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      We need a logo!

      Ctypes is cool enough to have its own logo - I'm just not sure what it should be. It's for interfacing with low-level things from Perl, to allow Perl authors to tie things together and make more cool stuff more quickly and easily. What would express that in a small, simple image?


         — Ryan Jendoubi (doubi) · 7 years ago
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      Ctypes page on the Perl5 wiki

      There isn't one, and there ought to be, at https://www.socialtext.net/perl5/index.cgi?ctypes . Take info from http://blogs.perl.org/user/doubi and the commit logs at http://gitorious.org/perl-ctypes and write a nice intro to the project!


         — Ryan Jendoubi (doubi) · 7 years ago
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        Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.

        Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

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        We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.

  • Q: What's a good bug for a newcomer to tackle?

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      Naming consistency

      As in the Python version, the 'C type' of a Type object is returned via ->name. However, this gets confusing when it comes to Structs, where ->name would be better returning the field name. Throughout the project, ->type should return the Ctypes Type of an object, so ->name can be put more usefully to work in Structs and Unions. Fixing this bug will take you through all the Type modules, so you'll get a good overview of the shape of the project.


         — Ryan Jendoubi (doubi) · 7 years ago
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        Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!

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        Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.

  • Q: What is a bug or issue with perl-ctypes that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?

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      Still don't have a full range of Simple Types

      At the minute we only support a subset of the basic Types the Python module supports, and testing is negligible. I want to replace the whole _valid_for_type() -> cast() -> _valid_for_type() process with a simple hook_in() and hook_out() for each type. This is one of the main things that need done IMO before a CPAN release, but I have truly been 'putting off, neglecting or just plain avoiding' :-(


         — Ryan Jendoubi (doubi) · 7 years ago
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        I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.

        Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.

        I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.

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Wrap native C libraries using pure Perl. Free yourself from the tyranny of XS!

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