(* Interface to Perl from OCaml.
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Merjis Ltd.
 * $Id: perl.ml,v 1.1 2003-10-11 18:25:52 rich Exp $
 *)

type t

type sv

exception PerlFailure of string

(* Perform some once-only initialization when the library is loaded. *)
external init : unit -> unit = "perl4caml_init"
let () = init ()

external create : ?args:string array -> unit -> t
  = "perl4caml_create"

external destroy : t -> unit
  = "perl4caml_destroy"

external set_context : t -> unit
  = "perl4caml_set_context"

external int_of_sv : sv -> int = "perl4caml_int_of_sv"
external sv_of_int : int -> sv = "perl4caml_sv_of_int"
external float_of_sv : sv -> int = "perl4caml_float_of_sv"
external sv_of_float : int -> sv = "perl4caml_sv_of_float"
external string_of_sv : sv -> string = "perl4caml_string_of_sv"
external sv_of_string : string -> sv = "perl4caml_sv_of_string"

external call_scalar : string -> sv list -> sv
  = "perl4caml_call_scalar"

(*
external call_array : string -> sv list -> sv list
  = "perl4caml_call_array"

external call : string -> sv list -> unit
  = "perl4caml_call"

external eval : string -> sv
  = "perl4caml_eval"
*)