From Kevin.Regan@netiq.com

It seems that doing the following​:

PerlInterpreter* interpreter = perl_alloc();
perl_construct( interpreter );
perl_destruct( interpreter );

does not work. The example above dies in perl_destruct(). Should this be
allowed (no call to perl_parse() before calling perl_destruct())?

Sincerely,
Kevin Regan

Kevin Regan
NetIQ Corporation (www.netiq.com)
Technical Lead
Houston UNIX Team
Office​: 2200
Phone​: 713-548-1767

From @dcollinsn

  $ cat test.c
  #include <EXTERN.h> /* from the Perl distribution */
  #include <perl.h> /* from the Perl distribution */
  static PerlInterpreter *my_perl; /*** The Perl interpreter ***/
  int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
  {
  PERL_SYS_INIT3(&argc,&argv,&env);
  my_perl = perl_alloc();
  perl_construct(my_perl);
  perl_destruct(my_perl);
  perl_free(my_perl);
  PERL_SYS_TERM();
  printf("still alive\n");
  exit(0);
  }
  $ gcc-6 test.c -lperl -I. -L. -lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lquadmath
  $ ./a.out
  still alive

Marking resolved, as there is no evidence that this is a problem - though, don't take this as an assertion that this code is supported, or does anything meaningful.

@dcollinsn - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'