[rt.cpan.org #55660] [PATCH] Partial win64 support for Win32::API

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Il Mer 17 Mar 2010 10:09:53, [email protected] ha scritto:
> The attached three patches (against Win32-API-0.59) implement initial
>    support for 64-bit Windows in Win32-API.
> 
> I didn't attempt to
>    port Win32::API::Callback. It looks like considerably more effort
>    than Win32::API itself, and as our application doesn't need it I
>    couldn't justify the paid time to spend on it. This is, however,
>    sufficient for Win32::API tests to pass against a 64-bit ActivePerl
>    5.8.9.
> 
> At present, only MSVC++ toolchains will work, as its
>    assembly dialect is different from GNU. I don't have a gcc-based
>    build of Perl to work with to port it, but it should only require a
>    straightforward translation of call_asm_x64_msvc.asm into
>    call_asm_x64_gnu.asm.
> 
> The required changes to Makefile.PL are
>    also somewhat hackish, purely because I don't know of a better way
>    to detect what architecture we're targeting.

Hi Stephen,

fantastic news! Thank you and your company for this.
I will try to get things moving by getting this code in and releasing 
Win32::API 0.60 as-is.

Then I can start working on gcc x86-64 support.
It will definitely be easier now that you opened the way.

Great stuff!

-- 
Cosimo