[gs-devel] perl module for ghostscript API

[Russell Lang]

Forrest,

I just saw your www.ghostscript.com diary entry about 
gsapi_exit() calling the C exit. I recognise this problem 
from experience.  

The problem with gsapi_exit() calling exit is in 
gp_do_exit() within gp_vms.c. This is a VMS only problem.  

There are two ways to fix this.  One method is to make 
gp_do_exit() do nothing.  This will stop the C exit() being 
called, but the main() function will return 0 for success. 
Does VMS accept main returning 0 for success or does it 
still require the special values in stdpre.h?  

The other way is to have main() call gp_do_exit(), but not 
gsapi_exit().  If possible, I'd prefer to drop the old VMS 
code.

When you have the perl module finished, would you be 
willing to make it available for download from the 
Ghostscript contrib directory?


Russell Lang                   gsview at ghostgum.com.au
Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd      http://www.ghostgum.com.au/