Re: [Module::Build] have_c_compiler uncovers Windoze bug

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

On Saturday, November 22, 2003, at 04:15  AM, Randy W. Sims wrote:
>
> We talked before about two sub-projects we both agreed would be good 
> for Module::Build: 1) a compiler framework, and 2) a plugin framework. 
> My current thinking is that both of these are part of the solution to 
> this problem.
>
> I think that the compiler framework should provide a low level 
> interface for invoking the compiler/linker/etc in a unified manner. In 
> other words it would define a standard set of options which it would 
> then translate to the proper options to the underlying tool. This low 
> level interface would rarely be used except by Module::Build itself.

Yes, but it should probably be a separate CPAN project with an 
interface well-defined enough that whoever wants to use it could use 
it.  Most likely its development directions would be largely be 
motivated by Module::Build's needs though, for at least the near future.

  -Ken