09/06/2006
Perl XS and SWIG interface to CLucene C++
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Lessons Learned
lStart off a new
external library using GNU autotools and keeping in mind that the
API should be easy to use through SWIG
lUse SWIG not
XS to wrap a C/C++ library
lAlways use
h2xs to start a Perl extension
lOpen Source
feedback and testing are more valuable than you expect (2 emails this
week alone)