---
name: "ExtUtils::Typemaps::Cmd"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ExtUtils::Typemaps::Cmd/3perl"
---

# ExtUtils::Typemaps::Cmd(3perl)

Quick commands for handling typemaps

## NAME

ExtUtils::Typemaps::Cmd - Quick commands for handling typemaps

## SYNOPSIS

From XS:

```
  INCLUDE_COMMAND: $^X -MExtUtils::Typemaps::Cmd \
                   -e "print embeddable_typemap(q{Excommunicated})"
```

Loads `"ExtUtils::Typemaps::Excommunicated"`, instantiates an object, and dumps it as an embeddable typemap for use directly in your XS file.

## DESCRIPTION

This is a helper module for ExtUtils::Typemaps for quick one-liners, specifically for inclusion of shared typemaps that live on CPAN into an XS file (see SYNOPSIS).

For this reason, the following functions are exported by default:

## EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

### embeddable\_typemap

Given a list of identifiers, `"embeddable_typemap"` tries to load typemaps from a file of the given name(s), or from a module that is an `"ExtUtils::Typemaps"` subclass.

Returns a string representation of the merged typemaps that can be included verbatim into XS. Example:

```
  print embeddable_typemap(
    "Excommunicated", "ExtUtils::Typemaps::Basic", "./typemap"
  );
```

This will try to load a module `"ExtUtils::Typemaps::Excommunicated"` and use it as an `"ExtUtils::Typemaps"` subclass. If that fails, it'll try loading `"Excommunicated"` as a module, if that fails, it'll try to read a file called *Excommunicated*. It'll work similarly for the second argument, but the third will be loaded as a file first.

After loading all typemap files or modules, it will merge them in the specified order and dump the result as an embeddable typemap.

## SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::Typemaps

perlxs

## AUTHOR

Steffen Mueller `"<smueller@cpan.org"`\>

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2012 Steffen Mueller

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.