Types(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Types(3)NAME
Mac::Types - Macintosh Toolbox Types and conversions.
DESCRIPTION
Access to Inside Macintosh is essential for proper use of these functions. Explanations of terms, processes and procedures are provided
there. Any attempt to use these functions without guidance can cause severe errors in your machine, including corruption of data. You have
been warned.
Functions
MacPack [ CONVERTERS ...] CODE, DATA ...
Convert a perl value into a Mac toolbox type. Predefined codes are:
TEXT
Text (an identity operation).
enum
type
keyw
A 4-byte string.
bool
A boolean.
shor
A short integer.
long
A long integer.
sing
A single precision float.
doub
A double precision float.
magn
An unsigned long.
qdrt
A QuickDraw "Rect".
'STR '
A pascal style string.
'STR#'
A string list.
'fss '
A file specification record.
You can pass further code mappings as hash references.
MacUnpack [ CONVERTERS ...] CODE, DATA
Convert a Mac toolbox type into a perl value. Predefined codes are as for "MacPack". You can pass further code mappings as hash
references.
XS Functions
Debugger [ MSG ]
Break into MacsBug. Don't use this if you don't know what MacsBug is.
AUTHOR
Written by Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeracher@mac.com>. Currently maintained by Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>.
perl v5.18.2 2017-10-06 Types(3)
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README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
SYNOPSIS
This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic). If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be here (unless you
are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X).
When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and not Mac OS X.
DESCRIPTION
The latest perl source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl is
kept in close sync with regular perl releases.
To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition of the macos subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra
source files, config files, and make files. It also includes extra Mac-specific modules.
To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the macperl directory, which includes the source files for creating the application
itself.
All of this is available from the development site, via HTTP (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source and binaries) and
anonymous CVS.
http://dev.macperl.org/
The source is also in the main perl repository in the macperl branch (the 5.6 source is in the maint-5.6/macperl branch).
You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site for
all things having to do with MacPerl development.
MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040 and PowerPC architectures. The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS
7.5.5 and 68030 computers.
MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It is based on perl 5.004, and works with Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 com-
puters.
AUTHOR
perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher <neeracher@mac.com>. It is currently maintained by Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>.
DATE
Last modified 2002.05.02.
perl v5.8.0 2003-02-18 PERLMACOS(1)