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Perl's API has changed over time, gaining new features, new functions,
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increasing its flexibility, and reducing the impact on the C
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namespace environment (reduced pollution). The header file written
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by this module, typically ppport.h, attempts to bring some of the
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newer Perl API features to older versions of Perl, so that you can
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worry less about keeping track of old releases, but users can still
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reap the benefit.
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Devel::PPPort contains a single function, called WriteFile. Its
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only purpose is to write the ppport.h C header file. This file
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contains a series of macros and, if explicitly requested, functions
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that allow XS modules to be built using older versions of Perl.
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Currently, Perl versions from 5.003 to 5.10.0 are supported.
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This module is used by h2xs to write the file ppport.h.
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