[perl-win32-gui-hackers] Re: [win32gui] Re: Fixing Scintilla

[Robert M. <rm...@po...>]

Jeremy White wrote:
>> 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.

Nice work on Scintilla - I haven't tried building it yet, but can 
confirm that Win32::GUI still builds and tests ok with these changes and 
your TYPEMAP changes.

Regards,
Rob.