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Bug#696101: ITP: libxs-object-magic-perl -- module for opaque, extensible XS pointer backed objects using sv_magic



Package: wnpp
Owner: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org,debian-perl@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : libxs-object-magic-perl
  Version         : 0.4
  Upstream Author : Florian Ragwitz
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/XS-Object-Magic/
* License         : Artistic or GPL-1+
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : module for opaque, extensible XS pointer backed objects using sv_magic

XS::Object::Magic provides a way of associating structs with Perl space
objects 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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