how to identify if module is using the c interface

david2008 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using the module XML::Easy::Text.
It writes that it has a c implementation with a pure perl backup.
How do i know on my machine if the module is using the c implementation or the pure perl backup?

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Re: how to identify if module is using the c interface by Anonymous Monk on Jan 31, 2012 at 15:20 UTC
Why would you care? You could check `$ perl -MDDS -le " Dump\@DynaLoader::dl_modules " $ARRAY1 = [ 'B', 're', 'List::Util', 'B::Utils', 'Data::Dumper', 'IO', 'Fcntl', 'PadWalker', 'Data::Dump::Streamer', 'Hash::Util' ];` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: how to identify if module is using the c interface by Anonymous Monk on Jan 31, 2012 at 15:22 UTC
$ perl -MDDS -le " print for grep /dll/i, %::" _<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/B/B.dll main::_<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/B/B.dll _<C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Data/Dump/Stre +amer/Streamer.dll main::_<C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Data/Du +mp/Streamer/Streamer.dll _<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Hash/Util/Util.dll main::_<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Hash/Util/Ut +il.dll _<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Fcntl/Fcntl.dll main::_<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Fcntl/Fcntl. +dll _<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Data/Dumper/Dumper. +dll main::_<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/Data/Dumper/ +Dumper.dll _<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/IO/IO.dll main::_<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/IO/IO.dll _<C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/PadWalker/PadW +alker.dll main::_<C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/PadWalk +er/PadWalker.dll _<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/re/re.dll main::_<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/re/re.dll _<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/List/Util/Util.dll main::_<C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/List/Util/Ut +il.dll _<C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/B/Utils/Utils. +dll main::_<C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/B/Utils +/Utils.dll [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: how to identify if module is using the c interface by david2008 (Scribe) on Jan 31, 2012 at 15:33 UTC
Where can i find the DDS module? I don't find it in cpan	[reply]
Re^4: how to identify if module is using the c interface by Anonymous Monk on Jan 31, 2012 at 15:38 UTC
Re: how to identify if module is using the c interface by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 31, 2012 at 21:36 UTC
Module of this kind sometimes provide a function that indicates which version was loaded. That does not appear to the be the case here. Module of this kind usually split the PP and XS components into different modules. For these, you could test `%INC` for the XS version of the module. That's not the case here. So that leaves checking if the binary component of the module was loaded. `use DynaLoader qw( ); use XML::Easy qw( ); warn "You may experience poor performance due to " . "the use of a Pure Perl build of XML-Easy.\n" if !grep $_ eq 'XML::Easy', @DynaLoader::dl_modules;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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