[perl-win32-gui-hackers] Re: Fixing Scintilla

[Jeremy W. <jez...@ho...>]

>At first glance these errors look like C++ vs. C syntax problems.  I 
>haven't looked at the scintilla code, but it would be my guess that the XS 
>files is being compiled as C (this is the standard Makefile.PL behaviour) 
>whereas Win32::GUI (for reasons that escape me) is built using a C++ 
>compiler (see the override in Win32::GUI's Makefile.PL (sub xs_c) that 
>builds .cpp files from the XS rather than .c files).

ARH! Yes, you are right. I've always wondered why win32-gui used a C++ 
compiler, as there is no C++ code.

>I thin that (2) if preferable, and it is one of my longer-term goals to get 
>Win32::GUI to use standard 'C' too.

I changed GUI.h (and GUI_MessageLoops.cpp) to be "C" safe.

Cheers,

jez.