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The architecture of ExtUtils::Builder

Leon Timmermans

2013-04-19

Why a EU::CB replacement?

CB couldn't do what I wanted
CB couldn't do it how I wanted it

The past

Monoliths
Platform dependent hierarchy

ExtUtils::CBuilder

EU::CB::Base
EU::CB::Platform::$^O
EU::CB

Principles

Open ended
Abstraction Layers
Roles

Roles

Layercake

Solves any problem…

Actions I

execute
to_command
to_code
preference

Actions II

Command
Code

Plan

Target
Dependencies
Actions

Builders

Compiler
Linker

Builder pattern

Abstract creation

Example

add_define
add_includedir
compile

Two axis

Compiler family
Object format

Autodetect

Platform specific behavior

Profile

Project specific behavior E.g. Perl ;-)