Types(3)

NAME
Mac::Types - Macintosh Toolbox Types and conversions.

DESCRIPTION
Access to Inside Macintosh is essential for proper use of these functions. Explanations of terms, processes and procedures are provided there. Any attempt to use these functions without guidance can cause severe errors in your machine, including corruption of data. You have been warned.

  Functions

MacPack [ CONVERTERS ...] CODE, DATA ...
    Convert a perl value into a Mac toolbox type. Predefined codes are:

    TEXT
        Text (an identity operation).

    enum
    type
    keyw
        A 4-byte string.

    bool
        A boolean.

    shor
        A short integer.

    long
        A long integer.

    sing
        A single precision float.

    doub
        A double precision float.

    magn
        An unsigned long.

    qdrt
        A QuickDraw "Rect".

    'STR '
        A pascal style string.

    'STR#'
        A string list.

    'fss '
        A file specification record.

    You can pass further code mappings as hash references.

MacUnpack [ CONVERTERS ...] CODE, DATA
    Convert a Mac toolbox type into a perl value. Predefined codes are as for "MacPack". You can pass further code mappings as hash references.

  XS Functions

Debugger [ MSG ]
    Break into MacsBug. Don't use this if you don't know what MacsBug is.

AUTHOR
Written by Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeracher@mac.com>. Currently maintained by Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>.