P5-xs-object-magic

Jul 20, 2023

Opaque, extensible XS pointer backed objects using sv_magic

This way of associating structs with Perl space objects is designed to supercede Perl’s builtin T_PTROBJ with something that is designed to be

Extensible

  • The association of the pointer using sv_magicext can be done on any data type, so you can associate C structs with any representation type.
  • This means that you can add pointers to any object hand coded, Moose or otherwise, while still having instance data in regular hashes.

Opaque

  • The C pointer is neither visible nor modifiable from Perl space.
  • This prevents accidental corruption which could lead to segfaults using T_PTROBJ e.g. $$ptr_obj = 0.


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