Please consider switching away from Inline::C

[cpansprout]

The problem with using Inline::C, rather than compiling the C code at installation time, is that multiple users all end up with their own copies of the compiled C code in their home folders. (And Inline does not have the courtesy to use a hidden file name beginning with a dot!) Also, if I happen to upgrade Inline::C, then JavaScript::Duktape recompiles its C code all over again, which can be quite annoying if I am actually trying to get some work done. :-)

[mamod]

@cpansprout I tried to do that once using Inline::Module and InlineX::XS with no success, I'll see if I can do this in next version so I'll keep this open for now, thank you

As for compiling in a different folder have you tried setting PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY environment to the location where you want the compiled sources to be located?

[jomo666]

huh.. I'm pretty happy with Inline::C. It works. :D I'm on macOS X and here are some XS modules which doesn't compiles. Never happens such problems with Inline::C - anything using Inline::C - just works. So, by me - stick with it. :)

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[cpansprout]

It turns out that Inline is supposed to support compiling the code at install time. You just need to do use Inline::MakeMaker instead of ExtUtils::MakeMaker. (Interestingly, JavaScript::Duktape declares a configure dependency on Inline::MakeMaker but does not use it currently.) However, there is a snag:

Invalid version '2.2.1' for JavaScript::Duktape.
Must be of the form '#.##'. (For instance '1.23')
 at Makefile.PL line 5

Inline is far too restrictive when it comes to version numbers. I have reported the bug at ingydotnet/inline-pm#62.

[ricardobeat]

A major downside of Inline::C is that it requires a C compiler to be installed on the machine, even if it's a production server. If one uses system packages for installing precompiled dependencies, this is a very undesirable exception.