Re: providing perl api for C library

On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 2:19 PM Henry R <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I have written a C library which encrypts the data stored in object
> storage like S3.
> If I want to provide it with a perl OO interface what's the right way?
> such methods like:
>
> $data->encrypt("input.sth");
> $data->decrypt("input.sth");
>

I generally use Inline::C to access C libraries. (Take a look at the
Cookbook that ships with the Inline::C source distro and see what you
think.)

For something similar, but with a steeper learning curve and a few extra
complications, there's also XS (perldoc perlxs) - but I think Inline::C is
a good starting point from which you can migrate to XS if you so desire.

Cheers,
Rob