python-perlmodule in the openSUSE build service

If you've ever wanted to embed perl code directly in python code, or execute perl code or functions directly from python, then python-perlmodule may be exactly what you are looking for. This package basically compiles and embeds the perl interpreter inside python. Once installed, it is possible to directly access perl by doing (e.g.):

import perl
x = perl.eval('3+3')
print x
6
print type(x)
'int'

Neat, eh? Theoretically, you could paste any long string of perl code into the perl.eval() function and have it executed as perl. The return value is a perl object, with python attributes. Sounds strange, huh? Well, consider this code:

import perl
x = perl.eval('[12,23,34,45,{ foo=>999,bar=>666},56,67]')
print x

for i in x: print i
...
12
23
34
45

56
67
>>> print x[4]['foo']
999

Quite handy, non? You can also access perl modules using syntax such as:

import perl
perl.require('Digest::MD5')

You can download the rpm directly from my openSUSE build service repository.