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

Fri Apr 02 01:12:25 2010: Request 55660 was acted upon.
Transaction: Correspondence added by [email protected]
       Queue: Win32-API
     Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #55660] [PATCH] Partial win64 support for Win32::API 
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       Owner: COSIMO
  Requestors: [email protected]
      Status: resolved
 Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55660 >



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cosimo Streppone via RT" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 12:05 AM
Subject: [rt.cpan.org #55660] [PATCH] Partial win64 support for Win32::API


> <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55660 >
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> thanks for your great work again.
> I had some CRLF troubles incorporating your patch, but then I switched
> to a Linux machine and I managed to.
>
> The repository on github is updated.
>

I've just done a
git clone git://github.com/cosimo/perl5-win32-api.git win32-api

and then tried to build Win32::API from those sources on Vista64. I'm 
running the w64 version of ActivePerl-5.10.1 (build 1007), and I'm using the 
same compiler that built that ActivePerl (afaik) - namely, the Microsoft 
Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2.

The compiling of API.c  terminates with the following:

###################################
API.xs(235) : warning C4101: 'words_pushed' : unreferenced local variable
        ml  -c call_asm_x64_msvc.asm
'ml' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'ml' : return code '0x1'
Stop.
###################################

Apparently I need an ml.exe. If I can't get one that works with this 
compiler, I guess that means I need to use a different compiler.

I did try using the one that comes with my 32-bit MSVC++ 7.0, but that leads 
to numerous errors in call_asm_x64_msvc.asm (that appear to be syntactical). 
They begin with:

###################################
 Assembling: call_asm_x64_msvc.asm
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(1) : error A2013: .MODEL must precede this directive
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(4) : error A2034: must be in segment block : 
Call_x64_real

call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(7) : error A2034: must be in segment block
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(8) : error A2034: must be in segment block
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(9) : error A2034: must be in segment block
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(10) : error A2034: must be in segment block
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(12) : error A2034: must be in segment block
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(13) : error A2034: must be in segment block
call_asm_x64_msvc.asm(14) : error A2008: syntax error : .

etc., etc.
###################################

I'll try and get hold of a suitable ml.exe.

Cheers,
Rob