Inline::Pdlpp - Write PDL Subroutines inline with PDL::PP

NAME

  Inline::Pdlpp - Write PDL Subroutines inline with PDL::PP

DESCRIPTION

Inline::Pdlpp is a module that allows you to write PDL subroutines in the PDL::PP style. The big benefit compared to plain PDL::PP is that you can write these definitions inline in any old perl script (without the normal hassle of creating Makefiles, building, etc). Since version 0.30 the Inline module supports multiple programming languages and each language has its own support module. This document describes how to use Inline with PDL::PP (or rather, it will once these docs are complete ;).

For more information on Inline in general, see the Inline manpage.

Some example scripts demonstrating Inline::Pdlpp usage can be found in the Example/InlinePdlpp directory.

Inline::Pdlpp is mostly a shameless rip-off of Inline::C. Most Kudos goes to Brian I.

Usage

You never actually use Inline::Pdlpp directly. It is just a support module for using Inline.pm with PDL::PP. So the usage is always:

    use Inline Pdlpp => ...;

or

    bind Inline Pdlpp => ...;

Examples

Pending availability of full docs a few quick examples that illustrate typical usage.

A simple example

   # example script inlpp.pl
   use PDL; # must be called before (!) 'use Inline Pdlpp' calls
   use Inline Pdlpp; # the actual code is in the __Pdlpp__ block below
   $a = sequence 10;
   print $a->inc,"\n";
   print $a->inc->dummy(1,10)->tcumul,"\n";
   __DATA__
   __Pdlpp__
   pp_def('inc',
          Pars => 'i();[o] o()',
          Code => '$o() = $i() + 1;',
         );
   pp_def('tcumul',
          Pars => 'in(n);[o] mul()',
          Code => '$mul() = 1;
                   loop(n) %{
                     $mul() *= $in();
                   %}',
   );
   # end example script

If you call this script it should generate output similar to this:

   prompt> perl inlpp.pl
   Inline running PDL::PP version 2.2...
   [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]
   [3628800 3628800 3628800 3628800 3628800 3628800 3628800 3628800 3628800 3628800]

Usage of Inline::Pdlpp in general is similar to Inline::C. In the absence of full docs for Inline::Pdlpp you might want to compare the Inline::C manpage.

Code that uses external libraries, etc

The script below is somewhat more complicated in that it uses code from an external library (here from Numerical Recipes). All the relevant information regarding include files, libraries and boot code is specified in a config call to Inline. For more experienced Perl hackers it might be helpful to know that the format is similar to that used with ExtUtils::MakeMaker. The keywords are largely equivalent to those used with Inline::C. Please see below for further details on the usage of INC, LIBS, AUTO_INCLUDE and BOOT.

   use PDL; # this must be called before (!) 'use Inline Pdlpp' calls
   use Inline Pdlpp => Config =>
     INC => "-I$ENV{HOME}/include",
     LIBS => "-L$ENV{HOME}/lib -lnr -lm",
     # code to be included in the generated XS
     AUTO_INCLUDE => <<'EOINC',
   #include <math.h>
   #include "nr.h"    /* for poidev */
   #include "nrutil.h"  /* for err_handler */
   static void nr_barf(char *err_txt)
   {
     fprintf(stderr,"Now calling croak...\n");
     croak("NR runtime error: %s",err_txt);
   }
   EOINC
   # install our error handler when loading the Inline::Pdlpp code
   BOOT => 'set_nr_err_handler(nr_barf);';
   use Inline Pdlpp; # the actual code is in the __Pdlpp__ block below
   $a = zeroes(10) + 30;;
   print $a->poidev(5),"\n";
   __DATA__
   __Pdlpp__
   pp_def('poidev',
           Pars => 'xm(); [o] pd()',
           GenericTypes => [L,F,D],
           OtherPars => 'long idum',
           Code => '$pd() = poidev((float) $xm(), &$COMP(idum));',
   );

Pdlpp Configuration Options

For information on how to specify Inline configuration options, see the Inline manpage. This section describes each of the configuration options available for Pdlpp. Most of the options correspond either to MakeMaker or XS options of the same name. See the ExtUtils::MakeMaker manpage and the perlxs manpage.

AUTO_INCLUDE

Specifies extra statements to automatically included. They will be added onto the defaults. A newline char will be automatically added. Does essentially the same as a call to pp_addhdr. For short bits of code AUTO_INCLUDE is probably syntactically nicer.

    use Inline Pdlpp => Config => AUTO_INCLUDE => '#include "yourheader.h"';

BLESS

Same as pp_bless command. Specifies the package (i.e. class) to which your new pp_defed methods will be added. Defaults to PDL if omitted.

    use Inline Pdlpp => Config => BLESS => 'PDL::Complex';

BOOT

Specifies C code to be executed in the XS BOOT section. Corresponds to the XS parameter. Does the same as the pp_add_boot command. Often used to execute code only once at load time of the module, e.g. a library initialization call.

CC

Specify which compiler to use.

CCFLAGS

Specify extra compiler flags.

INC

Specifies an include path to use. Corresponds to the MakeMaker parameter.

    use Inline Pdlpp => Config => INC => '-I/inc/path';

LD

Specify which linker to use.

LDDLFLAGS

Specify which linker flags to use.

NOTE: These flags will completely override the existing flags, instead of just adding to them. So if you need to use those too, you must respecify them here.

LIBS

Specifies external libraries that should be linked into your code. Corresponds to the MakeMaker parameter.

    use Inline Pdlpp => Config => LIBS => '-lyourlib';

or

    use Inline Pdlpp => Config => LIBS => '-L/your/path -lyourlib';

MAKE

Specify the name of the 'make' utility to use.

MYEXTLIB

Specifies a user compiled object that should be linked in. Corresponds to the MakeMaker parameter.

    use Inline Pdlpp => Config => MYEXTLIB => '/your/path/yourmodule.so';

OPTIMIZE

This controls the MakeMaker OPTIMIZE setting. By setting this value to '-g', you can turn on debugging support for your Inline extensions. This will allow you to be able to set breakpoints in your C code using a debugger like gdb.

TYPEMAPS

Specifies extra typemap files to use. Corresponds to the MakeMaker parameter.

    use Inline Pdlpp => Config => TYPEMAPS => '/your/path/typemap';

NOISY

Show the output of any compilations going on behind the scenes. Uses tee which must be available on your computer. Default is off.

BUGS

doing inline scripts

Beware that there is a problem when you use the __DATA__ keyword style of Inline definition and want to do your script containing inlined code. For example

   # myscript.pl contains inlined code
   # in the __DATA__ section
   perl -e 'do "myscript.pl";'
 One or more DATA sections were not processed by Inline.

According to Brian Ingerson (of Inline fame) the workaround is to include an Inline->init call in your script, e.g.

  use PDL;
  use Inline Pdlpp;
  Inline->init;
  # perl code
  __DATA__
  __Pdlpp__
  # pp code

PDL::NiceSlice and Inline::Pdlpp

There is currently an undesired interaction between PDL::NiceSlice and Inline::Pdlpp. Since PP code generally contains expressions of the type $var() (to access piddles, etc) PDL::NiceSlice recognizes those incorrectly as slice expressions and does its substitutions. For the moment (until hopefully the parser can deal with that) it is best to explicitly switch PDL::NiceSlice off before the section of inlined Pdlpp code. For example:

  use PDL::NiceSlice;
  use Inline::Pdlpp;
  $a = sequence 10;
  $a(0:3)++;
  $a->inc;
  no PDL::NiceSlice;
  __DATA__
  __C__
  ppdef (...); # your full pp definition here

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Brian Ingerson for creating the Inline infrastructure.

AUTHOR

Christian Soeller <soellermail@excite.com>

SEE ALSO

PDL

the PDL::PP manpage

the Inline manpage

the Inline::C manpage

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001. Christian Soeller. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as PDL itself.

See http://pdl.perl.org

 Inline::Pdlpp - Write PDL Subroutines inline with PDL::PP