
-
-=head3 C API
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<curl_easy_init|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_init.html>
-
-=item L<curl_easy_setopt|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_setopt.html>
-
-=item L<curl_easy_perform|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_perform.html>
-
-=item L<curl_easy_cleanup|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_cleanup.html>
-
-=item L<CURLOPT_URL|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_URL.html>
-
-=back
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::CheckLib qw( find_lib_or_die );
- use constant CURLOPT_URL => 10002;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => find_lib_or_die(lib => 'curl'),
- );
- 
- my $curl_handle = $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_init' => [] => 'opaque' )
-                       ->call;
- 
- $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_setopt' => ['opaque', 'enum' ] => ['string'] )
-     ->call($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "https://pl.atypus.org" );
- 
- $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_perform' => ['opaque' ] => 'enum' )
-     ->call($curl_handle);
- 
- $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_cleanup' => ['opaque' ] )
-     ->call($curl_handle);
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl curl.pl
- <!doctype html>
- <html lang="en">
-   <head>
-     <meta charset="utf-8" />
-     <title>pl.atypus.org - Home for the Perl Platypus Project</title>
- ...
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-The L<libcurl|https://curl.se/> library makes extensive use of "varadic" functions.
-
-The C programming language and ABI have the concept of "varadic" functions
-that can take a variable number and variable type of arguments.  Assuming
-you have a C<libffi> that supports it (and most modern systems should),
-then you can create bindings to a varadic function by providing two sets
-of array references, one for the fixed arguments (for reasons, C varadic
-functions must have at least one) and one for variable arguments.  In
-this example we call C<curl_easy_setopt> as a varadic function.
-
-For functions that have a large or infinite number of possible signatures
-it may be impracticable or impossible to attach them all.  You can instead
-do as we did in this example, create a function object using the
-L<function method|/function> and call it immediately.  This is not as
-performant either when you create or call as using the L<attach method|/attach>,
-but in some cases the performance penalty may be worth it or unavoidable.
-
-=head2 Callbacks (with libcurl)
-
-=head3 C API
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<curl_easy_init|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_init.html>
-
-=item L<curl_easy_setopt|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_setopt.html>
-
-=item L<curl_easy_perform|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_perform.html>
-
-=item L<curl_easy_cleanup|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_cleanup.html>
-
-=item L<CURLOPT_URL|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_URL.html>
-
-=item L<CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION|https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION.html>
-
-=back
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- use FFI::CheckLib qw( find_lib_or_die );
- use FFI::Platypus::Buffer qw( window );
- use constant CURLOPT_URL           => 10002;
- use constant CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION => 20011;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(
-   api => 2,
-   lib => find_lib_or_die(lib => 'curl'),
- );
- 
- my $curl_handle = $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_init' => [] => 'opaque' )
-                       ->call;
- 
- $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_setopt' => [ 'opaque', 'enum' ] => ['string'] )
-     ->call($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "https://pl.atypus.org" );
- 
- my $html;
- 
- my $closure = $ffi->closure(sub {
-   my($ptr, $len, $num, $user) = @_;
-   window(my $buf, $ptr, $len*$num);
-   $html .= $buf;
-   return $len*$num;
- });
- 
- $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_setopt' => [ 'opaque', 'enum' ] => ['(opaque,size_t,size_t,opaque)->size_t'] => 'enum' )
-     ->call($curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, $closure);
- 
- $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_perform' => [ 'opaque' ] => 'enum' )
-     ->call($curl_handle);
- 
- $ffi->function( 'curl_easy_cleanup' => [ 'opaque' ] )
-     ->call($curl_handle);
- 
- if($html =~ /<title>(.*?)<\/title>/) {
-   print "$1\n";
- }
-
-=head3 Execute
-
- $ perl curl_callback.pl
- pl.atypus.org - Home for the Perl Platypus Project
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-This example is similar to the previous one, except instead of letting
-L<libcurl|https://curl.se> write the content body to C<STDOUT>, we give
-it a callback to send the data to instead.  The L<closure method|/closure>
-can be used to create a callback function pointer that can be called from
-C.  The type for the callback is in the form C<< (arg_type,arg_type,etc)->return_type >>
-where the argument types are in parentheticals with an arrow between the
-argument types and the return type.
-
-Inside the closure or callback we use the L<window function|FFI::Platypus::Buffer/window>
-from L<FFI::Platypus::Buffer> again to avoid an I<extra> copy.  We still
-have to copy the buffer to append it to C<$hmtl> but it is at least one
-less copy.
-
-=head2 bundle your own code
-
-=head3 C Source
-
-C<ffi/foo.c>:
-
- #include <ffi_platypus_bundle.h>
- #include <string.h>
- 
- typedef struct {
-   char *name;
-   int value;
- } foo_t;
- 
- foo_t*
- foo__new(const char *class_name, const char *name, int value) {
-   (void)class_name;
-   foo_t *self = malloc( sizeof( foo_t ) );
-   self->name = strdup(name);
-   self->value = value;
-   return self;
- }
- 
- const char *
- foo__name(foo_t *self) {
-   return self->name;
- }
- 
- int
- foo__value(foo_t *self) {
-   return self->value;
- }
- 
- void
- foo__DESTROY(foo_t *self) {
-   free(self->name);
-   free(self);
- }
-
-=head3 Perl Source
-
-C<lib/Foo.pm>:
-
- package Foo;
- 
- use strict;
- use warnings;
- use FFI::Platypus 2.00;
- 
- my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2 );
- 
- $ffi->type('object(Foo)' => 'foo_t');
- $ffi->mangler(sub {
-   my $name = shift;
-   $name =~ s/^/foo__/;
-   $name;
- });
- 
- $ffi->bundle;
- 
- $ffi->attach( new =>     [ 'string', 'string', 'int' ] => 'foo_t'  );
- $ffi->attach( name =>    [ 'foo_t' ]                   => 'string' );
- $ffi->attach( value =>   [ 'foo_t' ]                   => 'int'    );
- $ffi->attach( DESTROY => [ 'foo_t' ]                   => 'void'   );
- 
- 1;
-
-C<t/foo.t>:
-
- use Test2::V0;
- use Foo;
- 
- my $foo = Foo->new("platypus", 10);
- isa_ok $foo, 'Foo';
- is $foo->name, "platypus";
- is $foo->value, 10;
- 
- done_testing;
-
-C<Makefile.PL>:
-
- use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
- use FFI::Build::MM;
- my $fbmm = FFI::Build::MM->new;
- WriteMakefile(
-   $fbmm->mm_args(
-     NAME     => 'Foo',
-     DISTNAME => 'Foo',
-     VERSION  => '1.00',
-     # ...
-   )
- );
- 
- sub MY::postamble
- {
-   $fbmm->mm_postamble;
- }
-
-=head3 Execute
-
-With prove:
-
- $ prove -lvm
- t/foo.t ..
- # Seeded srand with seed '20221105' from local date.
- ok 1 - Foo=SCALAR->isa('Foo')
- ok 2
- ok 3
- 1..3
- ok
- All tests successful.
- Files=1, Tests=3,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr  0.00 sys +  0.10 cusr  0.00 csys =  0.10 CPU)
- Result: PASS
-
-With L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>:
-
- $ perl Makefile.PL
- Generating a Unix-style Makefile
- Writing Makefile for Foo
- Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
- $ make
- cp lib/Foo.pm blib/lib/Foo.pm
- "/home/ollisg/opt/perl/5.37.5/bin/perl5.37.5" -MFFI::Build::MM=cmd -e fbx_build
- CC ffi/foo.c
- LD blib/lib/auto/share/dist/Foo/lib/libFoo.so
- $ make test
- "/home/ollisg/opt/perl/5.37.5/bin/perl5.37.5" -MFFI::Build::MM=cmd -e fbx_build
- "/home/ollisg/opt/perl/5.37.5/bin/perl5.37.5" -MFFI::Build::MM=cmd -e fbx_test
- PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 "/home/ollisg/opt/perl/5.37.5/bin/perl5.37.5" "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-MTest::Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
- t/foo.t .. ok
- All tests successful.
- Files=1, Tests=3,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr  0.00 sys +  0.03 cusr  0.00 csys =  0.03 CPU)
- Result: PASS
-
-=head3 Discussion
-
-You can bundle your own C code with your Perl extension.  There are a number
-of reasons you might want to do this  Sometimes you need to optimize a
-tight loop for speed.  Or you might need a little bit of glue code for your
-bindings to a library that isn't inherently FFI friendly.  Either way
-what you want is the L<FFI::Build> system on the install step and the
-L<FFI::Platypus::Bundle> interface on the runtime step.  If you are using
-L<Dist::Zilla> for your distribution, you will also want to check out the
-L<Dist::Zilla::Plugin::FFI::Build> plugin to make this as painless as possible.
-
-One of the nice things about the bundle interface is that it is smart enough to
-work with either L<App::Prove> or L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>.  This means, unlike
-XS, you do not need to explicitly compile your C code in development mode, that
-will be done for you when you call C<< $ffi->bundle >>
-
-=head1 FAQ
-
-=head2 How do I get constants defined as macros in C header files
-
-This turns out to be a challenge for any language calling into C, which
-frequently uses C<#define> macros to define constants like so:
-
- #define FOO_STATIC  1
- #define FOO_DYNAMIC 2
- #define FOO_OTHER   3
-
-As macros are expanded and their definitions are thrown away by the C pre-processor
-there isn't any way to get the name/value mappings from the compiled dynamic
-library.
-
-You can manually create equivalent constants in your Perl source:
-
- use constant FOO_STATIC  => 1;
- use constant FOO_DYNAMIC => 2;
- use constant FOO_OTHER   => 3;
-
-If there are a lot of these types of constants you might want to consider using
-a tool (L<Convert::Binary::C> can do this) that can extract the constants for you.
-
-See also the "Integer constants" example in L<FFI::Platypus::Type>.
-
-You can also use the new Platypus bundle interface to define Perl constants
-from C space.  This is more reliable, but does require a compiler at install
-time.  It is recommended mainly for writing bindings against libraries that
-have constants that can vary widely from platform to platform.  See
-L<FFI::Platypus::Constant> for details.
-
-=head2 What about enums?
-
-The C enum types are integers.  The underlying type is up to the platform, so
-Platypus provides C<enum> and C<senum> types for unsigned and singed enums
-respectively.  At least some compilers treat signed and unsigned enums as
-different types.  The enum I<values> are essentially the same as macro constants
-described above from an FFI perspective.  Thus the process of defining enum values
-is identical to the process of defining macro constants in Perl.
-
-For more details on enumerated types see L<FFI::Platypus::Type/"Enum types">.
-
-There is also a type plugin (L<FFI::Platypus::Type::Enum>) that can be helpful
-in writing interfaces that use enums.
-
-=head2 Memory leaks
-
-There are a couple places where memory is allocated, but never deallocated that may
-look like memory leaks by tools designed to find memory leaks like valgrind.  This
-memory is intended to be used for the lifetime of the perl process so there normally
-this isn't a problem unless you are embedding a Perl interpreter which doesn't closely
-match the lifetime of your overall application.
-
-Specifically:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item type cache
-
-some types are cached and not freed.  These are needed as long as there are FFI
-functions that could be called.
-
-=item attached functions
-
-Attaching a function as an xsub will definitely allocate memory that won't be freed
-because the xsub could be called at any time, including in C<END> blocks.
-
-=back
-
-The Platypus team plans on adding a hook to free some of this "leaked" memory
-for use cases where Perl and Platypus are embedded in a larger application
-where the lifetime of the Perl process is significantly smaller than the
-overall lifetime of the whole process.
-
-=head2 I get seg faults on some platforms but not others with a library using pthreads.
-
-On some platforms, Perl isn't linked with C<libpthreads> if Perl threads are not
-enabled.  On some platforms this doesn't seem to matter, C<libpthreads> can be
-loaded at runtime without much ill-effect.  (Linux from my experience doesn't seem
-to mind one way or the other).  Some platforms are not happy about this, and about
-the only thing that you can do about it is to build Perl such that it links with
-C<libpthreads> even if it isn't a threaded Perl.
-
-This is not really an FFI issue, but a Perl issue, as you will have the same
-problem writing XS code for the such libraries.
-
-=head2 Doesn't work on Perl 5.10.0.
-
-The first point release of Perl 5.10 was buggy, and is not supported by Platypus.
-Please upgrade to a newer Perl.
-
-=head1 CAVEATS
-
-Platypus and Native Interfaces like libffi rely on the availability of
-dynamic libraries.  Things not supported include:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Systems that lack dynamic library support
-
-Like MS-DOS
-
-=item Systems that are not supported by libffi
-
-Like OpenVMS
-
-=item Languages that do not support using dynamic libraries from other languages
-
-This used to be the case with Google's Go, but is no longer the case.  This is
-a problem for C / XS code as well.
-
-=item Languages that do not compile to machine code
-
-Like .NET based languages and Java.
-
-=back
-
-The documentation has a bias toward using FFI / Platypus with C.  This
-is my fault, as my background mainly in C/C++ programmer (when I am
-not writing Perl).  In many places I use "C" as a short form for "any
-language that can generate machine code and is callable from C".  I
-welcome pull requests to the Platypus core to address this issue.  In an
-attempt to ease usage of Platypus by non C programmers, I have written a
-number of foreign language plugins for various popular languages (see
-the SEE ALSO below).  These plugins come with examples specific to those
-languages, and documentation on common issues related to using those
-languages with FFI.  In most cases these are available for easy adoption
-for those with the know-how or the willingness to learn.  If your
-language doesn't have a plugin YET, that is just because you haven't
-written it yet.
-
-=head1 SUPPORT
-
-The intent of the C<FFI-Platypus> team is to support the same versions of
-Perl that are supported by the Perl toolchain.  As of this writing that
-means 5.16 and better.
-
-IRC: #native on irc.perl.org
-
-L<(click for instant chat room login)|http://chat.mibbit.com/#native@irc.perl.org>
-
-If something does not work the way you think it should, or if you have a
-feature request, please open an issue on this project's GitHub Issue
-tracker:
-
-L<https://github.com/perlFFI/FFI-Platypus/issues>
-
-=head1 CONTRIBUTING
-
-If you have implemented a new feature or fixed a bug then you may make a
-pull request on this project's GitHub repository:
-
-L<https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-Platypus/pulls>
-
-This project is developed using L<Dist::Zilla>.  The project's git
-repository also comes with the C<Makefile.PL> file necessary
-for building, testing (and even installing if necessary) without
-L<Dist::Zilla>.  Please keep in mind though that these files are
-generated so if changes need to be made to those files they should be
-done through the project's C<dist.ini> file.  If you do use
-L<Dist::Zilla> and already have the necessary plugins installed, then I
-encourage you to run C<dzil test> before making any pull requests.  This
-is not a requirement, however, I am happy to integrate especially
-smaller patches that need tweaking to fit the project standards.  I may
-push back and ask you to write a test case or alter the formatting of a
-patch depending on the amount of time I have and the amount of code that
-your patch touches.
-
-This project's GitHub issue tracker listed above is not Write-Only.  If
-you want to contribute then feel free to browse through the existing
-issues and see if there is something you feel you might be good at and
-take a whack at the problem.  I frequently open issues myself that I
-hope will be accomplished by someone in the future but do not have time
-to immediately implement myself.
-
-Another good area to help out in is documentation.  I try to make sure
-that there is good document coverage, that is there should be
-documentation describing all the public features and warnings about
-common pitfalls, but an outsider's or alternate view point on such
-things would be welcome; if you see something confusing or lacks
-sufficient detail I encourage documentation only pull requests to
-improve things.
-
-The Platypus distribution comes with a test library named C<libtest>
-that is normally automatically built by C<./Build test>.  If you prefer
-to use C<prove> or run tests directly, you can use the C<./Build
-libtest> command to build it.  Example:
-
- % perl Makefile.PL
- % make
- % make ffi-test
- % prove -bv t
- # or an individual test
- % perl -Mblib t/ffi_platypus_memory.t
-
-The build process also respects these environment variables:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item FFI_PLATYPUS_DEBUG_FAKE32
-
-When building Platypus on 32 bit Perls, it will use the L<Math::Int64> C
-API and make L<Math::Int64> a prerequisite.  Setting this environment
-variable will force Platypus to build with both of those options on a 64
-bit Perl as well.
-
- % env FFI_PLATYPUS_DEBUG_FAKE32=1 perl Makefile.PL
- DEBUG_FAKE32:
-   + making Math::Int64 a prereq
-   + Using Math::Int64's C API to manipulate 64 bit values
- Generating a Unix-style Makefile
- Writing Makefile for FFI::Platypus
- Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
- %
-
-=item FFI_PLATYPUS_NO_ALLOCA
-
-Platypus uses the non-standard and somewhat controversial C function
-C<alloca> by default on platforms that support it.  I believe that
-Platypus uses it responsibly to allocate small amounts of memory for
-argument type parameters, and does not use it to allocate large
-structures like arrays or buffers.  If you prefer not to use C<alloca>
-despite these precautions, then you can turn its use off by setting this
-environment variable when you run C<Makefile.PL>:
-
- helix% env FFI_PLATYPUS_NO_ALLOCA=1 perl Makefile.PL
- NO_ALLOCA:
-   + alloca() will not be used, even if your platform supports it.
- Generating a Unix-style Makefile
- Writing Makefile for FFI::Platypus
- Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
-
-=item V
-
-When building platypus may hide some of the excessive output when
-probing and building, unless you set C<V> to a true value.
-
- % env V=1 perl Makefile.PL
- % make V=1
- ...
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Coding Guidelines
-
-=over 4
-
-=item
-
-Do not hesitate to make code contribution.  Making useful contributions
-is more important than following byzantine bureaucratic coding
-regulations.  We can always tweak things later.
-
-=item
-
-Please make an effort to follow existing coding style when making pull
-requests.
-
-=item
-
-The intent of the C<FFI-Platypus> team is to support the same versions of
-Perl that are supported by the Perl toolchain.  As of this writing that
-means 5.16 and better.  As such, please do not include any code that
-requires a newer version of Perl.
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Performance Testing
-
-As Mark Twain was fond of saying there are four types of lies: lies,
-damn lies, statistics and benchmarks.  That being said, it can sometimes
-be helpful to compare the runtime performance of Platypus if you are
-making significant changes to the Platypus Core.  For that I use
-`FFI-Performance`, which can be found in my GitHub repository here:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<https://github.com/Perl5-FFI/FFI-Performance>
-
-=back
-
-=head2 System integrators
-
-This distribution uses L<Alien::FFI> in fallback mode, meaning if
-the system doesn't provide C<pkg-config> and C<libffi> it will attempt
-to download C<libffi> and build it from source.  If you are including
-Platypus in a larger system (for example a Linux distribution) you
-only need to make sure to declare C<pkg-config> or C<pkgconf> and
-the development package for C<libffi> as prereqs for this module.
-
-=head1 SEE ALSO
-
-=head2 Extending Platypus
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Type>
-
-Type definitions for Platypus.
-
-=item L<FFI::C>
-
-Interface for defining structured data records for use with
-Platypus.  It supports C C<struct>, C<union>, nested structures
-and arrays of all of those.  It only supports passing these
-types by reference or pointer, so if you need to pass structured
-data by value see L<FFI::Platypus::Record> below.
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Record>
-
-Interface for defining structured data records for use with
-Platypus.  Included in the Platypus core.  Supports pass by
-value which is uncommon in C, but frequently used in languages
-like Rust and Go.  Consider using L<FFI::C> instead if you
-don't need to pass by value.
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::API>
-
-The custom types API for Platypus.
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Memory>
-
-Memory functions for FFI.
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Languages
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::C>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with the C programming
-language
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::CPP>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with the C++ programming
-language
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::Fortran>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with Fortran
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::Go>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with Go
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::Pascal>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with Free Pascal
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::Rust>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with the Rust programming
-language
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::ASM>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with the Assembly
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::Win32>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with the Win32 API.
-
-=item L<FFI::Platypus::Lang::Zig>
-
-Documentation and tools for using Platypus with the Zig programming
-language
-
-=item L<Wasm> and L<Wasm::Wasmtime>
-
-Modules for writing WebAssembly bindings in Perl.  This allows you to call
-functions written in any language supported by WebAssembly.  These modules
-are also implemented using Platypus.
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Other Tools Related Tools Useful for FFI
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<FFI::CheckLib>
-
-Find dynamic libraries in a portable way.
-
-=item L<Convert::Binary::C>
-
-A great interface for decoding C data structures, including C<struct>s,
-C<enum>s, C<#define>s and more.
-
-=item L<pack and unpack|perlpacktut>
-
-Native to Perl functions that can be used to decode C C<struct> types.
-
-=item L<C::Scan>
-
-This module can extract constants and other useful objects from C header
-files that may be relevant to an FFI application.  One downside is that
-its use may require development packages to be installed.
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Other Foreign Function Interfaces
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<Dyn>
-
-A wrapper around L<dyncall|https://dyncall.org>, which is itself an alternative to
-L<libffi|https://sourceware.org/libffi/>.
-
-=item L<NativeCall>
-
-Promising interface to Platypus inspired by Raku.
-
-=item L<Win32::API>
-
-Microsoft Windows specific FFI style interface.
-
-=item L<FFI>
-
-Older, simpler, less featureful FFI.  It used to be implemented
-using FSF's C<ffcall>.  Because C<ffcall> has been unsupported for
-some time, I reimplemented this module using L<FFI::Platypus>.
-
-=item L<C::DynaLib>
-
-Another FFI for Perl that doesn't appear to have worked for a long time.
-
-=item L<C::Blocks>
-
-Embed a tiny C compiler into your Perl scripts.
-
-=item L<P5NCI>
-
-Yet another FFI like interface that does not appear to be supported or
-under development anymore.
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Other
-
-=over 4
-
-=item L<Alien::FFI>
-
-Provides libffi for Platypus during its configuration and build stages.
-
-=back
-
-=head1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
-
-In addition to the contributors mentioned below, I would like to
-acknowledge Brock Wilcox (AWWAIID) and Meredith Howard (MHOWARD) whose
-work on C<FFI::Sweet> not only helped me get started with FFI but
-significantly influenced the design of Platypus.
-
-Dan Book, who goes by Grinnz on IRC for answering user questions about
-FFI and Platypus.
-
-In addition I'd like to thank Alessandro Ghedini (ALEXBIO) whose work
-on another Perl FFI library helped drive some of the development ideas
-for L<FFI::Platypus>.
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Author: Graham Ollis E<lt>plicease@cpan.orgE<gt>
-
-Contributors:
-
-Bakkiaraj Murugesan (bakkiaraj)
-
-Dylan Cali (calid)
-
-pipcet
-
-Zaki Mughal (zmughal)
-
-Fitz Elliott (felliott)
-
-Vickenty Fesunov (vyf)
-
-Gregor Herrmann (gregoa)
-
-Shlomi Fish (shlomif)
-
-Damyan Ivanov
-
-Ilya Pavlov (Ilya33)
-
-Petr Písař (ppisar)
-
-Mohammad S Anwar (MANWAR)
-
-Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)
-
-Meredith (merrilymeredith, MHOWARD)
-
-Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)
-
-Eric Brine (IKEGAMI)
-
-szTheory
-
-José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)
-
-Pete Houston (openstrike, HOUSTON)
-
-Lukas Mai (MAUKE)
-
-=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-
-This software is copyright (c) 2015-2022 by Graham Ollis.
-
-This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
-
-=cut