-extern void PerlIO_define_layer(pTHX_ PerlIO_funcs *tab);
-extern PerlIO_funcs *PerlIO_find_layer(pTHX_ const char *name, STRLEN len,
- int load);
-extern PerlIO *PerlIO_push(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, PerlIO_funcs *tab,
- const char *mode, SV *arg);
-extern void PerlIO_pop(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);
-extern void PerlIO_clone(pTHX_ PerlInterpreter *proto, CLONE_PARAMS *param);
+/* Making the big PerlIO_funcs vtables const is good (enables placing
+ * them in the const section which is good for speed, security, and
+ * embeddability) but this cannot be done by default because of
+ * backward compatibility. */
+#ifdef PERLIO_FUNCS_CONST
+#define PERLIO_FUNCS_DECL(funcs) const PerlIO_funcs funcs
+#define PERLIO_FUNCS_CAST(funcs) (PerlIO_funcs*)(funcs)
+#else
+#define PERLIO_FUNCS_DECL(funcs) PerlIO_funcs funcs
+#define PERLIO_FUNCS_CAST(funcs) (funcs)
+#endif
+
+PERL_EXPORT_C void PerlIO_define_layer(pTHX_ PerlIO_funcs *tab);
+PERL_EXPORT_C PerlIO_funcs *PerlIO_find_layer(pTHX_ const char *name,
+ STRLEN len,
+ int load);
+PERL_EXPORT_C PerlIO *PerlIO_push(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, PERLIO_FUNCS_DECL(*tab),
+ const char *mode, SV *arg);
+PERL_EXPORT_C void PerlIO_pop(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);
+PERL_EXPORT_C AV* PerlIO_get_layers(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);
+PERL_EXPORT_C void PerlIO_clone(pTHX_ PerlInterpreter *proto,
+ CLONE_PARAMS *param);